Metro Cryptic Crossword August 8 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 8 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 10
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (10 total)
(1)
A low distance to travel if feeling very nervous
The answer is: inacoldsweat
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Helps wild beast
The answer is: abets
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Rationing, where shilling going fast
The answer is: sharing
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(10)
Food of emotion on date, perhaps
The answer is: passionfruit
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(12)
A sleep disturbed by polite request
The answer is: please
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Timeless awful children making blunders
The answer is: errors
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Furniture style, flat one's best
The answer is: nestoftables
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Skipped about Em? Ditto
The answer is: omitted
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(22)
General concession
The answer is: grant
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(23)
Bad weather turned hot, Mrs Wild
The answer is: thunderstorm
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Leader beginning in mosque at midday
The answer is: imam
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(2)
Synthetic material seen in superb gallery
The answer is: acetate
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(3)
Drop of ouzo when one's in watering hole
The answer is: oasis
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Tyrant wrongly posted
The answer is: despot
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(5)
Why distribution of wrath?
The answer is: whatfor
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A gambling device at university? I'm off!
The answer is: adieu
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(7)
Say to lift maker, 'Male vanity'
The answer is: egotism
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(11)
A view of duck on the wing
The answer is: opinion
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(13)
Cut hornets in pieces
The answer is: shorten
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(15)
Herb, or, say, an onion, initially
The answer is: oregano
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(16)
Unfortunate dog set to get heavy food
The answer is: stodge
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Point to desire to be stylish
The answer is: swish
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(19)
Turn up in vehicle that's fake
The answer is: bogus
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(20)
A boy – very tiny thing?
The answer is: atom
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