Metro Cryptic Crossword March 8 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on March 8 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Not easy – out of bed without money
The answer is: hardup
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Horrified at hag’s bad spell
The answer is: aghast
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(8)
Piece of music, or a high point I love
The answer is: oratorio
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(9)
Last of buses to rush into London district
The answer is: soho
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(10)
Vagueness concealing fit of the shivers
The answer is: ague
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(11)
How bounders are caught unawares
The answer is: onthehop
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(12)
Strong horse as yet unreliable, right?
The answer is: stayer
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(13)
Turn into suit
The answer is: become
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(15)
Hellish Royal Navy finale set outside
The answer is: infernal
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(18)
Oven joint, but no starter
The answer is: oast
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(19)
Work doggedly chopping logs
The answer is: slog
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(20)
I take outbuilding after vehicle disappeared
The answer is: vanished
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(21)
Starry part of the last rally
The answer is: astral
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(22)
One enjoying cruelty's unhappy first
The answer is: sadist
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Straight over inner slant, forming a corner
The answer is: atrightangles
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(3)
Indecisive article in heartless journal
The answer is: dithery
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(4)
Room for Catherine to embrace boy
The answer is: parlour
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(5)
An attic overhead
The answer is: aloft
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(6)
Hurry, hates being upset
The answer is: haste
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(7)
Who might be seen in a variety of the classrooms?
The answer is: schoolmasters
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(13)
How trains travel with writers' credits
The answer is: bylines
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(14)
Angry journalist marked with an 'X'
The answer is: crossed
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(16)
Ardent in middle-age? Really?
The answer is: eager
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(17)
Marine said to have type of orange
The answer is: navel
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