Crossword Challenge Puzzle 255 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 255 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Short answers dominate here: 9 of 30 fit in one or two squares. 4 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 4 want just the first letter of a single word; 2 clues are fill-ins, and 1 of them needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Related to money”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 255: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Startup creator”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Related to money”. One of those two words unlocks the first letter of 15 others.
Hints and answers, clue by clue
Clues look the way they do in the game. Tap Hint for a nudge or Answer to see the letters. The fully solved grid is below the hints.
Top row
These sit along the top edge and every answer runs down.
RELATED TO MONEY
1Related to money
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
F _ _ A _ _ I _ _. “Great wall country” crosses it at the sixth square.
FINANCIAL
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Name the object in the picture. O _ _. The third square is also part of “Fishing gear”.
ONE
TO A PERSON
3To a person
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits U _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Fishing gear”.
UNTO
NORMAL
4Normal
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Normal.
N
blon-
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 2 letters · down
Picture word minus “blon” gives the answer. First letter: D.
DE
HAPPEN-ING
6Happen-ing
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with E. The fourth square is also part of “Unlocks”.
EVENT
NO LONGER WORRIED
7No longer worried
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits R _ _ S _ _ R _ _. “Undo” crosses it at the sixth square.
REASSURED
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
STARTUP CREATOR
8Startup creator
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Shape: F _ _ N _ _ R. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its fifth letter.
FOUNDER
LODGE
9Lodge
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: I _ _. The third square is also part of “To a person”.
INN
FISHING GEAR
10Fishing gear
Left column 3/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with N. Its third letter is shared with “To a person”.
NETS
ALPHABET
11Alphabet
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Alphabet.
A
NORTH SOUTH
12North south
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
NS
GREAT WALL COUNTRY
13Great wall country
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with C. Check the fourth letter against “Time periods”.
CHINA
CERTAIN ATOMS
14Certain atoms
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with I. “Keen on” crosses it at the third square.
IONS
d-
15D___
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “d-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with A.
ART
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: L _ _ P _ _ D. Solving “British airways” first gives you its fifth letter.
LEOPARD
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ADAM'S MADAM
17Adam's madam
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: E _ _. The third square is also part of “No longer worried”.
EVE
TIME PERIODS
18Time periods
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Begins with S. The fourth square is also part of “Great wall country”.
SPANS
__SEL
19__SEL
Row 4, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Rebuild the word in “__SEL” and enter only the missing part, starting with E.
EA
PERIOD
20Period
Row 4, col 6 · 3 letters · down
Shape: E _ _. Check the third letter against “Great wall country”.
ERA
UNLOCKS
21Unlocks
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits O _ _ N _. Solving “Happen-ing” first gives you its fourth letter.
OPENS
COASTAL EDGE
22Coastal edge
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
Fits S _ _ R _. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
SHORE
___ AND CRAFTS
23___ AND CRAFTS
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Say “___ AND CRAFTS” out loud and the blank fills itself: A _ _ _.
ARTS
KEEN ON
24Keen on
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · down
I _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
INTO
UNDO
25Undo
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Undo.
U
OPPOSITE OF HIM
26Opposite of him
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: H _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
HER
HUMAN RESOURCE
27Human resource
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
HR
BRITISH AIRWAYS
28British airways
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
BA
HONEY MAKER
29Honey maker
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with B. Its third letter is shared with “No longer worried”.
BEE
PROBLEM
30Problem
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Problem, nothing more.
P
Crossword Challenge Level 255 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 255 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 255 with us. Puzzle 256 is next, with 30 clues on a 8×10 board.