Metro Cryptic Crossword July 16 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on July 16 2026.

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Total Clues
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Total Across
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Total Down

Clues Across (10 total)

(1)
Grandma's bash unfortunately brings sort of raid
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Before taking part in hunt, I lunch
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Real dodgy engine units inside
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Ordinary factory outing?
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Cruel person is sad with one good person
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Wife in early trouble with solicitor
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Translate Caruso eulogy in a plucky way
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Attribute to a writer
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Man doesn't start to cut in
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Players' boss playing a strange game
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Clues Down (14 total)

(1)
Characters in most unpleasant shock
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Amaze, turning to Sudan
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Greeting inferno with nothing below
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Deny Tyneside access to garden
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Soldier given a big plant
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Legal defence of some Svengali, bizarre
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Those who hand out cards to traders
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Indifferent to friends at a function
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Looking fixedly at a cord going round
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Eg, you'll demolish Christmas cake
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Make up for dreamy sleep around river
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Such a jewel has not been reduced in price
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Turn vegetable not starting merger
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Hear appalling person who stains cloth
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