Metro Cryptic Crossword August 7 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 7 2026.
- 28
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Some talk a little of acid's opposite
The answer is: alkali
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Metallic compound of an Edinburgh chimney
The answer is: alum
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(9)
I wander back with New Zealander
The answer is: maori
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(10)
Gently agitate petite laboratory tube
The answer is: pipette
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(11)
Run away if sailor's verbally swindled
The answer is: abscond
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(12)
Staggers round to get the angling equipment
The answer is: reels
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(13)
Returning from exile holding a coil
The answer is: helix
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(15)
A cruise backing stage name
The answer is: alias
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(20)
Tissue in pelvis in ewes
The answer is: sinew
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(22)
Wild rumba, eg, causes offence
The answer is: umbrage
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(24)
Mixed-up characters?
The answer is: anagram
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(25)
Strange, my game
The answer is: rummy
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(26)
Spoil some interior detail with these paints?
The answer is: oils
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(27)
Partly remix an adult film
The answer is: xanadu
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Clues Down (14 total)
(2)
Once-over to observe twice (4-3)
The answer is: looksee
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(3)
In Vietnam, I got to see Spanish friend
The answer is: amigo
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(4)
Block where I'm awfully deep
The answer is: impede
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(5)
What people wear to shock, seen round about
The answer is: apparel
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(6)
Release some mounties
The answer is: untie
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(7)
Summer air's regularly causing stain
The answer is: smear
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(8)
Dog's lead found among cattle – a sheepdog's
The answer is: leash
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(14)
Where to find patients within
The answer is: inwards
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(16)
In a state of panic as Mr Capone has weapons
The answer is: alarmed
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(17)
A Welsh woman from Thailand, perhaps
The answer is: asian
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(18)
Having missed introduction, confuse clumsy type
The answer is: lummox
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(19)
Takes quick glances, we hear, at diarist
The answer is: pepys
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(21)
Canteen grasped by semolina aficionado (inits)
The answer is: naafi
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(23)
Peer keeps ring in store
The answer is: baron
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