Puzzle 452 · Block 401–500 · Crossword Master

Crossword Master Puzzle 452 Answers

All 17 Clues Solved

17 clues with verified answers, 1–7 letters each — below the game average of 18.6 clues per puzzle.

17 clues 1–7 letters Puzzles 401–500 Puzzle 453 →
17Clues
7Longest Answer
65Total Letters
11Reused Clues
About this puzzle

Puzzle 452 — Complete Answer Guide

This page lists every clue and answer for Crossword Master puzzle 452, part of the puzzles 401–500 block. The board carries 17 clues in total, with answers running from 1 to 7 letters and 65 letters combined. That is below the game-wide average of 18.6 clues per puzzle.

Worth knowing before you start: 11 of these 17 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 452 specifically. The longest answer here is Through at 7 letters.

Step to puzzle 451 or puzzle 453, browse the whole puzzles 401–500 block, or go back to the Crossword Master hub for all 2,001 puzzles and the daily archive.

All clues

17 Clues in Puzzle 452

#ClueAnswerLettersCopy
#1 Break … REUSED Through 7
#2 Enemy REUSED Foe 3
#3 House Top Roof 4
#4 Surrender Cede 4
#5 Daytime Dt 2
#6 Appropriately Aptly 5
#7 … Public REUSED Notary 6
#8 Electricity REUSED E 1
#9 Senior REUSED Sr 2
#10 Tense REUSED Taut 4
#11 Weep REUSED Sob 3
#12 Doctor REUSED Doc 3
#13 Meal REUSED Repast 6
#14 Information REUSED Data 4
#15 Walk REUSED Tread 5
#16 B__W Orro 4
#17 Uh Oh Uo 2
Watch out

Clues Reused Elsewhere

These clues appear in other puzzles with a different required answer. The answer shown is the one for puzzle 452.

Through

Break … — here the answer is Through. Elsewhere this clue can be Respite, Gap, Tear, Burst, in puzzles 7, 15, 240, 724 and 10 more.

Foe

Enemy — here the answer is Foe. Elsewhere this clue can be Nemesis, Rival, in puzzles 104, 210, 291, 511 and 10 more.

Notary

… Public — here the answer is Notary. Elsewhere this clue can be Social, Civil, Shared, in puzzles 54, 114, 1826, 1961.

E

Electricity — here the answer is E. Elsewhere this clue can be Ac, in puzzles 119, 750, 859, 1779 and 1 more.

Sr

Senior — here the answer is Sr. Elsewhere this clue can be Elder, Aged, in puzzles 166, 234, 259, 282 and 24 more.

Taut

Tense — here the answer is Taut. Elsewhere this clue can be T, Edgy, in puzzles 252, 528, 660, 681 and 8 more.

Sob

Weep — here the answer is Sob. Elsewhere this clue can be Cry, in puzzles 249, 298, 334, 570 and 5 more.

Doc

Doctor — here the answer is Doc. Elsewhere this clue can be Dr, Medic, Md, Surgeon, in puzzles 331, 572, 612, 667 and 10 more.

Repast

Meal — here the answer is Repast. Elsewhere this clue can be Food, in puzzles 227, 1061.

Data

Information — here the answer is Data. Elsewhere this clue can be I, Info, in puzzles 228, 287, 729, 774 and 6 more.

Tread

Walk — here the answer is Tread. Elsewhere this clue can be Go, Wend, in puzzles 144, 200, 236, 292 and 2 more.

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FAQ

Puzzle 452 — Questions

What are the answers to Crossword Master puzzle 452?
Puzzle 452 has 17 clues. The answers are: Through, Foe, Roof, Cede, Dt, Aptly, Notary, E, Sr, Taut, Sob, Doc, Repast, Data, Tread, Orro, Uo.
How many clues are in puzzle 452?
There are 17 clues, below the game average of 18.6 per puzzle. Answers run from 1 to 7 letters.
Which block does puzzle 452 belong to?
Puzzle 452 sits in the puzzles 401-500 block, one of 21 blocks covering all 2,001 puzzles.
Why does a clue here have a different answer in another puzzle?
Crossword Master reuses clue text with different required answers. 11 of the 17 clues in this puzzle appear elsewhere with another answer, so always use the answer listed for the puzzle you are actually on.
Pro tips

3 Tips for Crossword Master Puzzle 452

01

Start from the 7-letter answer

Puzzle 452 runs 17 clues with answers between 1 and 7 letters, the longest being Through. 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.

02

11 of these clues have more than one known answer

Crossword Master reuses clue text across puzzles with different solutions, and 11 of the 17 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.

03

Where this puzzle sits

Puzzle 452 holds 17 clues against a game average of 18.6, and is part of the 401–500 block. Puzzle 451 comes before it and puzzle 453 after. Difficulty drifts up slowly across the 2,001 puzzles rather than jumping, so neighbours are a fair guide.

How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify puzzle 452

The 17 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, 2026
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How to play

How to Solve a Crossword Master Puzzle

The order that clears a crossword fastest, whatever the theme.

STEP 01

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.

STEP 02

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.

STEP 03

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.

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