Metro Cryptic Crossword May 26 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on May 26 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Tiny returns on a group of pack animals
The answer is: llamas
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Acquit the French upper-class type
The answer is: letoff
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(8)
Pancake roll accompanies it at buffet
The answer is: tortilla
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(9)
Google while on board?
The answer is: surf
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Drink may ease any discomfort at first
The answer is: mead
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Restaurant client glimpsed prehistoric creature, we hear
The answer is: dinosaur
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(12)
Try and try again? Not right being robust
The answer is: hearty
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DIY tool left out of malicious statement
The answer is: sander
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A passion for images adroitly fashioned
The answer is: idolatry
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(18)
Dejected, left in the sticky stuff!
The answer is: glum
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Bird back in the corner, warbling
The answer is: wren
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(20)
Drink I'm not able to hide at Spanish airport
The answer is: alicante
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(21)
Result of firing skywards?
The answer is: upshot
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(22)
Complete remedy lacks cold stand
The answer is: endure
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Lahore opposed playing Twickenham forward? (5-4,4)
The answer is: looseheadprop
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(3)
Beginning to mature a bit, or he's a bullfighter
The answer is: matador
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Dolly is changing substantially
The answer is: solidly
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(5)
Get to know tragic king by name
The answer is: learn
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Sat up with 1000s for jobs
The answer is: tasks
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Gold-digger preparing fourteenth run (7-6)
The answer is: fortunehunter
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(13)
Isle keeping left in urban view
The answer is: skyline
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Skinflint to haul drink up
The answer is: niggard
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(16)
Start up without a meal
The answer is: lunch
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Raise a glass to a good man
The answer is: toast
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