Metro Cryptic Crossword August 5 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 5 2026.
- 28
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Tell on lawn
The answer is: grass
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(4)
Literary attempt
The answer is: essay
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(10)
Where to put chalk at the right moment
The answer is: oncue
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(11)
Head of government destroys empire, right?
The answer is: premier
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(12)
Singer soon to perform with rap
The answer is: soprano
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(13)
Is furious when egghead appears in old clothes
The answer is: rages
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(14)
Like pale African city
The answer is: aswan
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(16)
Changes point from which tide turns
The answer is: edits
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(21)
Check accounts of German car before time
The answer is: audit
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(23)
Craft requires stick to push in
The answer is: macrame
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(25)
Little child sheltering close this evening
The answer is: tonight
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(26)
Cut back manuscript for tests
The answer is: exams
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(27)
Doctor left a right tooth
The answer is: molar
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(28)
Steps this way, loudly
The answer is: stile
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Clues Down (14 total)
(2)
Cooking instructions should be terribly precise
The answer is: recipes
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(3)
Odd spider near Tuscan city
The answer is: siena
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(5)
Fleeced getting organ into outbuilding
The answer is: sheared
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(6)
Copying a sharp ringing sound
The answer is: aping
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(7)
Old contest only about love
The answer is: joust
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(8)
Poems translated at racecourse
The answer is: epsom
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(9)
Medic to circle ship getting worthless stuff
The answer is: dross
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Not in favour of half the guards in Caribbean island
The answer is: antigua
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(17)
A vanquished leader during route finding hard work
The answer is: travail
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(18)
Soil from near Thurso
The answer is: earth
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(19)
Show feeling about tiny speck on note
The answer is: emote
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(20)
It raises dough from unknown direction
The answer is: yeast
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(22)
Animal god in mix-up
The answer is: dingo
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(24)
Recycle a tube to hold rope attachment
The answer is: cleat
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