Metro Cryptic Crossword April 5 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on April 5 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Fearless Holst starts <i>Unfinished Symphony</i>
The answer is: heroic
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(5)
To unfasten part of bidet, a chore
The answer is: detach
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(8)
Get realm entangled in wire
The answer is: telegram
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(9)
Get lippy during shop outing
The answer is: pout
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(10)
Muddled sage grows old
The answer is: ages
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(11)
Match box that creates a precedent?
The answer is: testcase
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(12)
Aim by listener to win affection
The answer is: endear
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(13)
Evangelise when fruit found round river
The answer is: preach
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(15)
Tiny cads twisting like hereditary rulers
The answer is: dynastic
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(18)
Yearn for coniferous tree?
The answer is: pine
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(19)
Centre of revolution needs a high boundary round
The answer is: axis
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(20)
Ruses are designed to give confidence
The answer is: reassure
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(21)
Nasty smell of small swimmer
The answer is: stench
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(22)
Leases out studio stands
The answer is: easels
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Come out of next icy, winding escape route
The answer is: emergencyexit
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(3)
Supervise old poetry at conclusion of ode
The answer is: oversee
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(4)
Keeper of dog on a hill
The answer is: curator
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(5)
Coins turned up half old penny
The answer is: dimes
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(6)
Subject for questioning to snap
The answer is: topic
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(7)
Cut corners, oil change is car refinement
The answer is: cruisecontrol
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(13)
Choose to dispense with tool
The answer is: pickaxe
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(14)
Reveals former attitudes
The answer is: exposes
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(16)
Crime for a king and his prince?
The answer is: arson
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(17)
Set alight hill by church
The answer is: torch
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