Metro Cryptic Crossword August 13 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 13 2026.
- 28
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Austere in Lehar's home
The answer is: harsh
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Brisk streetcars return
The answer is: smart
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(10)
Drive round to get composer
The answer is: verdi
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(11)
Locate animal if eg RAF is scrambled
The answer is: giraffe
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(12)
Vigorously study British city
The answer is: conbrio
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(13)
Rush into ranch as tenant
The answer is: haste
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(14)
Gas appearing to follow headless cattle
The answer is: xenon
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(16)
Confine ringleader in settlement
The answer is: cramp
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(21)
Taxi not available to return meat
The answer is: bacon
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(23)
An obsession hard to understand
The answer is: complex
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(25)
The sun, turning blue, is OK to water down
The answer is: soluble
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(26)
Cover round ancient city is melodramatically sensational
The answer is: lurid
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(27)
Brief encounter with sweeper
The answer is: brush
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(28)
Bake fresh batch first, it's a Turkish dish
The answer is: kebab
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Clues Down (14 total)
(2)
Order a cooker, so to speak
The answer is: arrange
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(3)
Chance holding back European person in St Moritz?
The answer is: skier
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(5)
Walker taking up stuff to woman
The answer is: marcher
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(6)
Create makeshift boats from rafters with no hesitation
The answer is: rafts
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(7)
Force out movie about boy
The answer is: evict
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(8)
Schoolgirl back in the White House
The answer is: igloo
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Reject rejected person, sent up
The answer is: repel
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(15)
Transport collection of books
The answer is: omnibus
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(17)
Disease of mother left with song
The answer is: malaria
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(18)
Humble airhead on foot
The answer is: abase
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(19)
Cares about measures of land
The answer is: acres
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(20)
No Latin de luxe models sweat!
The answer is: exude
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Measure of energy that is removed for bottled gas
The answer is: calor
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Some leeway when covering brawl
The answer is: melee
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