Metro Cryptic Crossword May 5 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on May 5 2026.

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Total Across
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Clues Across (10 total)

(1)
One day, nearly vary diary to be causing fear
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Money obtained from cruel treatment
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Cliff hides direction for checking device
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And accountant gets the coins – same old story!
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Nicest, weird little creature
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Vote to return after dance
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One terrible monster MP in custody
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Concentrated in the past, perhaps
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Old vehicle container
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Protection by cops, erect oil refinery
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Clues Down (14 total)

(1)
Shiftless daughter inhabiting French island
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Undertakes rugby challenges
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Comes across beef and lamb, it's reported
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Misdeal distributed with no energy, dreary
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Hospital goes in to find a windpipe
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Approach an argument
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Vineyard let out before end of July – such callousness
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Girl set fire to one, caught by irregular force
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Feature not entirely against Tuscan wine
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Yearn before an attempt in the distant past
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Dad, I announce, is a sailor
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A top spinning round one in courtyard
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Laughs at unstarted shifts
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Foodstuff many consume
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