Metro Cryptic Crossword June 12 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on June 12 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 10
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (10 total)
(1)
Suss reporter out, one found in hotel room
The answer is: trouserpress
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(8)
In front of king, regularly inclined to be less friendly
The answer is: icier
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(9)
Less than fifty per cent, certainly!
The answer is: nothalf
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(10)
Double what's lopped off by foreman
The answer is: doppelganger
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(12)
Demi's happened to be in middle of accident
The answer is: mishap
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(14)
Be a criminal, getting shiner
The answer is: beacon
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(17)
Transparent sheets need running over softly with narrow frame
The answer is: tracingpaper
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(21)
Interim alterations to end-points
The answer is: termini
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(22)
As carried, regularly sour
The answer is: acrid
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(23)
Poor grip, yet graph shows eagerness to shoot (7-5)
The answer is: triggerhappy
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Initially the ward inspection nurse is one of a pair
The answer is: twin
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(2)
Round motorway, common sense is sinister
The answer is: ominous
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(3)
Refuse to throw away
The answer is: scrap
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(4)
Cause annoyance, providing rotten ale with no head
The answer is: rankle
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Artillery to outline life's hurly-burly
The answer is: ratrace
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(6)
Informal language of second Archbishop of Canterbury
The answer is: slang
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(7)
Insult father by placing in a vessel
The answer is: affront
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(11)
Do an impression of one friend eating it
The answer is: imitate
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(13)
Getting up a revolutionary plot
The answer is: arising
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(15)
Explain to king during knockout competition
The answer is: clearup
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(16)
Partly design it easily to set on fire
The answer is: ignite
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(18)
Drying apparatus covered by repairers
The answer is: airer
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(19)
Cause embarrassment at a party
The answer is: abash
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(20)
Current issuing from wired dynamo
The answer is: eddy
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