Crossword Master Puzzle 495 Answers
20 clues with verified answers, 1–6 letters each — above the game average of 18.6 clues per puzzle.
Puzzle 495 — Complete Answer Guide
This page lists every clue and answer for Crossword Master puzzle 495, part of the puzzles 401–500 block. The board carries 20 clues in total, with answers running from 1 to 6 letters and 64 letters combined. That is above the game-wide average of 18.6 clues per puzzle.
Worth knowing before you start: 12 of these 20 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 495 specifically. The longest answer here is Castle at 6 letters.
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20 Clues in Puzzle 495
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alright REUSED | Okay | 4 | |
| #2 | B__ REUSED | Oa | 2 | |
| #3 | Snoop REUSED | Pry | 3 | |
| #4 | Trophy | Cup | 3 | |
| #5 | Ukraine | Ua | 2 | |
| #6 | Confine | Cage | 4 | |
| #7 | Belt REUSED | Sash | 4 | |
| #8 | Separate REUSED | Apart | 5 | |
| #9 | Hydrogen | H | 1 | |
| #10 | Caustic REUSED | Lye | 3 | |
| #11 | Lines REUSED | Ll | 2 | |
| #12 | 12 Months | Year | 4 | |
| #13 | Cry REUSED | Yell | 4 | |
| #14 | Middle School | Ms | 2 | |
| #15 | Fort | Castle | 6 | |
| #16 | Vehicle REUSED | Car | 3 | |
| #17 | Unhappy REUSED | Sad | 3 | |
| #18 | Rod REUSED | Pole | 4 | |
| #19 | Tuber REUSED | Yam | 3 | |
| #20 | St__E | Yl | 2 |
Clues Reused Elsewhere
These clues appear in other puzzles with a different required answer. The answer shown is the one for puzzle 495.
Alright — here the answer is Okay. Elsewhere this clue can be Ok, in puzzles 397, 408, 1156, 1482.
B__ — here the answer is Oa. Elsewhere this clue can be Ox, Ee, Un, Oy, in puzzles 947, 1024, 1163, 1186 and 3 more.
Snoop — here the answer is Pry. Elsewhere this clue can be Spy, in puzzles 297, 643, 739, 1201 and 5 more.
Belt — here the answer is Sash. Elsewhere this clue can be B, Strap, in puzzles 1028, 1377, 1449, 1597 and 1 more.
Separate — here the answer is Apart. Elsewhere this clue can be Detach, Isolate, in puzzles 1008, 1027, 1519.
Caustic — here the answer is Lye. Elsewhere this clue can be Acerbic, Acrid, in puzzles 346, 596, 716, 792 and 3 more.
Lines — here the answer is Ll. Elsewhere this clue can be Rows, in puzzle 1780.
Cry — here the answer is Yell. Elsewhere this clue can be Bawl, Sob, Wail, in puzzles 70, 310, 1740.
Vehicle — here the answer is Car. Elsewhere this clue can be Bike, Van, Auto, in puzzles 224, 307, 380, 508 and 5 more.
Unhappy — here the answer is Sad. Elsewhere this clue can be Glum, in puzzles 7, 153, 412, 441 and 11 more.
Puzzles Around 495
Puzzle 495 — Questions
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3 Tips for Crossword Master Puzzle 495
Start from the 6-letter answer
Puzzle 495 runs 20 clues with answers between 1 and 6 letters, the longest being Castle. 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.
12 of these clues have more than one known answer
Crossword Master reuses clue text across puzzles with different solutions, and 12 of the 20 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 495 holds 20 clues against a game average of 18.6, and is part of the 401–500 block. Puzzle 494 comes before it and puzzle 496 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 495
The 20 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.