Metro Cryptic Crossword August 21 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 21 2026.
- 28
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Some parsimonious boy
The answer is: simon
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Partly maim a gorgeous adult insect
The answer is: imago
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(10)
Divide five in fine fettle outside
The answer is: halve
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(11)
Prestigious car, rarer model in Formula One
The answer is: ferrari
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(12)
Tell fibs about drink being cordial
The answer is: limeade
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(13)
Chemically unreactive nitre compound
The answer is: inert
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(14)
Fashion knight for large bank
The answer is: mound
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(16)
Dog with heavenly body
The answer is: pluto
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(21)
Unknown organs lasting for ages
The answer is: years
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(23)
Eccentric role in a flap
The answer is: aileron
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(25)
Distinguished nine met, unexpectedly
The answer is: eminent
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(26)
Article on engineer is yonder
The answer is: there
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(27)
Fairly quiet, perhaps
The answer is: quite
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(28)
Some sailor needs to return to enlist
The answer is: enrol
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Clues Down (14 total)
(2)
Trendy car carrying bachelor up in the air?
The answer is: inlimbo
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(3)
Hope Ravel piece is musical drama
The answer is: opera
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(5)
Alarm, it disturbed military
The answer is: martial
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(6)
For example turns on boy in clearing
The answer is: glade
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(7)
Hear the cry of huge creature
The answer is: whale
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(8)
Looking for support without leader
The answer is: after
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(9)
Tree article shortened by inlet
The answer is: firth
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(15)
Anti-perspirant unnecessary – it's not a problem!
The answer is: nosweat
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(17)
Worryingly roped to explosive
The answer is: torpedo
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(18)
Rubber? Some normality restored!
The answer is: tyres
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(19)
Southern social worker, a present-bringer
The answer is: santa
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(20)
A foreign FBI agent given nothing to eat
The answer is: unfed
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(22)
Farewell and fade in gold
The answer is: adieu
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(24)
It was the talk of Rome
The answer is: latin
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