Metro Cryptic Crossword August 16 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 16 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Supplies top entertainer with jokes
The answer is: equips
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Look now and then to find children's apparatus (3-3)
The answer is: seesaw
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(8)
Yearly hairdo interrupted by a mad nun
The answer is: perannum
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(9)
Veto upset by ballot
The answer is: vote
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(10)
Small case kept in perpetuity
The answer is: etui
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(11)
Indisposed star can't perform
The answer is: transact
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(12)
Knight loves unusual works of fiction
The answer is: novels
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(13)
Soundly spoke and rang a bell
The answer is: tolled
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International with foolish pride, but valiant
The answer is: intrepid
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(18)
Laugh at imitation
The answer is: mock
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(19)
Almost original trees
The answer is: firs
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(20)
Hero-worshipper I swindle afterwards
The answer is: idolater
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(21)
Academic award on scale
The answer is: degree
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(22)
Cuts timber on board ship
The answer is: steaks
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Distribute NATO enquiries form
The answer is: questionnaire
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(3)
Figure capturing popular fancy
The answer is: imagine
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(4)
Moonlight etc, so Satan rises
The answer is: sonatas
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(5)
Dance with a doctor in Salvation Army
The answer is: samba
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(6)
Woman's going round a part of the roof
The answer is: eaves
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(7)
Put out red alert, click for solicitor-to-be
The answer is: articledclerk
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(13)
Monotonous outside broadcast
The answer is: tedious
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(14)
Tell fibs about drink being cordial
The answer is: limeade
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(16)
One who gets up part of the stairs?
The answer is: riser
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(17)
It's most important to prepare
The answer is: prime
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