Metro Cryptic Crossword May 4 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on May 4 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Supply the words for handwriting
The answer is: script
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(5)
One hundred in home that's most agreeable
The answer is: nicest
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Expectation of a search for gold
The answer is: prospect
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(9)
Animal run over
The answer is: wolf
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(10)
Still got odds for grain tower
The answer is: silo
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Girl's leaflet will amuse
The answer is: distract
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(12)
Doubtful, dare he stick?
The answer is: adhere
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(13)
Sum from a significant rise
The answer is: amount
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Make suppositions, so here it goes awry
The answer is: theorise
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(18)
Some patriotic threesome
The answer is: trio
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Missile to move like a cloud
The answer is: scud
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(20)
One moves in favour of problem
The answer is: proposer
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(21)
Train awkwardly with unknown office item (2-4)
The answer is: intray
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Being in torment, it yelps
The answer is: entity
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Accepted responsibility after running out of petrol?
The answer is: carriedthecan
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Heron is moving away from the sea
The answer is: inshore
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(4)
Pedal altered, then adjusted
The answer is: treadle
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(5)
Paper money - not escudos therein
The answer is: notes
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(6)
Cringe from many a debtor
The answer is: cower
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Possibly offend clients by being assertive (4-9)
The answer is: selfconfident
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(13)
Or calculation reported to be wondrous
The answer is: awesome
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(14)
Letters mailed to a remote settlement?
The answer is: outpost
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(16)
Request goods for religious body
The answer is: order
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(17)
Mean and covered in spots, but not at first
The answer is: imply
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