Metro Cryptic Crossword June 17 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on June 17 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Argument about removing cap on car tax
The answer is: tariff
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First of people in peril at sea – from this small wave?
The answer is: ripple
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Familiarise Bill with usual procedure
The answer is: accustom
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Chooses to disrupt post
The answer is: opts
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(10)
Stop new building
The answer is: barn
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(11)
Type of motor on loan to directors
The answer is: outboard
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(12)
First reheat ovens for Sunday joints
The answer is: roasts
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A steeple is long
The answer is: aspire
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Officer to slip and fall
The answer is: collapse
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Material of the second kind
The answer is: silk
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(19)
Colour of soft fluid
The answer is: pink
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(20)
Mean to embrace the man at long last
The answer is: intheend
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(21)
Immediately pay for about a hundred
The answer is: atonce
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(22)
Inflatable boat hard to find in dark
The answer is: dinghy
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Past master in digs?
The answer is: archaeologist
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US again shifted lizards
The answer is: iguanas
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Understands measures
The answer is: fathoms
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(5)
Send clock back
The answer is: remit
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Picture hoop spinning round square
The answer is: photo
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Occasion to eat your words?
The answer is: literarylunch
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(13)
Gave warning treadle was broken
The answer is: alerted
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Parents break part of foot
The answer is: pastern
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(16)
Compare to plants in conversation
The answer is: liken
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(17)
The conceit of lions?
The answer is: pride
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