Metro Cryptic Crossword March 3 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on March 3 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Demanding, like a royal
The answer is: asking
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Girl adopting a king's martial art
The answer is: karate
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Insecure or secure supply
The answer is: resource
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(9)
Wean off in a different way
The answer is: anew
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(10)
Simple plant, ally gave half away
The answer is: alga
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Make an announcement – personal
The answer is: intimate
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(12)
Taken me shopping in trap
The answer is: enmesh
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Vehicle for two in violet and emerald
The answer is: tandem
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Lonely, I criticised without love
The answer is: isolated
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(18)
Only the odd Trappist bugle call
The answer is: taps
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(19)
Son depressed when behindhand
The answer is: slow
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(20)
Number of driving places on the wagon
The answer is: teetotal
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(21)
Tree to crash into religious retreat
The answer is: ashram
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(22)
Peg put on rotten sweet
The answer is: toffee
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Men ill at sea, good sailor on board produces reviving potion
The answer is: smellingsalts
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(3)
Press herb, extracting sulphur, in prehistoric times
The answer is: ironage
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Dressing crudely bright round north
The answer is: garnish
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(5)
Was subservient before town's endless mournful sound
The answer is: knelt
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Back with millions to source new weaponry
The answer is: rearm
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To help cheater around House of Lords?
The answer is: theotherplace
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(13)
Well-ordered diet, it's awful!
The answer is: tidiest
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(14)
Heads for vegetarian option
The answer is: nutloaf
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(16)
More gloomy cow?
The answer is: lower
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(17)
Carry male to see sacred object
The answer is: totem
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