Metro Cryptic Crossword May 16 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on May 16 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 10
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (10 total)
(1)
Teacher disrupts the classroom
The answer is: schoolmaster
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Bail organised, one having provided legal defence
The answer is: alibi
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(9)
Legally wrong, keeping chaps in agony
The answer is: torment
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(10)
Magic-wielding woman after fasteners for electrical device
The answer is: toggleswitch
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(12)
Cavalry soldier thus sarcastically included
The answer is: hussar
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(14)
Turn pale when cut by it
The answer is: whiten
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Our pirate changes into appropriate riding kit
The answer is: repairoutfit
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(21)
Beans he mixed for Irish spirit
The answer is: banshee
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(22)
Boy to secure group of flats
The answer is: block
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(23)
Croatian gone off with older person
The answer is: octogenarian
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Difficulty of lion's tail in sink
The answer is: snag
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(2)
Atrocious in-house review
The answer is: heinous
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(3)
In the red circle, bird's limb
The answer is: owing
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Practically besotted by hand warmer
The answer is: mitten
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(5)
Crikey, scatter half of that
The answer is: strewth
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(6)
Standing up before the court
The answer is: erect
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(7)
Getting engraving, but not loudly
The answer is: etching
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That woman surrounded by young animals – little angels!
The answer is: cherubs
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Sign of common illness just after midday? Get lost!
The answer is: atishoo
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(15)
Journey to oil-producing city
The answer is: tripoli
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(16)
Be united with business in this place
The answer is: cohere
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(18)
In ship, an iceberg causes uncontrollable fear
The answer is: panic
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(19)
Bone starts to toughen in babies if active
The answer is: tibia
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(20)
Like a family group
The answer is: akin
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