Metro Cryptic Crossword July 7 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on July 7 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Collect label returned by that woman
The answer is: gather
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Traces changes, as responds to stimulus
The answer is: reacts
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Jumper for a spaniel?
The answer is: springer
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Holder is very French, it's said
The answer is: tray
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(10)
Felled when agitated
The answer is: hewn
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Male sailor finds poisonous plant
The answer is: mandrake
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(12)
Practically besotted by hand warmer
The answer is: mitten
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Points out engine part
The answer is: piston
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Tore robe off, given drink in America
The answer is: rootbeer
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(18)
Title Gladys holds
The answer is: lady
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(19)
Unemployed star, they say
The answer is: idle
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(20)
Burning garden features, black ones surrounding tree
The answer is: bonfires
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(21)
Rubber ring opens, but remove first
The answer is: eraser
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(22)
Seraph's strange group of words
The answer is: phrase
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Extreme neatness as taken at a patisserie? (5-3,5)
The answer is: applepieorder
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(3)
Locks security device?
The answer is: hairnet
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(4)
System for Reg and I to go ahead of troops
The answer is: regimen
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(5)
Some explorer unnecessarily has to go again
The answer is: rerun
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Sacrificial block to change, we hear
The answer is: altar
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Phew! Be grateful to my following!
The answer is: thankgoodness
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(13)
Vegetable, the average bargain
The answer is: parsnip
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(14)
Realist, when surreal, is more like the sea
The answer is: saltier
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(16)
Peg points to adolescents
The answer is: teens
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(17)
Recall last part of remnant
The answer is: ember
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