Metro Cryptic Crossword July 23 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on July 23 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
A school jacket nearly on fire
The answer is: ablaze
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Subtle sort of woman's fashion
The answer is: bustle
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Goes ahead and gets the loans
The answer is: advances
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(9)
Sew saddle etc
The answer is: tack
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(10)
Musical soldiers from America
The answer is: gigi
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(11)
A slip on a design from Telford?
The answer is: salopian
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(12)
Silver stalk that's matched
The answer is: agreed
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Cheerful angle one's written about
The answer is: genial
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It's the hanging around that leads to anxiety
The answer is: suspense
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(18)
American enters empty tank seeking narwhal tooth
The answer is: tusk
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(19)
Next bit he nudged inside
The answer is: then
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(20)
Send off for Diane's eye protector
The answer is: dispatch
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(21)
Petition for each about beam
The answer is: prayer
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(22)
Lives in centre of Cheddar, place in Somerset
The answer is: dwells
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Potentially good gardening writer?
The answer is: buddingauthor
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(3)
A sin involving a right for deadly sin
The answer is: avarice
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(4)
Cut out tax dodge initially
The answer is: excised
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(5)
Partially climb a silver plant
The answer is: basil
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(6)
Start to see alien during drink (3-2)
The answer is: setup
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(7)
Half-hearted need, aid Calais in reform
The answer is: lackadaisical
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(13)
Given bribes as overcome by avarice
The answer is: greased
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(14)
Fool to value salt
The answer is: nitrate
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(16)
Little change for the girl
The answer is: penny
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(17)
Lowest part entering China directly
The answer is: nadir
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