Crossword Master Puzzle 398 Answers
19 clues with verified answers, 1–7 letters each — right on the game average of 18.6 clues per puzzle.
Puzzle 398 — Complete Answer Guide
This page lists every clue and answer for Crossword Master puzzle 398, part of the puzzles 301–400 block. The board carries 19 clues in total, with answers running from 1 to 7 letters and 70 letters combined. That is right on the game-wide average of 18.6 clues per puzzle.
Worth knowing before you start: 10 of these 19 clues also appear in other Crossword Master puzzles with a different required answer. Crossword Master reuses clue text heavily — 2,496 of the 15,718 distinct clues in the game have more than one possible answer — so an answer you remember from an earlier board may not fit here. The list below is the one for puzzle 398 specifically. The longest answer here is Ticking at 7 letters.
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19 Clues in Puzzle 398
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Cotton Fabric | Ticking | 7 | |
| #2 | Truck REUSED | Van | 3 | |
| #3 | As Well REUSED | Also | 4 | |
| #4 | __Rd REUSED | Ya | 2 | |
| #5 | Short Simple Song | Ditty | 5 | |
| #6 | Ma__ REUSED | T | 1 | |
| #7 | Belonging To Him | His | 3 | |
| #8 | Keepsake | Memento | 7 | |
| #9 | F__E REUSED | Ir | 2 | |
| #10 | Average REUSED | Av | 2 | |
| #11 | Wheel Track | Rut | 3 | |
| #12 | Before REUSED | Ere | 3 | |
| #13 | Cooking Room | Kitchen | 7 | |
| #14 | Different REUSED | Other | 5 | |
| #15 | … Yang | Yin | 3 | |
| #16 | Gawk REUSED | Stare | 5 | |
| #17 | __En REUSED | Mitt | 4 | |
| #18 | … /Ux | Ui | 2 | |
| #19 | Huh | Eh | 2 |
Clues Reused Elsewhere
These clues appear in other puzzles with a different required answer. The answer shown is the one for puzzle 398.
Truck — here the answer is Van. Elsewhere this clue can be Cart, Tow, Car, in puzzles 749, 859, 1043.
As Well — here the answer is Also. Elsewhere this clue can be Too, in puzzles 224, 1090, 1411, 1668 and 1 more.
__Rd — here the answer is Ya. Elsewhere this clue can be Bi, Wo, Boa, in puzzles 236, 326, 702, 1541.
Ma__ — here the answer is T. Elsewhere this clue can be Dam, P, Ll, De, in puzzles 331, 335, 674, 1011 and 2 more.
F__E — here the answer is Ir. Elsewhere this clue can be Lam, Iv, Us, Il, in puzzles 28, 161, 320, 463 and 5 more.
Average — here the answer is Av. Elsewhere this clue can be Mid, Mean, in puzzles 131, 326, 445, 516 and 4 more.
Before — here the answer is Ere. Elsewhere this clue can be B, To, Prior, in puzzles 65, 323, 505, 507 and 18 more.
Different — here the answer is Other. Elsewhere this clue can be Else, Unusual, Diverse, Altered, in puzzles 36, 216, 251, 433 and 10 more.
Gawk — here the answer is Stare. Elsewhere this clue can be Ogle, in puzzle 82.
__En — here the answer is Mitt. Elsewhere this clue can be Redd, in puzzle 46.
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Puzzle 398 — Questions
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3 Tips for Crossword Master Puzzle 398
Start from the 7-letter answer
Puzzle 398 runs 19 clues with answers between 1 and 7 letters, the longest being Ticking. Long entries cross the most squares, so filling one confirms a letter in several shorter answers at once — on a grid this size that usually cascades through half the board.
10 of these clues have more than one known answer
Crossword Master reuses clue text across puzzles with different solutions, and 10 of the 19 clues on this board are among them. That is why the crossing letters matter more than the clue: check the length first, then the letters you already have, before committing to an answer you remember from another puzzle.
Where this puzzle sits
Puzzle 398 holds 19 clues against a game average of 18.6, and is part of the 301–400 block. Puzzle 397 comes before it and puzzle 399 after. Difficulty drifts up slowly across the 2,001 puzzles rather than jumping, so neighbours are a fair guide.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify puzzle 398
The 19 clue-and-answer pairs on this page come straight from the puzzle data, not from another answer site. Each answer is checked to match the length its grid slot allows, and clue wording is stored exactly as the game shows it — which is what lets us tell you when the same clue has a different answer in another puzzle.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue 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 25, 2026Crossword Master by the numbers
How to Solve a Crossword Master Puzzle
The order that clears a crossword fastest, whatever the theme.
Start with the fills you are certain of
Short answers with common letter patterns anchor the grid. Every letter one of them places is a free constraint on the crossing clues, which is why the grid opens up far faster from the easy corners than from the clue you are stuck on.
Use the crossings, not the clue
When a clue will not give, stop reading it and look at what crosses it. Two or three confirmed letters usually reduce the answer to one candidate, and that is quicker than re-reading a clue you have already failed to solve.
Let the theme carry the long answers
The long entries usually share a theme, so once one of them falls the others follow the same pattern. Solve a long answer and re-read the other long clues immediately — they are rarely independent.