Metro Cryptic Crossword September 22 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on September 22 2026.

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Total Clues
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Clues Across (12 total)

(5)
Failed when defensive player sacked
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(8)
Drams I mix to give up weapons
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It shows pressure is nothing to the legal profession
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(10)
Exclude bank, shortly
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Small boat, where old ape put out
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Birds and horse caught in strong wind
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Begins by showing surprise?
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(18)
Layers where a cake’s turned over
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(20)
Stroke Father Time
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Piece of crisp in a lesion of the back
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(22)
Powerful organisation, perhaps, of politician in the Irish Republic
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Bound together in lockets perhaps (5-4)
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Clues Down (12 total)

(1)
Is the woman able to find the country?
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Arms displayed in a hostile way?
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Seeking first-class Chinese porcelain
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River people shielding final blow? Good
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Avoids the issue by using tradesman's entrance?
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(7)
<i>Jack and the Beanstalk</i>, it’s incredible
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(12)
Permit to have a tenant
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Worker entering canteen
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(16)
Cause irritation right on joint
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(17)
Sensational news story produced by something hitting water?
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(18)
Cuts of beef placed by the gambler, we hear?
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Fix about two
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