Metro Cryptic Crossword March 23 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on March 23 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Right man so wrong for hostage payment
The answer is: ransom
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(5)
Chase money-holder round type of turn
The answer is: pursue
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Killer beasts very popular
The answer is: assassin
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(9)
What may turn to change when turned
The answer is: tide
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(10)
Bear Indian guru
The answer is: yogi
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(11)
Any crest designed for family line
The answer is: ancestry
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(12)
Block my site development
The answer is: stymie
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(13)
Inner love makes detective glum
The answer is: morose
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(15)
Crazy hound, stealing German uranium next to trolley, originally a sweet thing
The answer is: doughnut
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(18)
See inside joint
The answer is: loin
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(19)
Makes fun of chest bones
The answer is: ribs
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(20)
Rowdy pal developed verbal wit
The answer is: wordplay
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(21)
Hyde's Doctor J Kelly, perhaps
The answer is: jekyll
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(22)
Type of train from Leeds I vandalised
The answer is: diesel
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Replaced the cartoonist with little warning
The answer is: atshortnotice
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(3)
Admit us into ground
The answer is: stadium
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(4)
I'm returning the sum wagered – it's wrong
The answer is: mistake
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(5)
Alarm father over what's not quite nice?
The answer is: panic
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(6)
Complete nonsense as work schedules
The answer is: rotas
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(7)
Guess too low a figure – it's enumerated wrongly
The answer is: underestimate
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(13)
Aged tram due, broken
The answer is: matured
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Drinks again, we're told, causing return of illness
The answer is: relapse
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Turbulent fellow carrying stone
The answer is: gusty
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Northern sheep beside large post
The answer is: newel
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