Metro Cryptic Crossword October 13 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on October 13 2026.
- 27
- Total Clues
- 13
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (13 total)
(6)
Son spoils returned chair
The answer is: stool
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(7)
I, Basil, organised excuses
The answer is: alibis
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Synthetic material seen in superb gallery
The answer is: acetate
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Some scenic or fun holiday island
The answer is: corfu
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For currency, hard, stick around
The answer is: baht
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Charges for plants
The answer is: rushes
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Soldier in wild sea needs protection
The answer is: aegis
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Free beer? No, so dress formally
The answer is: enrobe
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Contend with inclusion of new plant
The answer is: vine
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Jumped on broken petal
The answer is: leapt
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Cabbage I chop roughly, about a kilo
The answer is: pakchoi
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(23)
Psychiatrist to become smaller
The answer is: shrink
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Strips off to rest on return
The answer is: peels
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
In photo, get herons side by side
The answer is: together
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(2)
The French seen in vehicle, it's apparent
The answer is: clear
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(3)
Woman's going round a part of the roof
The answer is: eaves
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Student with cuts in trouble, needing medicine
The answer is: linctus
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(5)
Noble-sounding projection
The answer is: pier
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(6)
Deer and insect let off another insect
The answer is: stagbeetle
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Espies cubs that form animals' category
The answer is: subspecies
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Shelter from sleet
The answer is: lee
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Death wish brings a tear!
The answer is: rip
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Lift figure eaten by chicken
The answer is: heighten
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(15)
Don't indulge with sailor, Mark
The answer is: abstain
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(18)
Small fish ear
The answer is: spike
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(19)
Animal took a piece, not all
The answer is: okapi
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(21)
Reach your painful extraction
The answer is: achy
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