Metro Cryptic Crossword August 11 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 11 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 12
- Total Across
- 12
- Total Down
Clues Across (12 total)
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Kept tabs on fool tied up outside
The answer is: monitored
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Turning over a large bear is fair game (4-2)
The answer is: hoopla
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Attempt to secure one pound for hat
The answer is: trilby
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Female deer in the money, we hear
The answer is: doe
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An ode I compose, but haven't a clue
The answer is: noidea
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Referee almost destroyed jacket
The answer is: reefer
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Iris on the vessel
The answer is: flagon
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Panda quits north returns to back street and evolves
The answer is: adapts
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Final three quarters of the sixty minutes belongs to us
The answer is: our
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Person moving herds beginning to direct car
The answer is: drover
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Animated performance I have followed
The answer is: active
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Social climber first to roll up outside
The answer is: arriviste
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Clues Down (12 total)
(1)
Prod it roughly if inactive
The answer is: torpid
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(2)
Noisy little thing about to trap one hound
The answer is: cicada
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Criminal lifted instrument hesitantly
The answer is: looter
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Nearly sell diamonds in Italian city
The answer is: venice
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Crikey, orally distributed ensuing result
The answer is: corollary
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Thing I've followed to target
The answer is: objective
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For example, love oneself
The answer is: ego
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Some commendable conclusion
The answer is: end
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Direct command
The answer is: govern
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Minor dictionary contains Scandinavian
The answer is: nordic
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(18)
Remove last of coffee with tongue
The answer is: arabic
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Sharp taste circulating round University
The answer is: astute
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