Metro Cryptic Crossword March 15 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on March 15 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Does away with the scuffles
The answer is: scraps
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Time to bring out the paper
The answer is: tissue
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(8)
Animal finds centre of target, for incredibly good
The answer is: bullfrog
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(9)
When a backer cuts hotel again
The answer is: anew
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(10)
Small case kept in perpetuity
The answer is: etui
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(11)
Dedicate to fashionable writer
The answer is: inscribe
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(12)
Political party's vegetables
The answer is: greens
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(13)
Convince fool by river
The answer is: assure
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Richard caught in tangled nets, in trouble
The answer is: stricken
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(18)
Not odd for pearl stone
The answer is: opal
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(19)
Long skirt from endless saying
The answer is: maxi
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(20)
Lawsuit shows cassette is dodgy
The answer is: testcase
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(21)
Philby held by agent – almost revealing?
The answer is: skimpy
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(22)
Touch upon everyone, due to change
The answer is: allude
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Retaliation offensive when playing Ludo, perhaps? (7-6)
The answer is: counterattack
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(3)
Rallies around words when a judge is entering
The answer is: allrise
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(4)
Passages offered by performing artists
The answer is: straits
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(5)
Roman garments to drop around
The answer is: togas
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(6)
Rat is moving around step
The answer is: stair
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(7)
Shameless about drab user-names
The answer is: unembarrassed
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(13)
Problem one forgets having
The answer is: amnesia
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(14)
Long-suffering saint unwinding a coil
The answer is: stoical
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(16)
I'd take one instant to take up jargon
The answer is: idiom
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(17)
Cat in pool
The answer is: kitty
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