Metro Cryptic Crossword August 1 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 1 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 10
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (10 total)
(1)
See fluttering redhorn on odd flowering shrub
The answer is: rhododendron
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(8)
Paint spilt, which is not appropriate
The answer is: inapt
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(9)
Set up in stable
The answer is: install
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(10)
Hard bargaining for swapping mounts? (5-7)
The answer is: horsetrading
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(12)
European shine
The answer is: polish
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(14)
Against most of poetry by American
The answer is: versus
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(17)
A tensile soil mixture producing scented unguent
The answer is: essentialoil
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(21)
Begin to embrace the French Hollywood hopeful
The answer is: starlet
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(22)
Fly round pole to get echo-sounder
The answer is: sonar
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(23)
Lessen stress over inability to stay still
The answer is: restlessness
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Rule shower by speaking
The answer is: rain
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(2)
Included in register as having a run of success
The answer is: onaroll
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(3)
Promises hot porridge outside
The answer is: oaths
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(4)
Departures on southern lives
The answer is: exists
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(5)
Seaside disaster brings complaint
The answer is: disease
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(6)
Animal all right, a quiet one
The answer is: okapi
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Poet has limb trapped in building site
The answer is: elegist
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(11)
Calm down primate eating vegetables
The answer is: appease
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(13)
Only one sort of square vest
The answer is: singlet
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(15)
Branch of knowledge transforming scenic Spain
The answer is: science
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(16)
Move carefully or overbalance lower end
The answer is: tiptoe
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(18)
Lash out then start eating rock
The answer is: shale
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(19)
Leans over sets of items
The answer is: lists
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(20)
Rob's craftily making eyes
The answer is: orbs
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