Metro Cryptic Crossword October 12 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on October 12 2026.
- 28
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Buddhist spiritual law making a mark, possibly
The answer is: karma
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Travel in winter with very strong boat
The answer is: skiff
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Pushed and crowded without leader
The answer is: urged
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(11)
Dismiss Tudor eccentric without hesitation
The answer is: drumout
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(12)
Fashionable car conveying bishop up in the air?
The answer is: inlimbo
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(13)
Fund for little animal
The answer is: kitty
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(14)
One looking for ring in rabbit's tail
The answer is: scout
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(16)
Goes first to Yorkshire city, reportedly
The answer is: leads
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(21)
Desert plants seen in specific action
The answer is: cacti
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(23)
Book of the month on the Spanish and the French
The answer is: novella
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(25)
Can hamper have wrapping?
The answer is: tinfoil
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(26)
Back-up needed to follow simpering rodent
The answer is: coypu
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(27)
Point of short break in sentence
The answer is: comma
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(28)
Commerce lecture I skipped
The answer is: trade
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Clues Down (14 total)
(2)
Lace gin cocktail that's divine
The answer is: angelic
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(3)
Crazy morning providing address for female customer
The answer is: madam
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(5)
Ken, with luck, transformed a joint
The answer is: knuckle
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(6)
Defy female hoodlum
The answer is: flout
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(7)
Manage to get home for argument
The answer is: runin
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(8)
One old penny I returned to fool
The answer is: idiot
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(9)
Old ship going round river with corset
The answer is: stays
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(15)
A French one, class in school clothes?
The answer is: uniform
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(17)
Put off, though set in action
The answer is: delayed
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(18)
A rather appealing sort of accent
The answer is: acute
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(19)
Almost recognise large lake below hillock
The answer is: knoll
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(20)
Indistinct version seen at first, having fever
The answer is: vague
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(22)
River flowing through Brecon gorge
The answer is: congo
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(24)
Member of the clergy arrives in vehicle by six
The answer is: vicar
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