Crossword Challenge Puzzle 310 Clues and Answers
Stuck somewhere in Crossword Challenge Puzzle 310? All 31 clues on this 8×10 grid are solved below, one card per clue.
12 of the 31 answers are one or two letters long. 5 clues are pictures, and 3 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; 3 want just the first letter of a single word; 1 clue is a fill-in, and 1 of it needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Booth operator”.
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 “Booth operator”, 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.
BOOTH OPERATOR
1Booth operator
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: E _ _ I _ _ T _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
EXHIBITOR
YEAR
2Year
Top row 2/7 · 2 letters · down
Begins with Y. Its second letter is shared with “Medical scan”.
YR
COMFORT
3Comfort
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits E _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Wetland biome”.
EASE
BACK ROAD
4Back road
Top row 4/7 · 5 letters · down
B _ _ A _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Utopian goal”.
BYWAY
-ain
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“-ain”). What is left starts with R.
R
RESISTOR UNIT
6Resistor unit
Top row 6/7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: O _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Wetland biome”.
OHM
CLEAR OFF
7Clear off
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
Begins with W. Its third letter is shared with “Wetland biome”.
WIPE
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: E _ _ B _ _ W. Its fifth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
EYEBROW
MEDICAL SCAN
9Medical scan
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: X _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Comfort”.
XRAY
HERO
10Hero
Left column 3/9 · 1 letter · across
Just the opening letter of Hero.
H
UTOPIAN GOAL
11Utopian goal
Left column 4/9 · 5 letters · across
Shape: I _ _ A _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Back road”.
IDEAL
-ach
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “-ach” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with B.
BE
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 3 letters · across
One word for the picture, starting with I. Its third letter is shared with “Past lover”.
ICE
VENOM
14Venom
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with T. Its fourth letter is shared with “Sick”.
TOXIN
r-
15Picture clue
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Say what the picture shows. “r-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with O.
OD
WIN ANOTHER TERM
16Win another term
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Starts with R; pattern R _ _ L _ _ T. Solving “Female graduates” first gives you its fifth letter.
REELECT
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
SHORT HELLO
17Short hello
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
H _. The second square is also part of “Clear off”.
HI
FEMALE GRADUATES
18Female graduates
Row 3, col 6 · 7 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ M _ _ E. Its fifth letter is shared with “Venom”.
ALUMNAE
WETLAND BIOME
19Wetland biome
Row 4, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Begins with S. “Resistor unit” crosses it at the fourth square.
SWAMP
BREAK A CODE
20Break a code
Row 4, col 3 · 6 letters · down
Shape: D _ _ O _ _. “Venom” crosses it at the fourth square.
DECODE
EASY
21Easy
Row 5, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Easy starts with the answer.
E
MEGABYTE
22Megabyte
Row 5, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Shape: M _. “Ceo's deg.” crosses it at the second square.
MB
___MY
23___MY
Row 6, col 4 · 3 letters · across
Fill the gap in “___MY”, but leave out the letters already shown. Starts with Y.
YUM
PAST LOVER
24Past lover
Row 6, col 4 · 2 letters · down
Begins with E. Its second letter is shared with “Venom”.
EX
HELP
25Help
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Tie, as shoes”.
ABET
CEO'S DEG.
26Ceo's deg.
Row 7, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits M _ _. The third square is also part of “Help”.
MBA
SICK
27Sick
Row 7, col 5 · 3 letters · down
I _ _. “Win another term” crosses it at the third square.
ILL
BEVERAGE
28Beverage
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Beverage.
B
CARBON COPY
29Carbon copy
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
CC
TIE, AS SHOES
30Tie, as shoes
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with L; pattern L _ _ _. “Carbon copy” crosses it at the third square.
LACE
FIFTH LETTER
31Fifth letter
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Think of one character, not a word, for “Fifth letter”.
E
Crossword Challenge Level 310 Solved Grid
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