Metro Cryptic Crossword July 10 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on July 10 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 10
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (10 total)
(1)
Preservative, conventional dye he'd treated
The answer is: formaldehyde
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(8)
Helping mostly with relationship
The answer is: ratio
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(9)
Young sheep and girl dance
The answer is: lambada
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(10)
Instrument ringing out in Greece causes aggression
The answer is: belligerence
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(12)
Nonsense swallowed, as spin
The answer is: rotate
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(14)
At the original place wearing new suit
The answer is: insitu
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(17)
Pleasure from Miss Havisham's house party
The answer is: satisfaction
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(21)
Food stores in cars, we hear
The answer is: larders
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(22)
Not even profit seen to cause composure
The answer is: poise
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One's sure Hugo is to be treated by hospital worker
The answer is: housesurgeon
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Almost original trees
The answer is: firs
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(2)
Go back to secluded place
The answer is: retreat
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(3)
A ring forming a coral reef
The answer is: atoll
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(4)
Drag into river in flood
The answer is: deluge
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(5)
Lisa's dad has French one - it covers all bases
The answer is: homerun
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(6)
Empty drive to tip down
The answer is: drain
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(7)
Entrance to the French cakes
The answer is: gateaux
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(11)
We, with the remainder left inside, struggle
The answer is: wrestle
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(13)
Incomplete job, less complicated with tufts
The answer is: tassels
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(15)
Wedding response then awkward lies to worship
The answer is: idolise
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(16)
Father is an employer, but takes a rest
The answer is: pauses
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(18)
Trunk destroying roots
The answer is: torso
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(19)
Caught a piranha devouring animal
The answer is: tapir
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(20)
Intend to get tight
The answer is: mean
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