Crossword Master Puzzle 596 Answers
20 clues with verified answers, 1–7 letters each — above the game average of 18.6 clues per puzzle.
Puzzle 596 — Complete Answer Guide
This page lists every clue and answer for Crossword Master puzzle 596, part of the puzzles 501–600 block. The board carries 20 clues in total, with answers running from 1 to 7 letters and 69 letters combined. That is above the game-wide average of 18.6 clues per puzzle.
Worth knowing before you start: 11 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 596 specifically. The longest answer here is Acerbic at 7 letters.
Step to puzzle 595 or puzzle 597, 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 596
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Caustic REUSED | Acerbic | 7 | |
| #2 | D__R | Emu | 3 | |
| #3 | __Tle REUSED | Ti | 2 | |
| #4 | Fascinated REUSED | Rapt | 4 | |
| #5 | Tattooed REUSED | Inked | 5 | |
| #6 | Before F | E | 1 | |
| #7 | Million REUSED | M | 1 | |
| #8 | Frosted | Iced | 4 | |
| #9 | Economic Journal | Ej | 2 | |
| #10 | Smell REUSED | Odor | 4 | |
| #11 | __Sty | Ze | 2 | |
| #12 | … Smth Out | Eke | 3 | |
| #13 | Hot Drink REUSED | Tea | 3 | |
| #14 | Ricochet | Rebound | 7 | |
| #15 | Scouting | Recon | 5 | |
| #16 | __Ng REUSED | Ki | 2 | |
| #17 | 12 | Dozen | 5 | |
| #18 | Fun REUSED | Joke | 4 | |
| #19 | Net REUSED | Web | 3 | |
| #20 | Tuesday REUSED | Tu | 2 |
Clues Reused Elsewhere
These clues appear in other puzzles with a different required answer. The answer shown is the one for puzzle 596.
Caustic — here the answer is Acerbic. Elsewhere this clue can be Acrid, Lye, in puzzles 346, 495, 716, 792 and 3 more.
__Tle — here the answer is Ti. Elsewhere this clue can be Whit, Bus, in puzzles 1462, 1614, 1663.
Fascinated — here the answer is Rapt. Elsewhere this clue can be Riveted, in puzzles 126, 559, 755, 937 and 4 more.
Tattooed — here the answer is Inked. Elsewhere this clue can be Inky, in puzzles 810, 1578, 1961.
Million — here the answer is M. Elsewhere this clue can be Mil, in puzzles 116, 197, 982, 1046 and 3 more.
Smell — here the answer is Odor. Elsewhere this clue can be Aroma, Scent, in puzzles 80, 281, 298, 644 and 4 more.
Hot Drink — here the answer is Tea. Elsewhere this clue can be T, in puzzles 31, 116, 297, 721 and 7 more.
__Ng — here the answer is Ki. Elsewhere this clue can be Ri, Viki, You, Sla, in puzzles 4, 271, 339, 490 and 7 more.
Puzzles Around 596
Puzzle 596 — Questions
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3 Tips for Crossword Master Puzzle 596
Start from the 7-letter answer
Puzzle 596 runs 20 clues with answers between 1 and 7 letters, the longest being Acerbic. 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.
11 of these clues have more than one known answer
Crossword Master reuses clue text across puzzles with different solutions, and 11 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 596 holds 20 clues against a game average of 18.6, and is part of the 501–600 block. Puzzle 595 comes before it and puzzle 597 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 596
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 24, 2026Crossword Master by the numbers
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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.