Metro Cryptic Crossword August 24 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 24 2026.
- 27
- Total Clues
- 13
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (13 total)
(6)
County's crafty-sounding attempt
The answer is: sligo
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(7)
Two units may open on half-empty or empty space
The answer is: vacuum
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Radio man, Romanic, perhaps
The answer is: marconi
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(10)
Sign of tailless animal
The answer is: badge
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(11)
Jemmy non-starter always
The answer is: ever
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(13)
Impart translation of 'axilla'
The answer is: armpit
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(15)
Adhere to cold fish
The answer is: cling
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(16)
I chat about one system of exercise
The answer is: taichi
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(17)
Go for a ride
The answer is: turn
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(20)
Mothers’ polite form of address
The answer is: madam
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(22)
Can, under pressure, be back in Oslo – so real
The answer is: aerosol
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(23)
Vehicle sprays the King and I
The answer is: jetski
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Atoms smashed in defensive ditches
The answer is: moats
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
I lead, sir, new PM
The answer is: disraeli
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(2)
Unacceptable idea I rejected
The answer is: noton
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(3)
Keep away from a chasm
The answer is: avoid
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(4)
Beg rice, cooked, for salad green
The answer is: iceberg
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(5)
Copper meets journalist when prompted
The answer is: cued
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(6)
Season for adders?
The answer is: summertime
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(8)
Right-angled shapes with gentle arcs, unusually
The answer is: rectangles
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(12)
Lie about biblical priest
The answer is: eli
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(13)
Insect found in panto
The answer is: ant
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(14)
Quietly, one from Moscow becomes one from old German state
The answer is: prussian
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(15)
Mice she disturbed in shift
The answer is: chemise
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(18)
Wise men start creating wizardry
The answer is: magic
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(19)
Ingrained dirt, ghastly on front of escritoire
The answer is: grime
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(21)
Hear appalling person who stains cloth
The answer is: dyer
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