Metro Cryptic Crossword July 6 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on July 6 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 10
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (10 total)
(1)
I admire tenet moving between two things
The answer is: intermediate
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With tip of shinbone missing, last character stuck in Balearic island
The answer is: ibiza
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Tough rule bad, awful
The answer is: durable
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Overhauled super booster is out of control
The answer is: obstreperous
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Emperor races off round front of amphitheatre
The answer is: caesar
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Swine takes time to find bird
The answer is: pigeon
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Asian opal is transferred to US city
The answer is: indianapolis
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Animal with charged particle creates another
The answer is: sealion
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(22)
The woman's over bird
The answer is: heron
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(23)
Scientist bursts tyres with experimental toy
The answer is: chemistryset
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Bird island with bison? It's not on
The answer is: ibis
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(2)
Protector going round the limb
The answer is: thimble
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(3)
Right oven for cook
The answer is: roast
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(4)
Went round in circles when journalist passed away
The answer is: eddied
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Shakespearean king turning up in middle of visit to see Middle-Easterner
The answer is: israeli
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(6)
Also taking sailor in is forbidden
The answer is: taboo
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(7)
Public image of rappers on affordable housing
The answer is: persona
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(11)
Go one better than heavenly happening
The answer is: eclipse
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Reversion to type – vast aim abandoned
The answer is: atavism
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Have they escaped from awful regimes?
The answer is: emigres
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(16)
Blacks out in fast movement
The answer is: faints
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Hated appalling loss of life
The answer is: death
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Further inconvenience when bishop leaves
The answer is: other
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(20)
Pointless to combine with military division
The answer is: unit
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