Metro Cryptic Crossword July 28 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on July 28 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 10
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (10 total)
(1)
Upset by record played after midnight?
The answer is: disconsolate
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(8)
Twice Nigeria hosts ancient race
The answer is: iceni
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(9)
Wilder and rearing to go?
The answer is: angrier
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(10)
Something huge to wear spoiled on the gallant (3-6,3)
The answer is: tengallonhat
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(12)
Hear about promotion of capital city
The answer is: riyadh
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(14)
Winter Olympian, swimmer, right?
The answer is: skater
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A tensile soil mixture producing scented unguent
The answer is: essentialoil
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(21)
Former empress annoyed artisan
The answer is: tsarina
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(22)
Look around university to find surgical dressing
The answer is: gauze
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(23)
Withdraw, exhausted, to a place of seclusion
The answer is: beataretreat
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Raised platform for short flower
The answer is: dais
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(2)
Screen ruined Reynolds' third landscape
The answer is: scenery
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(3)
First of old part of building now due
The answer is: owing
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(4)
Unusual pastel paper fastener
The answer is: staple
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(5)
Go back with key to hunt around for diary
The answer is: logbook
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Model with lofty part of leg
The answer is: thigh
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(7)
Speaker starts yelling at private chapel
The answer is: oratory
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New clue, try 'viciousness'
The answer is: cruelty
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Maybe Ted isn't one treating canines
The answer is: dentist
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(15)
Gift in butter I spread around
The answer is: tribute
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(16)
Return of vague aura in the sky (3-3)
The answer is: midair
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(18)
Use a razor in Rosebush Avenue
The answer is: shave
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(19)
Run away; it's not bad!
The answer is: legit
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(20)
Step out and be a nuisance
The answer is: pest
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