Paris · Group 253 · Puzzle 3

CodyCross Paris Group 253 Puzzle 3 Answers

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Every clue and answer from this grid, in puzzle order.

20Clues
41Longest
7Shortest
253Group
Answers

Paris Group 253 Puzzle 3 — All 20 Clues

Listed in grid order. Letter counts are shown so you can match a row before typing.

#ClueAnswerLettersCopy
#1 Upward-moving current of air UPDRAFT CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#2 Strolling taking steps using your legs WALKING CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#3 __ control of the force that attracts us to earth GRAVITY CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#4 John __ Dexter villain Interstellar actor LITHGOW CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#5 Medicine used for pain and to thin blood ASPIRIN 7
#6 Umbrella toting fictional character Mary __ POPPINS 7
#7 Midwestern dumpling PIEROGI CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#8 Dogs __ Poker famous canine portrait PLAYING CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#9 Great Wall __ giant East Asian brickwork OFCHINA 7
#10 Luck of __ is a drawing game from 2006 THEDRAW CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#11 The reversed P paragraph symbol PILCROW CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#12 Procedure to find cause of death AUTOPSY CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#13 Collectibles in metal currency form COINAGE 7
#14 Axilspot __ are red-brown with white spots HOGFISH CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#15 Beethoven’s only opera FIDELIO 7
#16 Nino __ Italian stylist and wool business owner CERRUTI CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#17 Name that Julius Caesar gave to present-day Paris LUTETIA CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#18 Other times other __ MANNERS CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#19 Moving your body to a tune DANCING CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
#20 __ Henry Frenchman led Arsenal in scoring THIERRY CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA 41
About this puzzle

How This Grid Breaks Down

This is puzzle 3 of group 253 in the Paris world of CodyCross. It holds 20 clues, with answers running from 7 to 41 letters — the longest being UPDRAFT CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA.

Work the long rows first. CodyCross fixes the letter count for every row before you type, so length alone eliminates most wrong guesses, and each completed row hands letters to the highlighted column that spells this puzzle's hidden bonus word. If a clue here looks familiar from another world, that is by design: the game recycles clue text with different answers, which is exactly why this page keeps the full world-group-puzzle path rather than listing clues on their own.

Move to puzzle 2 or puzzle 4, or open the whole of group 253. The Paris world covers 100 puzzles across 20 groups, and the world index spans all 108. This puzzle also exists in 8 other language editions of CodyCross (DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT, RU, TR), which use entirely different clues rather than translations.

FAQ

Group 253 Puzzle 3 — Questions

What are the answers to CodyCross Paris group 253 puzzle 3?
This puzzle has 20 clues. Every clue and its answer is listed above in grid order — UPDRAFT CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA, WALKING CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA, GRAVITY CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA, LITHGOW CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA, ASPIRIN, POPPINS, PIEROGI CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA, PLAYING CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA and 12 more.
How many clues are in this puzzle?
20 clues, with answers from 7 to 41 letters. The longest is UPDRAFT CHECK OTHER CLUES OF CODYCROSS PA.
What is the hidden word for this puzzle?
CodyCross highlights one column in every grid; once all 20 rows are filled, that column spells a bonus word linked to the Paris theme. Fill the longest rows first and the column usually gives itself away.
My answer is not being accepted — why?
CodyCross reuses the same clue text in different worlds with different answers, and each row has a fixed letter count. Check the length against the list above; if it differs, you are almost certainly looking at the same clue from another world.
Languages

CodyCross in 9 Languages

Each language edition is a different puzzle set with its own worlds and clues — not a translation of the English one.

Pro tips

3 Tips for CodyCross

01

The board is the whole puzzle

Every answer is built from what the level actually shows you and nothing else. Counting that first rules out most of what comes to mind, which is quicker than trying words and being rejected.

02

Place the longest answer first

Long answers use up the awkward letters and leave a set that spells the short ones out for you. Starting long is consistently faster than sweeping for three-letter words.

03

Neighbouring levels are the best hint

Difficulty climbs gradually rather than in jumps, so the levels either side of a hard one reuse its patterns. They are more useful than any hint the game sells you.

How to play

How to Solve a CodyCross Level

The order that clears a board fastest.

STEP 01

Read what you are given

Letters, tiles or clues — count them before you start. That constraint is the strongest filter you have.

STEP 02

Anchor with the answers you are sure of

Each confirmed answer narrows the ones it touches, so the easy entries are worth the first minute.

STEP 03

Work outwards

Follow the chain from what you have placed rather than jumping around the board.

How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify these answers

Every answer on this page is read from the game's own puzzle data rather than retyped from another site, and is checked against what the board actually provides — so nothing listed can use a letter the level does not give you. The counts shown are computed from the stored data, not typed in by hand.

Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.

Last checked — Aug 26, 2026
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