In Persona 5, Crossword Puzzles are mini-games you can find during your visits to the LeBlanc on specific dates. You can find these puzzles on the table of the cafe. Solving these Persona 5 Royal crossword puzzles will help boost the Knowledge social stat. Most importantly, the in-game time will not pass while solving these Crossword puzzles, so you don’t have to worry about time.
Our Persona 5 Crossword Puzzles guide will help players in accessing the mini-game on specific dates as well as solving the puzzles.
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How to play the crossword puzzle in Persona 5
The crossword puzzle appears in Café LeBlanc a couple of times per month and players need to visit the café on those specific days to play and solve the crossword puzzles in Persona 5 Royal.
Each time, players will have to answer a single question with the correct answer rewarding them with 2 Knowledge points.
Crossword puzzle dates
Below is a list of dates on which the crossword can be attempted in P5 and P5R. As mentioned earlier, each visit will present players with one crossword question and the game has a total of 21 of these questions.
So in order to earn all the possible Knowledge points from this mini-game, players will need to visit the café 21 times and answer correctly to earn 30 Knowledge points.
| Date | Day |
| 4/18 | Monday |
| 4/27 | Wednesday |
| 5/2 | Monday |
| 5/10 | Tuesday |
| 5/18 | Wednesday |
| 5/26 | Thursday |
| 5/31 | Tuesday |
| 6/3 | Friday |
| 6/7 | Tuesday |
| 6/16 | Thursday |
| 6/22 | Wednesday |
| 6/30 | Thursday |
| 7/7 | Thursday |
| 7/12 | Tuesday |
| 7/19 | Tuesday |
| 7/27 | Wednesday |
| 8/8 | Monday |
| 8/17 | Wednesday |
| 8/25 | Thursday |
| 8/30 | Tuesday |
| 9/2 | Friday |
| 9/19 | Wednesday |
| 9/28 | Monday |
| 10/10 | Monday |
| 10/31 | Friday |
| 11/4 | Wednesday |
| 11/9 | Tuesday |
| 11/15 | Thursday |
| 11/24 | Monday |
| 11/28 | Friday |
| 12/2 | Friday |
| 12/7 | Friday |
| 12/12 | Monday |
| 12/19 | Monday |
Persona 5 crossword puzzle solutions
The questions always appear in the same sequence so it doesn’t matter at which date the players went to the café. Below is a list of all the crossword questions and their answers in Persona 5 Royal which the players will need, in order of which they appear in the mini-game:
| Crossword Number | Question | Answer |
| 1 | How school years are divided | Semesters |
| 2 | Hanami: cherry (?) viewing | Blossom |
| 3 | Time for a trip: (?) Week | Golden |
| 4 | What are the May Blues | Malaise |
| 5 | Where art is shown off and sold | Gallery |
| 6 | A type of outdoor allergy | Pollenosis |
| 7 | Nihonga: (?) cultural artwork | Japanese |
| 8 | Label for an uparalleled artist | Master |
| 9 | Held to inform the public | Conference |
| 10 | Changes with the season | Wardrobe |
| 11 | Exchanged all over the world | Currency |
| 12 | A border between air masses | Front |
| 13 | Medicine of varying legality | Narcotics |
| 14 | Many students’ greatest love | Vacation |
| 15 | These gauge student knowledge | Finals |
| 16 | A seasonal sky-bound event | Fireworks |
| 17 | A stationary hotspot: heat (?) | Island |
| 18 | Necessary for dares | Courage |
| 19 | A common skin injury | Sunburn |
| 20 | When it’s too hot to sleep | Sweltering |
| 21 | Techy term for e-infiltration | Hacking |
| 22 | Localized destructive storm | Typhoon |
| 23 | Tsukimi: lunar viewing (?) | Festival |
| 24 | Establishing an order of worth | Ranking |
| 25 | Absorbs the most light | Black |
| 26 | Co-opted Celtic holiday | Halloween |
| 27 | Lined up at school festivals | Stalls |
| 28 | Tipster hotlines offer this | Reward |
| 29 | Laying into someone | Bashing |
| 30 | Draws people to you | Charisma |
| 31 | AKA sweating sickness | Influenza |
| 32 | What lights do for store signage | Illuminate |
| 33 | Politicians thrive on this rating | Approval |
| 34 | Joyful holiday with an intruder | Christmas |
| 35 | A type of wish. New Year’s (?) | Resolution |
| 36 | Ancient god of theatre | Dionysus |
| 37 | Ancient goddess of fate | Lachesis |
| 38 | Ancient god of the moon | Orochi |
If players answer all correctly, their character’s knowledge stat in P5 Royal will rise. It is also a good idea to visit the café at night since that is when the puzzle usually appears.
