Metro Cryptic Crossword October 16 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on October 16 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 12
- Total Across
- 12
- Total Down
Clues Across (12 total)
(5)
Novelist hearing truck on sheltered side
The answer is: laurielee
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(8)
Goes back up twice as hoarding instant snack
The answer is: samosa
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(9)
Hardly ever trust painter at first
The answer is: rarely
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(10)
Tick nothing low
The answer is: moo
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Left during function, to some degree
The answer is: partly
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Are the changes to make something hot again?
The answer is: reheat
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Inflatable boat hard to find in dark
The answer is: dinghy
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(18)
Stand against work attitude
The answer is: oppose
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Little chap ran back, ditching wife
The answer is: elf
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Locked room with very large instruments
The answer is: cellos
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(22)
Tense time ahead
The answer is: future
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Prisoners have eaten side salad
The answer is: detainees
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Clues Down (12 total)
(1)
Had none left, so departed quickly?
The answer is: ranout
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(2)
My care, perhaps, is rich and smooth
The answer is: creamy
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Fear of the first miscalculation
The answer is: terror
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(4)
Fireside, with centre hot
The answer is: hearth
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A sea trip's arranged for hangers-on
The answer is: parasites
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(7)
Seen Carl's new cosmetics
The answer is: cleansers
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(12)
Tallulah Bankhead holds a note
The answer is: lah
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Free spirit displaying uncanny foresight (inits)
The answer is: esp
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Right leaving balcony for kitchen on board
The answer is: galley
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Crawler longing to hold son and mother (3-3)
The answer is: yesman
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(18)
To commit a crime is beyond the limit
The answer is: offend
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(19)
Club lead in play, say
The answer is: putter
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