Crossword Master Puzzle 538 Answers
20 clues with verified answers, 1–7 letters each — above the game average of 18.6 clues per puzzle.
Puzzle 538 — Complete Answer Guide
This page lists every clue and answer for Crossword Master puzzle 538, part of the puzzles 501–600 block. The board carries 20 clues in total, with answers running from 1 to 7 letters and 70 letters combined. That is above the game-wide average of 18.6 clues per puzzle.
Worth knowing before you start: 9 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 538 specifically. The longest answer here is Utilize at 7 letters.
Step to puzzle 537 or puzzle 539, browse the whole puzzles 501–600 block, or go back to the Crossword Master hub for all 2,001 puzzles and the daily archive.
20 Clues in Puzzle 538
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Use REUSED | Utilize | 7 | |
| #2 | Forbid REUSED | Nix | 3 | |
| #3 | Ping Pong | Pp | 2 | |
| #4 | Small Hollow | Dent | 4 | |
| #5 | Edge REUSED | Verge | 5 | |
| #6 | Cook In Oven REUSED | Roast | 5 | |
| #7 | Ti__ REUSED | N | 1 | |
| #8 | Trace | Mark | 4 | |
| #9 | Out Of Stock REUSED | Os | 2 | |
| #10 | Cab | Taxi | 4 | |
| #11 | Section REUSED | S | 1 | |
| #12 | Cowboy Contest | Rodeo | 5 | |
| #13 | Waterproof Cloth | Tarp | 4 | |
| #14 | No Name | Nn | 2 | |
| #15 | … Computer REUSED | Desktop | 7 | |
| #16 | Samo__ | Var | 3 | |
| #17 | Rower | Oar | 3 | |
| #18 | Cattle REUSED | Oxen | 4 | |
| #19 | Advertisement | Ad | 2 | |
| #20 | Mi__Or | Rr | 2 |
Clues Reused Elsewhere
These clues appear in other puzzles with a different required answer. The answer shown is the one for puzzle 538.
Forbid — here the answer is Nix. Elsewhere this clue can be Ban, Veto, in puzzles 288, 588, 678, 744 and 3 more.
Edge — here the answer is Verge. Elsewhere this clue can be Hem, Rim, Brim, E, in puzzles 28, 107, 154, 205 and 24 more.
Cook In Oven — here the answer is Roast. Elsewhere this clue can be Bake, in puzzles 1466, 2000, 2001.
Ti__ — here the answer is N. Elsewhere this clue can be Red, in puzzle 403.
Out Of Stock — here the answer is Os. Elsewhere this clue can be Sold, in puzzle 451.
Section — here the answer is S. Elsewhere this clue can be Part, in puzzles 155, 310, 393, 594 and 9 more.
Puzzles Around 538
Puzzle 538 — Questions
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3 Tips for Crossword Master Puzzle 538
Start from the 7-letter answer
Puzzle 538 runs 20 clues with answers between 1 and 7 letters, the longest being Utilize. 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.
9 of these clues have more than one known answer
Crossword Master reuses clue text across puzzles with different solutions, and 9 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 538 holds 20 clues against a game average of 18.6, and is part of the 501–600 block. Puzzle 537 comes before it and puzzle 539 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 538
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.