Metro Cryptic Crossword August 19 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 19 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 12
- Total Across
- 12
- Total Down
Clues Across (12 total)
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Person who has work at last?
The answer is: shoemaker
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Particularly electronic left page
The answer is: everso
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Urges simple changes
The answer is: impels
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Business conceals wrongdoing
The answer is: sin
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Rip off warm jacket
The answer is: fleece
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Consents to keeping engineers in a long time
The answer is: agrees
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Stocks of flocks, say
The answer is: hoards
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American, that lady's escorts
The answer is: ushers
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Scapegoat hid tee
The answer is: peg
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Curly endive obtained when sir goes back in charge
The answer is: frisee
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Prayer found in wagon-lit anyone can use
The answer is: litany
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Fourth news boss to be billeted
The answer is: quartered
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Clues Down (12 total)
(1)
Cleaner, for example, retracted accusation
The answer is: charge
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Sit once more and lie back
The answer is: repose
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Girl touring round new dock
The answer is: marina
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Hear a group of notes for each attendant
The answer is: keeper
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Sinners reviled so cruelly (4-5)
The answer is: evildoers
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Template for smutty letters
The answer is: blueprint
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(12)
Pay-on-arrival fish
The answer is: cod
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In America petrol slump arises
The answer is: gas
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Make secure by making secure
The answer is: rescue
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Steamship carrying fruit and weapons
The answer is: spears
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More revolting gruel I prepared
The answer is: uglier
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Mad character that terrifies, to some extent
The answer is: hatter
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