Metro Cryptic Crossword September 16 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on September 16 2026.
- 28
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Boy covers one mark
The answer is: stain
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Deep hole in baby's shoe
The answer is: abyss
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Handy having nothing to coalesce
The answer is: ofuse
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(11)
Lettuce in paste and sugar
The answer is: glucose
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(12)
Writers I've found thoughtful
The answer is: pensive
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(13)
Diddle about passion
The answer is: cheat
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(14)
Uses a keyboard and classifies
The answer is: types
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(16)
Cathedral's organised tour round river
The answer is: truro
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(21)
Huss ordered for one Japanese dish
The answer is: sushi
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(23)
Number one, a bit unpleasant
The answer is: noisome
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(25)
Seen on the face of intellectual, as Cockney says?
The answer is: eyebrow
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(26)
A non-drinker in charge of upstairs room
The answer is: attic
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Fox initially trapped in reservoir
The answer is: stump
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(28)
Perverse to include alternative care
The answer is: worry
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Clues Down (14 total)
(2)
Go to cover units joining political party's absenteeism
The answer is: truancy
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(3)
Ancient tribe requiring one nice change
The answer is: iceni
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(5)
Delivery at nightclub door
The answer is: bouncer
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(6)
Fumes at small donkey
The answer is: smoke
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Sauce! Keeping very soft and sentimental
The answer is: soppy
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A European king must go to give assent
The answer is: agree
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(9)
Developing a type of soil in marshy conditions
The answer is: peaty
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English hog and sheep offering witty remark
The answer is: epigram
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(17)
'Love to get involved in duty list', one crows
The answer is: rooster
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(18)
Isolated piece of land is leased out
The answer is: islet
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(19)
Recognises facial feature, we hear
The answer is: knows
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Pity that foreign car has glossy finish
The answer is: mercy
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(22)
Ancient wheat recited letter by letter
The answer is: spelt
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(24)
Partly maim a gorgeous adult insect
The answer is: imago
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