Metro Cryptic Crossword August 27 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 27 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 12
- Total Across
- 12
- Total Down
Clues Across (12 total)
(5)
Silent lad skilfully put in place
The answer is: installed
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(8)
Threaten guys with card
The answer is: menace
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University department head involved in sort-out of 16th-century rulers
The answer is: tudors
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(10)
Eggs in line, we hear
The answer is: roe
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Stampedes into grasses
The answer is: rushes
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Bullish incitement about tiresome thing
The answer is: redrag
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Garment close second
The answer is: tights
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(18)
Threaten rascal with termination
The answer is: impend
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(20)
Half score in first half of game
The answer is: ten
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(21)
Uncommonly astute carving
The answer is: statue
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Rough passage spoken about
The answer is: coarse
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(23)
Move cup closer to inner cell
The answer is: corpuscle
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Clues Down (12 total)
(1)
Old boatbuilder holds tongue at first when sworn in
The answer is: onoath
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(2)
Speaks truest translation
The answer is: utters
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(3)
Disturbing result from the province
The answer is: ulster
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(4)
Required to take up study involving river
The answer is: needed
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(6)
Deny fame, with help to get back inside
The answer is: repudiate
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(7)
See grants arranged for distinction
The answer is: greatness
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(12)
Defacto to regularly dine
The answer is: eat
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Tree put back in hamlet
The answer is: elm
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Pole after stolen wheels
The answer is: hotrod
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Soaks when walks about East
The answer is: steeps
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(18)
Cut in magnitude, we hear
The answer is: incise
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(19)
Penny and noblemen produce stones
The answer is: pearls
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