Metro Cryptic Crossword September 17 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on September 17 2026.
- 27
- Total Clues
- 13
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (13 total)
(6)
Country spy train at odds
The answer is: syria
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(7)
Drag in a kitsch leprechaun
The answer is: schlep
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Ten in play, very small scene
The answer is: diorama
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(10)
Thorn changed direction
The answer is: north
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Placed face upwards
The answer is: laid
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Type of train from Leeds I vandalised
The answer is: diesel
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(15)
Employing refocusing? Not half!
The answer is: using
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Be at great length to have rightful place
The answer is: belong
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Enclosures for birds?
The answer is: pens
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Chaotic ops eventually hold group of trees
The answer is: copse
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Ruin it all, not quite a sort of bliss?
The answer is: marital
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(23)
Scrap of code left
The answer is: morsel
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Impudent troops on outskirts of Salisbury
The answer is: sassy
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Maria or Dud left describing heraldry
The answer is: armorial
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(2)
Alan's smashed up about the nose
The answer is: nasal
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(3)
Test purity of tea? Almost unknown
The answer is: assay
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Dishing out for a lively party
The answer is: shindig
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(5)
German man - he has luxury car
The answer is: herr
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Burden with stern pig
The answer is: saddleback
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Easy thing, nativity?
The answer is: childsplay
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(12)
Food additive in mum's grub (inits)
The answer is: msg
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Oddly, Duncan contains genetic code (inits)
The answer is: dna
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(14)
Point to small exam as the most pleasant
The answer is: sweetest
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(15)
Free ale, shun rum!
The answer is: unleash
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(18)
Fish stank
The answer is: smelt
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Cold outbreak by accident
The answer is: crash
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(21)
Kitty in swimming baths
The answer is: pool
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