Metro Cryptic Crossword August 22 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 22 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 10
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (10 total)
(1)
Cosy starship travelling in pursuit of distant bodies
The answer is: astrophysics
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(8)
<i>Kung Fu</i> animal found in Antwerp and Athens
The answer is: panda
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(9)
Time for showing sorrow, they say
The answer is: morning
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(10)
Comment during muzzy nebula is not particularly interesting
The answer is: unremarkable
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(12)
Fellow TV performer upset actors (2-4)
The answer is: costar
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(14)
Investigates people opening garments
The answer is: probes
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To dissipate pain, stick out and hold your tongue!
The answer is: putasockinit
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(21)
Scent wood in ice-cream holder
The answer is: cologne
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(22)
Concerning a fight
The answer is: about
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(23)
Railway buff teaches clay worker
The answer is: trainspotter
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
A representative's current units on display
The answer is: amps
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(2)
A number of workers are lodgers
The answer is: tenants
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(3)
Speak with some tutor, a teacher
The answer is: orate
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(4)
Volume of praise
The answer is: hymnal
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(5)
Goal scorer – one won't work
The answer is: striker
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(6)
Go up about leg, say
The answer is: climb
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(7)
Go north with relish, not large but monstrous
The answer is: ogreish
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(11)
It's cool to choose a mountaineering aid
The answer is: icepick
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Foolish person, for example, has first-class weapon
The answer is: assegai
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(15)
Financially rescue bishop and first-rate yob
The answer is: bailout
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(16)
Entry made by expert about prow of container ship
The answer is: access
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Roofer left during row
The answer is: tiler
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(19)
Stage of development where yours truly's in the past
The answer is: imago
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(20)
What to do with porridge in prison
The answer is: stir
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