Crossword Challenge Puzzle 291 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 291 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
8 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 5 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 3 clues are fill-ins, and 1 of them needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “First aid expert”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to the picture clue in the left column, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “First aid expert”. Solve one of those two and every edge clue starts with a known letter.
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.
FIRST AID EXPERT
1First aid expert
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with P. Check the sixth letter against “Actress stone”.
PARAMEDIC
pack-
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“pack-”). What is left starts with A.
AGE
MAKE CHANGES
3Make changes
Top row 3/7 · 6 letters · down
Fits R _ _ O _ _. Solving “Scent” first gives you its fourth letter.
REFORM
KNOWN DEFECT
4Known defect
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Known defect”.
KD
INSTALL
5Install
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Install, nothing more.
I
NIGH
6Nigh
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: N _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Blue" bird”.
NEAR
DUDE
7Dude
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Fits G _ _. Solving “Blue" bird” first gives you its third letter.
GUY
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: P _ _ K _ _ G. Its fifth letter is shared with “Install”.
PARKING
ELDERLY
9Elderly
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Begins with A. Check the third letter against “Make changes”.
AGED
CALL
10Call
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Begins with R. “Make changes” crosses it at the third square.
REF
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits A.
A
WED
12Wed
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: M _ _ R _. Check the fourth letter against “Tragedy”.
MARRY
ACTRESS STONE
13Actress stone
Left column 6/9 · 4 letters · across
E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Make changes”.
EMMA
HALF OF DICE
14Half of dice
Left column 7/9 · 2 letters · across
Starts with D; pattern D _. Its second letter is shared with “___ ACID”.
DI
TOWARD THE CENTER
15Toward the center
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with I; pattern I _ _ A _ _ S. Its fifth letter is shared with “___ WE GOOD?”.
INWARDS
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: C _ _. Check the third letter against “World war”.
COW
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ENTRY USER
17Entry user
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Entry user” to its initials.
EU
DELIGHT
18Delight
Row 3, col 6 · 3 letters · down
J _ _. Solving “Wed” first gives you its third letter.
JOY
"BLUE" BIRD
19"blue" bird
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with J; pattern J _ _. Solving “Dude” first gives you its third letter.
JAY
TRAGEDY
20Tragedy
Row 4, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Shape: D _ _ M _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Created”.
DRAMA
SCENT
21Scent
Row 5, col 3 · 4 letters · across
Shape: O _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Delight”.
ODOR
___ ACID
22___ ACID
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
The missing word in “___ ACID” starts with A.
AMINO
SILLY BIRDS
23Silly birds
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Fits G _ _ S _. Solving “Toward the center” first gives you its fourth letter.
GEESE
GOLD
24Gold
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Gold.
G
VORTEX
25Vortex
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Fits E _ _ _. Solving “Toward the center” first gives you its third letter.
EDDY
BETW__N
26BETW__N
Row 7, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fill the gap in “BETW__N”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with E.
EE
"___ WE GOOD?"
27"___ WE GOOD?"
Row 7, col 6 · 3 letters · down
Complete the phrase “___ WE GOOD?”. Shape: A _ _.
ARE
CREATED
28Created
Row 8, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits M _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Vortex”.
MADE
WORLD WAR
29World war
Row 8, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
WW
30Picture clue
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: E _ _. “Silly birds” crosses it at the third square.
EYE
Crossword Challenge Level 291 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 291 solved
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