Metro Cryptic Crossword July 20 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on July 20 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 10
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (10 total)
(1)
Hotel notice out of bounds to dirt
The answer is: donotdisturb
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It turns either way
The answer is: rotor
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Boy singer holding music's beginning to shake
The answer is: tremble
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(10)
Finding age not bad, racing away
The answer is: carbondating
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(12)
Act on move
The answer is: affect
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To laze around is not his style
The answer is: zealot
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Transparent sheets need running over softly with narrow frame
The answer is: tracingpaper
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Tie made straight to act as peacemaker
The answer is: mediate
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(22)
Robot's daughter backing designer
The answer is: droid
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(23)
Ties eventually removed by cook?
The answer is: apronstrings
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Head of department ran off to do some repairs
The answer is: darn
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(2)
Less than 50%, I should say
The answer is: nothalf
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(3)
Bad broth produces a palpitation
The answer is: throb
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Popular nurse, but mean
The answer is: intend
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(5)
Adolescent golf supporter on horse last in race
The answer is: teenage
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Religious man cut tail off bunny
The answer is: rabbi
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Western number is important
The answer is: weighty
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(11)
Music Maigret composed
The answer is: ragtime
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(13)
US city in vogue in the past
The answer is: chicago
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(15)
Rest to have fibbed first (3-4)
The answer is: liedown
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(16)
Go back, without starting, to exit
The answer is: egress
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(18)
Make sense of a direct debit at university
The answer is: addup
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(19)
French marshal left Channel Island tree
The answer is: alder
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Likelihood of due date stalls opening
The answer is: odds
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