Metro Cryptic Crossword May 6 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on May 6 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Admission in tarmac cesspool
The answer is: access
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Sob about letter, it will prey on one's mind
The answer is: obsess
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Brother has awful colic – from vegetable
The answer is: broccoli
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(9)
Boring chopped meat
The answer is: tame
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Thailand almost bordering on a continent
The answer is: asia
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Had a fight and was thrown out
The answer is: scrapped
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(12)
Joins together furniture around end of June
The answer is: unites
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Unique person on holiday? (3-3)
The answer is: oneoff
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Two cuts of meat wanted, quickly! (4-4)
The answer is: chopchop
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(18)
Send round objects
The answer is: ends
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(19)
Record company's right for Middle Eastern potentate
The answer is: emir
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(20)
One Parisian fitting in poor taste
The answer is: unseemly
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Woman next to food shop turned and grinned
The answer is: smiled
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(22)
To oppose some chores is terrible
The answer is: resist
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Flower spreading anthers much? My!
The answer is: chrysanthemum
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Fondness won't begin to show delight
The answer is: enchant
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Partners and advocates lacking opening
The answer is: spouses
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More promising when top's off tree
The answer is: osier
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Establish a good start in the tennis match
The answer is: setup
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Disorderly empress, if idle, is always faithful in translation
The answer is: semperfidelis
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(13)
Work problem for one rejecting motion
The answer is: opposer
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(14)
Teams essential to chapel evensong
The answer is: elevens
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(16)
Danger of going back into Somali Republic
The answer is: peril
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Relentlessly pursue dog
The answer is: hound
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