Crossword Challenge Puzzle 302 Clues and Answers
Stuck somewhere in Crossword Challenge Puzzle 302? All 32 clues on this 8×10 grid are solved below, one card per clue.
Short answers dominate here: 12 of 32 fit in one or two squares. 6 clues are pictures, and 4 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; 2 want just the first letter of a single word; 1 clue is a fill-in. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Amazing”.
Start at the edges. The first letters of the 7 answers hanging from the top row spell the answer to “Greeting word”, and the first letters of the 9 answers along the left edge spell the answer to “Amazing”. 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.
AMAZING
1Amazing
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Begins with W. Solving “Musical beat” first gives you its sixth letter.
WONDERFUL
AMPLE QUANTITY
2Ample quantity
Top row 2/7 · 6 letters · down
Begins with E. Check the fourth letter against “Sandy hills”.
ENOUGH
CUT OF MEAT
3Cut of meat
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits L _ _ _. “Film genre” crosses it at the third square.
LOIN
4Picture clue
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
One word for the picture, starting with C.
C
nach-
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“nach-”). What is left starts with O.
OS
ANIMAL'S JAWS
6Animal's jaws
Top row 6/7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with M. Its third letter is shared with “World of”.
MAW
ERA
7Era
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with E. “Cat” crosses it at the fourth square.
EPOCH
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
GREETING WORD
8Greeting word
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with W; pattern W _ _ C _ _ E. Check the fifth letter against the picture clue in the top row.
WELCOME
kim-
9KIM___
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
The image carries “kim-”. Name the picture and keep only the letters hidden behind the dashes, beginning with O.
ONO
FILM GENRE
10Film genre
Left column 3/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits N _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Cut of meat”.
NOIR
SANDY HILLS
11Sandy hills
Left column 4/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with D. Its fourth letter is shared with “Takes a break”.
DUNES
l-
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Picture word minus “l” gives the answer. First letter: E.
EG
MUSICAL BEAT
13Musical beat
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
R _ _ T _ _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Takes a break”.
RHYTHM
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 1 letter · across
One word for the picture, starting with F.
F
"YUK!"
15"yuk!"
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
U _ _. “BOO-___!” crosses it at the third square.
UGH
LIFESPAN
16Lifespan
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Starts with L; pattern L _. Its second letter is shared with “Google sheets”.
LS
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
TREE FLUID
17Tree fluid
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: S _ _. Solving “Era” first gives you its third letter.
SAP
TAKES A BREAK
18Takes a break
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Shape: R _ _ T _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Musical beat”.
RESTS
WORLD OF
19World of
Row 4, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “World of”.
WO
QUIET REQUEST
20Quiet request
Row 4, col 6 · 3 letters · down
Shape: S _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Musical beat”.
SHH
CAT
21Cat
Row 5, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Cat starts with the answer.
C
FIX, CHANGE
22Fix, change
Row 5, col 7 · 5 letters · down
Fits A _ _ N _. “Oxlike beast” crosses it at the fourth square.
AMEND
PERSIAN KING
23Persian king
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with S; pattern S _ _ _. Solving “Fix, change” first gives you its third letter.
SHAH
"BOO-___!"
24"BOO-___!"
Row 6, col 4 · 3 letters · down
Say “BOO-___!” out loud and the blank fills itself: Y _ _.
YAH
COLOR PROPERTY
25Color property
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
H _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the inside the grid.
HUE
LIKE THIS
26Like this
Row 8, col 3 · 2 letters · across
Fits A _. The second square is also part of “Takes a break”.
AS
GOOGLE SHEETS
27Google sheets
Row 8, col 3 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Google sheets”.
GS
CANADIAN VERBAL TIC
28Canadian verbal tic
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shape: E _. Check the second letter against “Color property”.
EH
GLYCEMIC INDEX
29Glycemic index
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Glycemic index”.
GI
OXLIKE BEAST
30Oxlike beast
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
G _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Color property”.
GNU
VINEGAR
31Vinegar
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Vinegar starts with the answer.
V
-o
32Blank in latin
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “-o” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with V.
VIDE
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