Metro Cryptic Crossword October 14 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on October 14 2026.
- 28
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Person signing up as carpenter
The answer is: joiner
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Warms up missing starter and devours
The answer is: eats
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(9)
Gag ringleader, the prankster
The answer is: joker
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(10)
Surround black geese flying round island
The answer is: besiege
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(11)
Merciful uncle mentioned inside
The answer is: clement
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(12)
Singers lost a composition
The answer is: altos
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(13)
It's balance regularly required for Jacob's father
The answer is: isaac
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(15)
Trousers say, ones that are inherited
The answer is: genes
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(20)
Some symbolic items are permitted by law
The answer is: licit
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(22)
Gold piece for Al going round
The answer is: orbital
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(24)
In France he gets the girl, it's criminal!
The answer is: illegal
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(25)
Embellish, we hear, old merchants' association
The answer is: guild
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(26)
Letter from Greece carried by Cypriot airline
The answer is: iota
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(27)
Penalise play on words – his undoing!
The answer is: punish
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Clues Down (14 total)
(2)
Geordie in York's going round British isles
The answer is: orkneys
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(3)
Bottle never broken
The answer is: nerve
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(4)
Money back at beer exchange
The answer is: rebate
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(5)
Three directions near to fly trap
The answer is: ensnare
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(6)
Sound of bird, small, in dry surroundings
The answer is: tweet
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(7)
Discard, not initially, then throw out
The answer is: eject
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(8)
Perceive meaning
The answer is: sense
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(14)
Not in favour of half the guards in Caribbean island
The answer is: antigua
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(16)
Involves about ten with troubles
The answer is: entails
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(17)
'The King' lives abroad
The answer is: elvis
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(18)
Bounce along when cold confection is 1p less
The answer is: lollop
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(19)
Publicly denounced shield for Scottish flower
The answer is: clyde
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(21)
Room inside to take old instrument
The answer is: cello
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(23)
Start being awkward
The answer is: begin
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