Crossword Challenge Puzzle 293 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 29 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 293, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 of them only one or two letters. 5 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 2 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 4 want just the first letter of a single word. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Olympic event”.
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 “Olympic event”. 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.
OLYMPIC EVENT
1Olympic event
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Fits D _ _ A _ _ L _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with “Hard”.
DECATHLON
TAKE ON
2Take on
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
I _ _ U _. The fourth square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
INCUR
STREET ABBR.
3Street abbr.
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
S _. The second square is also part of “Join in”.
ST
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 3 letters · down
Name the object in the picture. L _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Cooking liquids”.
LEO
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 4 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: I _ _ _. “Cooking liquids” crosses it at the third square.
IRIS
KICK
6Kick
Top row 6/7 · 1 letter · down
Kick starts with the answer.
K
PERSON FROM THE EAST
7Person from the east
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with E; pattern E _ _ T _ _ N _ _. “Stage platform” crosses it at the sixth square.
EASTERNER
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
One word for the picture, starting with D. Check the fifth letter against the picture clue in the top row.
DISLIKE
JOIN IN
9Join in
Left column 2/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with E. Its fourth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
ENTER
CARBON COPY
10Carbon copy
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
CC
-ust
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 3 letters · across
The image carries “-ust”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with A.
AUG
JOGGING PACE
12Jogging pace
Left column 5/9 · 4 letters · across
Starts with T; pattern T _ _ _. “Canyon” crosses it at the third square.
TROT
HARD
13Hard
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Hard starts with the answer.
H
RIGHTFUL
14Rightful
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: L _ _ A _. Solving “Princess's crown” first gives you its fourth letter.
LEGAL
ATE TOO MUCH
15Ate too much
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits O _ _ R _ _ E. Check the fifth letter against “Large chunk”.
OVERATE
-ck
16Picture clue
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “-ck” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with N.
NE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
ACTOR
17Actor
Row 3, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Actor.
A
GREEN CITRUS FRUIT
18Green citrus fruit
Row 3, col 7 · 4 letters · down
Shape: L _ _ _. Solving “Not you” first gives you its third letter.
LIME
COOKING LIQUIDS
19Cooking liquids
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with O. The third square is also part of “Green citrus fruit”.
OILS
CANYON
20Canyon
Row 4, col 4 · 5 letters · down
Fits G _ _ G _. Check the fourth letter against “Rightful”.
GORGE
SETTLE DOWN
21Settle down
Row 5, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits S _ _. The third square is also part of “Person from the east”.
SIT
PRINCESS'S CROWN
22Princess's crown
Row 5, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Fits T _ _ R _. “Ate too much” crosses it at the fourth square.
TIARA
NOT YOU
23Not you
Row 6, col 6 · 2 letters · across
M _. “Person from the east” crosses it at the second square.
ME
LARGE CHUNK
24Large chunk
Row 6, col 6 · 4 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Ate too much”.
SLAB
STAGE PLATFORM
25Stage platform
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Shape: R _ _ E _. Solving “Green citrus fruit” first gives you its fourth letter.
RISER
FIRST WOMAN
26First woman
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Shape: E _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
EVE
NIRVANA
27Nirvana
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Nirvana.
N
THROW-BACK
28Throw-back
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
TB
ACRONYM, BRIEFLY
29Acronym, briefly
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
A _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Throw-back”.
ABBR
Crossword Challenge Level 293 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 293 solved
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