Metro Cryptic Crossword August 14 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 14 2026.
- 27
- Total Clues
- 13
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (13 total)
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Picking up big jar
The answer is: grate
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(7)
Working to contend with being shown to the public
The answer is: onview
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Toilet, I learnt, spoiled
The answer is: latrine
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(10)
Irish officer has a tedious time returning
The answer is: garda
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(11)
Test cut back, a thousand added
The answer is: exam
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Company aims to create pattern of tiles
The answer is: mosaic
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(15)
Chiefly Edna regularly holds girl
The answer is: helen
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Child left home in tatty apron
The answer is: orphan
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Place to live without charge
The answer is: flat
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(20)
Tiff about very last number
The answer is: fifty
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Strangely, Ali held biblical lady
The answer is: delilah
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Sounds like stallion has a sore throat
The answer is: hoarse
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Spanish man older, lacking iodine
The answer is: senor
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
For final hope, shoemaker's equipment needs fuel – drop of petrol
The answer is: lastgasp
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(2)
Wicked person appearing in vaudeville
The answer is: devil
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(3)
One hauling part of castle
The answer is: tower
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(4)
Go in van round French city
The answer is: avignon
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(5)
Sign of sadness, seeing rip
The answer is: tear
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Element free on exchange for fish
The answer is: goldenorfe
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Pied Piper to assess river haul inside (3-7)
The answer is: ratcatcher
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Foreign currency in Cheyenne
The answer is: yen
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(13)
Came across in some trawler
The answer is: met
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Everybody accompanying from the start
The answer is: allalong
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(15)
Layabout trapped by tough rope at sea
The answer is: halyard
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(18)
Doctor leaves boat with tool
The answer is: edger
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(19)
Cut length in waistband
The answer is: slash
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(21)
Part of the body length
The answer is: foot
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