Metro Cryptic Crossword June 26 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on June 26 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 10
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (10 total)
(1)
Speed at which one can give and receive money
The answer is: exchangerate
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(8)
Twice Nigeria hosts ancient race
The answer is: iceni
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(9)
Admire extraordinary sceptre
The answer is: respect
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(10)
Plan to get fed up, say, with playing surface
The answer is: draughtboard
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(12)
Tamper with instrument
The answer is: fiddle
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It's said, school period to abate
The answer is: lessen
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Pole forced round margin, after cook's mixture
The answer is: batteringram
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(21)
Dry wine at Heathrow, for example
The answer is: airport
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(22)
Make sense of a direct debit at university
The answer is: addup
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(23)
Formal wear for a funeral we are told
The answer is: morningdress
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Connected up, but wrong
The answer is: evil
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(2)
Declare revolutionary found innocent
The answer is: cleared
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(3)
Goodbye to something that may be cast in gold
The answer is: adieu
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(4)
Soldier returned flooring to nameless ruler
The answer is: gurkha
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(5)
Absurd among debris, I blew
The answer is: risible
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(6)
The thank-you letter
The answer is: theta
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(7)
Apprentice needed for horse farm and hospital department
The answer is: student
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Unusual not to be rhythmic
The answer is: offbeat
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(13)
Rest to have fibbed first (3-4)
The answer is: liedown
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(15)
Wrap up wife in seat
The answer is: swaddle
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Practically besotted by hand warmer
The answer is: mitten
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Roots circling trunk
The answer is: torso
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(19)
Protect rising flow of air, lacking high tension
The answer is: guard
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(20)
Work to mix soup
The answer is: opus
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