Crossword Challenge Puzzle 402 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 402, 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. 4 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; 3 want just the first letter of a single word. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Financial report”.
The edges of this grid check each other. The top-row answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Part of a whole”, read left to right, and the left-column answers begin with the letters of the answer to “Financial report”, 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.
FINANCIAL REPORT
1Financial report
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Shape: S _ _ T _ _ E _ _. Its sixth letter is shared with “Creator”.
STATEMENT
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 3 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: E _ _. Check the third letter against “Opera melody”.
EAR
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 4 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to C _ _ _. “Opera melody” crosses it at the third square.
CRIB
AFTER S
4After s
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Step one letter forward from S in the alphabet.
T
p-
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 2 letters · down
Say what the picture shows. “p-” is printed on it, and the dashes are the letters you type. Starts with I.
IE
HEART OR LIVER
6Heart or liver
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Shape: O _ _ A _. “Puff up” crosses it at the fourth square.
ORGAN
7Picture clue
Top row 7/7 · 9 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with N. Its sixth letter is shared with “Rustic”.
NECTARINE
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
PART OF A WHOLE
8Part of a whole
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
S _ _ T _ _ N. The fifth square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
SECTION
ROOF TOP
9Roof top
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: T _ _. The picture clue in the top row crosses it at the third square.
TAR
OPERA MELODY
10Opera melody
Left column 3/9 · 4 letters · across
A _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the top row.
ARIA
TARGET
11Target
Left column 4/9 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Target, nothing more.
T
EXAMPLE GIVEN
12Example given
Left column 5/9 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
EG
CREATOR
13Creator
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Begins with M. The fourth square is also part of “Modify”.
MAKER
ARAB RULER
14Arab ruler
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
E _ _ _. Solving “Fuzzy fruit” first gives you its third letter.
EMIR
NOT OLD
15Not old
Left column 8/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: N _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Fuzzy fruit”.
NEW
PUBLIC SPEAKER
16Public speaker
Left column 9/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits T _ _ B _ _ E. The fifth square is also part of “Yeshiva uni.”.
TRIBUNE
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
BEFORE
17Before
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with E. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
ERE
MODIFY
18Modify
Row 3, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Shape: A _ _ E _. “Creator” crosses it at the fourth square.
ALTER
GAME CONSOLE
19Game console
Row 4, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Game console”.
GC
NOT THEIR
20Not their
Row 4, col 6 · 3 letters · down
Shape: O _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Creator”.
OUR
PUFF UP
21Puff up
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Fits B _ _ A _. Check the fourth letter against “Heart or liver”.
BLOAT
VIDEO GAME PLAYER
22Video game player
Row 5, col 3 · 5 letters · down
G _ _ E _. Solving “Not old” first gives you its fourth letter.
GAMER
SANDWICH FISH
23Sandwich fish
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Begins with T. The third square is also part of “Heart or liver”.
TUNA
FUZZY FRUIT
24Fuzzy fruit
Row 6, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Fits K _ _ _. “Not old” crosses it at the third square.
KIWI
RUSTIC
25Rustic
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Write the first letter of Rustic, nothing more.
R
WRITING TOOL
26Writing tool
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with P. Solving “Public speaker” first gives you its third letter.
PEN
CIRCLE RATIO
27Circle ratio
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Fits P _. Its second letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
PI
YESHIVA UNI.
28Yeshiva uni.
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Yeshiva uni.”.
YU
JAPANESE CURRENCY
29Japanese currency
Row 9, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Fits Y _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
YEN
BEVERAGE
30Beverage
Row 9, col 5 · 1 letter · down
Just the opening letter of Beverage.
B
Crossword Challenge Level 402 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 402 solved
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