Metro Cryptic Crossword August 31 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on August 31 2026.
- 28
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Facial hair on ursine creature died
The answer is: beard
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Happening to be about 300mm?
The answer is: afoot
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Is about Drug Enforcement Administration's initial thoughts
The answer is: ideas
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(11)
Criminal chef?
The answer is: poacher
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(12)
Real dodgy engine units inside
The answer is: genuine
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(13)
Odds perhaps, or not!
The answer is: evens
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(14)
Figure of speech used by disturbed poet embracing king
The answer is: trope
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(16)
Odds on container being reject
The answer is: spurn
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(21)
Rise in precision, no need for car plant
The answer is: yucca
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(23)
Stalemate due one politician and fool from Europe
The answer is: impasse
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(25)
Round ring, nothing less menacing
The answer is: ominous
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(26)
Two-way detection method
The answer is: radar
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(27)
Orange cake?
The answer is: jaffa
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(28)
Nerve of side of the face
The answer is: cheek
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Clues Down (14 total)
(2)
One earl turned into old monarch
The answer is: eleanor
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(3)
Bits ordered around Swiss dish
The answer is: rosti
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False charge when leading at snooker? (5-2)
The answer is: frameup
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(6)
Awful chore producing natural pigment
The answer is: ochre
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(7)
Hundreds taken out of boat that's shabby
The answer is: dingy
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(8)
Small pastry dishes for secret agents
The answer is: spies
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(9)
Go over, as annoyed
The answer is: cross
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(15)
Extra match when Macbeth cancelled? (4-3)
The answer is: playoff
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(17)
Stay outside university with what's left
The answer is: residue
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(18)
Intensify sound of current support
The answer is: pylon
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(19)
Leading position of trees by edge of track
The answer is: first
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(20)
Name for a fabric
The answer is: terry
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(22)
Projecting feature on a collection of porcelain
The answer is: china
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(24)
Place for a bird and fish
The answer is: perch
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