Metro Cryptic Crossword August 18 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 18 2026.
- 28
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Steal fruit then you start to make cider
The answer is: scrumpy
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A thousand involved in elaborate ruse to expose Roman twin
The answer is: remus
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(8)
Ducks broken slate
The answer is: teals
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(9)
Cowherd cooking soup
The answer is: chowder
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(10)
Roast meat with a good person
The answer is: lambast
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(11)
Spontaneous remark made by wayward lad to one bishop (2-3)
The answer is: adlib
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(12)
Tattily dressed and made fun of
The answer is: ragged
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(14)
Encircle glider in trouble
The answer is: girdle
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(18)
Officially exclude Murray for being unimaginative
The answer is: banal
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(20)
Tin imitates party nibbles
The answer is: canapes
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(22)
Obscure as a foreign vault
The answer is: unclear
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(23)
The French writer retired in an Asian country
The answer is: nepal
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(24)
Put on clothes where you live without promotion
The answer is: dress
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House-holder puts strange boy outside
The answer is: dustpan
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Colonist who pays his debts
The answer is: settler
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(2)
Again take up weapons behind male
The answer is: rearm
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(3)
Service on time for the rub?
The answer is: massage
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(4)
Hasty movement round top of cruising boats
The answer is: yachts
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(5)
Port? Jack has a wine
The answer is: rioja
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(6)
Decoration had shortly, we hear, been interfered with
The answer is: meddled
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(7)
Vigorously clean ditch
The answer is: scrub
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Whipped filling to create a change
The answer is: ganache
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(15)
Starts without sponge for time at Lord's?
The answer is: innings
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(16)
Poles in error get letter for the Greeks
The answer is: epsilon
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(17)
Start to see awful decor was etched deeply
The answer is: scored
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(18)
Spring is on the way
The answer is: bound
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(19)
Seeps, it's said, like these vegetables?
The answer is: leeks
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(21)
Suddenly appear to bring up dog operation
The answer is: popup
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