The puzzle begins with a small line of emojis, a large crossword grid, and a much larger pile of emojis. Either by staring at the grid itself and noticing the colors or starting to look at the crossword clues given by the emojis, solvers should hopefully realize that every color in the grid can be replaced by ROYGBIV as appropriate. For confirmation they're on the right track, the flavor text is intended to clue A British guy fought; didn't win or more traditionally Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain. From here, solvers can begin filling in the grid. To help solvers, the answers to the emoji clues are in alphabetical order.
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| โ | ADD |
| ๐ถโก๏ธ๐ด๐ | AGE |
| โโฌ ๏ธ | AGO |
| ๐ฉโ๐ฆฐ๐ | ANN |
| ๐ชตโ๐ฅ | ASH |
| ๐ป๐ป๐ป | BEARS |
| ๐ถโก๏ธ๐ด๐ฝ๏ธ | BIOPIC |
| ๐ฆ | BIRD |
| ๐ธ๐ | BOG |
| โณโ1๏ธ | BOGEY |
| ๐คโ๐จโ๐ | BORG |
| ๐ฅถ | BRRR |
| ๐ | BYE |
| ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ | CABIN |
| ๐๏ธ๐๐ช | COVE |
| ๐ฆ | CRAB |
| ๐ฉ | CRAP |
| ๐ฆ | DITTO |
| ๐ฆ๐ช๐๏ธ | DUBAI |
| ๐ฅ๐ | EGGROLL |
| ๐๐๐ | EGO |
| 8๏ธ | EIGHT |
| ๐ชฆ๐ฌ | ELEGY |
| ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ | EMU |
| โ | ERR |
| ๐ถ | EURO |
| ๐โ๐โ๐ | FACE |
| ๐ฆท | FANG |
| ๐คบ | FOIL |
| ๐ฆ | FOX |
| ๐ฌ | GAB |
| ๐ | GLEE |
| ๐ฆข๐ซ | GOOSEBERRY |
| โ๏ธ๐ฅค | GRAIL |
| ๐ช | GROGGY |
| ๐ฆนโโ๏ธ | GRU |
| ๐ฅ | GYRO |
| โ๏ธ๐ผ๏ธ | HIEROGLYPH |
| ๐ซ๐ค๐ต๐ฅ๏ธ๐ข | IBM |
| ๐ซ๐ท๐ | ICI |
| ๐ก | IDEA |
| ๐ฎ๐ฐ | IGN |
| #๏ธ | INTEGER |
| ๐ข | IRE |
| ๐ซ๐ฅ๏ธ | IRL |
| ๐ดโ๐ก๐ฆธโโ๏ธ | IRONMAN |
| ๐ฟ | IVY |
| ๐ฝ | JOHN |
| ๐งฒ๐คก | JUGGALO |
| ๐บ๐ข๏ธ | KEG |
| ๐ง๐งฑ | LEGO |
| โ | LEO |
| ๐คฅ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฃ๏ธ | LIES |
| ๐โ2๏ธ | LIP |
| ๐ซ๐ฅ | LOSE |
| โค๏ธ | LOVE |
| ๐ข๐ช | LUIGI |
| ๐๐ | MARRIED |
| ๐งฑ๐จ | MASONRY |
| ๐คบโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ฆนโโ๏ธ | MONTOYA |
| ๐ค๐ง | MUD |
| ๐ง๐งช๐ | NACL |
| ๐ฐ๐ช๐๏ธ | NAIROBI |
| ๐ค๐๐ค๐ฆธโโ๏ธ | NEO |
| ๐ฆ๐ช | NFT |
| ๐๐ฟ | NORI |
| ๐คช | OAF |
| ๐น | OGRE |
| โ๏ธ๐ซโ๏ธ | ONLY |
| ๐ | ORANGE |
| ๐ชจ | ORE |
| ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป | ORI |
| ๐๐จ | ORIGAMI |
| ๐๐น | ORION |
| ๐ซ๐ทโ๏ธ๐ | ORLY |
| โ๏ธ๐๐ช๐ฐ๏ธ๐บ๏ธ | ORRERY |
| ๐ค | OUCH |
| ๐คโ๏ธ | OUNCE |
| ๐ค | OUTBOX |
| ๐ | PAPER |
| ๐ต๐ช | PERU |
| ๐ฐ๐ท๐จโ๐ค | PSY |
| ๐ฒ๐จโโ๏ธ๐ค | REF |
| ๐ฅ๏ธ๐ก๐ | RGB |
| ๐ซณ๐ฐ๐ฅท | ROGUE |
| ๐ฅ๐ก๏ธ๐คบ | ROY |
| ๐ | SEE |
| ๐ฑ | SEEDLING |
| ๐ช๐ธ๐ฉ | SENORA |
| ๐ซก | SERVICE |
| ๐ | SHOE |
| ๐ชด | SHRUB |
| ๐ | SNAKE |
| ๐๐๐บ | SNL |
| ๐ถ๐ฆ | SONGBIRD |
| โพ๐งฆ | SOX |
| ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ | STUD |
| ๐คฟโก๏ธ๐ | SURFACE |
| ๐ชโ๏ธ๐ค | TAT |
| ๐ | TIE |
| ๐๐๐ฅ๐ป | TOTORO |
| ๐๐๐ | TRILOGY |
| ๐ฃ๐ | UBE |
| ๐ง๐ฅ๏ธ๐ | UNIX |
| ๐บ | VASE |
| โ | VIRGO |
| ๐ฉป | XRAY |
| ๐ซ | YALE |
| ๐ด | YEN |
| ๐ | YES |
| ๐ช | YOYO |
| ๐ฆ | ZEBRA |
Twenty squares in the grid are numbered and will autopopulate the extraction cells below the grid - as the grid is filled in, these will fill out the clue FESTIVAL OF COLORS FOUR which clues HOLI.