Metro Cryptic Crossword May 29 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on May 29 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 10
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (10 total)
(1)
Exchanging penny, miser on to nice little earner (5-7)
The answer is: moneyspinner
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(8)
Professional life, English disregarded, for a vocational role
The answer is: carer
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(9)
Reunite characters in train
The answer is: retinue
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(10)
Hard bargaining for swapping mounts? (5-7)
The answer is: horsetrading
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(12)
Fewer things to do for tutorial
The answer is: lesson
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(14)
One may, questionably, seek old farmer
The answer is: yeoman
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(17)
The hen – reared abroad in various places
The answer is: hereandthere
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Boy bisecting small animals with germ
The answer is: microbe
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(22)
Habit of upper-class guru
The answer is: usage
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(23)
Final demand date is a memorable occasion (3-6,3)
The answer is: redletterday
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Staff member initially given card
The answer is: mace
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(2)
Sprinted back to lines - gets thinner
The answer is: narrows
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(3)
Tales that are spun by the textile worker
The answer is: yarns
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(4)
They say you are surrounded by compassion and chastity
The answer is: purity
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(5)
Fool to value salt
The answer is: nitrate
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(6)
Even nuisances hide boredom
The answer is: ennui
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(7)
Stuffing most of side into aeroplane part
The answer is: wedging
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Clay shifting around edge by magic process
The answer is: alchemy
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(13)
Included in register as having a run of success
The answer is: onaroll
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(15)
Being fabulous French sea servant
The answer is: mermaid
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(16)
Some food destroyed – most peculiar
The answer is: oddest
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(18)
In Peru, cheap pleated frilling
The answer is: ruche
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(19)
Home of bingo
The answer is: house
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(20)
So each and all to blow top
The answer is: very
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