Metro Cryptic Crossword April 27 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on April 27 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 10
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (10 total)
(1)
Midnight's desire in victory, terribly rough
The answer is: witchinghour
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(8)
Studies marsh grasses, we hear
The answer is: reads
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(9)
Fig many set out to blow up!
The answer is: magnify
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(10)
Pad directly to last part
The answer is: homestraight
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An amount enclosed, you lend initially to provide protection
The answer is: asylum
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(14)
Some Bach, or a lied, is sung
The answer is: choral
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Over-emotional actor, dilemma possibly
The answer is: melodramatic
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(21)
Old Japanese fighter creating odd upset in Asia somehow
The answer is: samurai
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(22)
However, church appears well built
The answer is: butch
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From North Sea, tows very short distance
The answer is: astonesthrow
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Fighting male, though affectionate
The answer is: warm
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(2)
Drink being homely, hotpot its purpose?
The answer is: teacosy
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(3)
As the flustered show speed
The answer is: haste
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Union to commiserate with one leaving dope
The answer is: numpty
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Swine used to be hot? Nonsense!
The answer is: hogwash
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Don't start thinking about being exploitative
The answer is: using
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(7)
New style's about love for hearty contraction
The answer is: systole
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(11)
Reader one gives a hand to?
The answer is: palmist
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(13)
Sustain subordinate, then depart
The answer is: undergo
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Swagger when one enters rota
The answer is: roister
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(16)
Dog biter?
The answer is: canine
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Lighting requiring fifty units of current
The answer is: lamps
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(19)
One having two books, part of Bible for churchman
The answer is: abbot
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(20)
Dog food
The answer is: chow
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