Metro Cryptic Crossword March 4 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on March 4 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 10
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (10 total)
(1)
Come back, only to let slip untaxed commerce
The answer is: blackeconomy
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Basket-maker confused Rosie
The answer is: osier
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Not conscious of woman taking pottery
The answer is: unaware
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(10)
Leave intellectual relating to division
The answer is: departmental
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He pushes noisy cyclist
The answer is: pedlar
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Foxes with cricket equipment
The answer is: stumps
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Single rum too intoxicating for spiritual student of figures
The answer is: numerologist
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(21)
Touch prisoner with diplomacy
The answer is: contact
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I scold when furious
The answer is: irate
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Disruption to affect tram is a certainty
The answer is: matteroffact
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Endlessly obstruct an alliance
The answer is: bloc
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(2)
Article denies tampering with liquorice flavour
The answer is: aniseed
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(3)
Ok, ram demolished curry
The answer is: korma
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(4)
Add up at end of day in Cumbria, perhaps
The answer is: county
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It's most orderly to dine in the home
The answer is: neatest
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Intended to close back of packet
The answer is: meant
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Concerning clues about hermit
The answer is: recluse
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(11)
Wasp in a chimney eating a vegetable
The answer is: spinach
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(13)
Be a star performing side by side
The answer is: abreast
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Mum to conceal a mark with cosmetic
The answer is: mascara
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(16)
Roofer sees woodlouse
The answer is: slater
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(18)
Chap and I had a craze
The answer is: mania
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Real unhappiness will occur if Reg breaks down
The answer is: grief
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(20)
Check cricket game
The answer is: test
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