Metro Cryptic Crossword April 26 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on April 26 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Girl, one trapped by a rotten male
The answer is: amelia
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Small person's pastime, mostly information technology
The answer is: hobbit
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Hero-worshipper I swindle afterwards
The answer is: idolater
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(9)
Blocking part of the security device
The answer is: lock
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(10)
Deposit left in perch
The answer is: silt
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(11)
Some very onerous inclusion for each person
The answer is: everyone
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(12)
Against most of poetry, American
The answer is: versus
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(13)
Avoid ewes straying around church
The answer is: eschew
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Game to tease bachelor in coop
The answer is: cribbage
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(18)
Continue to hold back kitchen fitting
The answer is: unit
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(19)
Employed Scouse dialect inside
The answer is: used
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(20)
The plane crashed – a jumbo?
The answer is: elephant
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(21)
Come up with arrangement for dances
The answer is: ascend
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(22)
Acknowledged fine service and overbalanced
The answer is: tipped
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Crunch point at half-time?
The answer is: midlifecrisis
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(3)
Record the French set up, showing signs of a beginner (1-6)
The answer is: lplates
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(4)
Being without creative subject is naive
The answer is: artless
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(5)
Animal sounding croaky, they say
The answer is: horse
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Instrument to open your stomach
The answer is: belly
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(7)
Nuisance for nine on Venice exchange catching cold
The answer is: inconvenience
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(13)
Mountain woman needs a break
The answer is: everest
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(14)
During takeover, how disgusting to pay
The answer is: coughup
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(16)
Emblem has animal without tail
The answer is: badge
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(17)
In front of a leader?
The answer is: ahead
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