Metro Cryptic Crossword March 5 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on March 5 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Said to be unseated from royal seat
The answer is: throne
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A police department in charge of tart
The answer is: acidic
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Left suffering resulting in decline
The answer is: languish
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(9)
Cut and pinch
The answer is: nick
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(10)
Some fantastic vino
The answer is: asti
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(11)
Making certain nine rugs woven
The answer is: ensuring
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(12)
Piece dark, we hear
The answer is: knight
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Remained sober, by the sound of it
The answer is: stayed
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They support the rider
The answer is: stirrups
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Once more losing head for profit
The answer is: gain
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Air force unit to pick up first of gremlins
The answer is: wing
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(20)
Waterhole sound outside house
The answer is: dwelling
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(21)
You, we hear, more reliable moneylender
The answer is: usurer
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(22)
Cloud over hideout with old boat inside
The answer is: darken
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Change sides?
The answer is: headsandtails
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(3)
Noon gig wrongly continuing
The answer is: ongoing
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(4)
Met nine, variously renowned
The answer is: eminent
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(5)
Longs for a short game
The answer is: aches
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Wrongdoer loses head towards the centre
The answer is: inner
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(7)
Popular do, city split by directions put out
The answer is: inconvenience
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(13)
Delay post containing American money
The answer is: suspend
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(14)
Sharp-cornered rug Alan upholstered
The answer is: angular
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(16)
Understood to be a man
The answer is: roger
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(17)
Controlled by foreign articles
The answer is: under
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