Crossword Challenge Puzzle 256 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 256 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Short answers dominate here: 8 of 30 fit in one or two squares. 7 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 1 clue wants only the initials of the clue words; 2 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 “Famous person”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to the picture clue in the left column, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Famous person”, read top to bottom.
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.
FAMOUS PERSON
1Famous person
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits C _ _ E _ _ I _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
CELEBRITY
FURRY
2Furry
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
Starts with H; pattern H _ _ R _. The fourth square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
HAIRY
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 3 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with I. Its third letter is shared with “Untruth”.
ICE
-ain
4__URCH
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
The image carries “-ain”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with C.
CH
KIND
5Kind
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Kind.
K
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to E _ _ _. Solving “Not a lot” first gives you its third letter.
EYES
AT THIS TIME
7At this time
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with N. The third square is also part of “Not a lot”.
NOW
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: C _ _ C _ _ N. Check the fifth letter against “Kind”.
CHICKEN
PER
9Per
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
EACH
UNTRUTH
10Untruth
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with L; pattern L _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
LIE
ging-
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 2 letters · across
The image carries “ging-”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with E.
ER
BINARY DIGITS
12Binary digits
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with B; pattern B _ _ E _. Check the fourth letter against “Fever”.
BYTES
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: R.
R
FIRST STEP
14First step
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with I; pattern I _ _ T _ _ L. “Atom splitting” crosses it at the fifth square.
INITIAL
2000 POUNDS
152000 pounds
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Fits T _ _. The third square is also part of “Not thick”.
TON
YEMENI RIYAL
16Yemeni riyal
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
YR
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
__GURT
17__GURT
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
“__GURT” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with Y.
YO
ATOM SPLITTING
18Atom splitting
Row 3, col 6 · 7 letters · down
F _ _ S _ _ N. Check the fifth letter against “First step”.
FISSION
NOT A LOT
19Not a lot
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits F _ _. Solving “At this time” first gives you its third letter.
FEW
FEVER
20Fever
Row 4, col 5 · 4 letters · down
Fits H _ _ _. “Rushed speed” crosses it at the third square.
HEAT
NOT HERS
21Not hers
Row 5, col 4 · 3 letters · across
Fits H _ _. Solving the picture clue in the top row first gives you its third letter.
HIS
NOT THICK
22Not thick
Row 5, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Fits T _ _ _. Solving “First step” first gives you its third letter.
THIN
23Picture clue
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Name the object in the picture. J _ _ L _. Check the fourth letter against “PALM ___”.
JELLY
AFTER I
24After i
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Recite the alphabet up to I; the answer is its next letter.
J
PLANE SECTION
25Plane section
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with T. Check the third letter against “PALM ___”.
TAIL
RUSHED SPEED
26Rushed speed
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Shape: H _ _ T _. “Plane section” crosses it at the fourth square.
HASTE
AND NOT
27And not
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Starts with N; pattern N _ _. The third square is also part of “Yemeni riyal”.
NOR
PALM ___
28PALM ___
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Say “PALM ___” out loud and the blank fills itself: O _ _.
OIL
OBSERVE
29Observe
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Observe, nothing more.
O
JUST
30Just
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with O; pattern O _ _ _. “Plane section” crosses it at the third square.
ONLY
Crossword Challenge Level 256 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 256 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 256 with us. Puzzle 257 is next, with 30 clues on a 8×10 board.