Metro Cryptic Crossword October 18 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Cryptic Crossword published on October 18 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 10
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
Shake please, when unconscious
The answer is: asleep
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Exist on wooden flooring - spruce?
The answer is: bedeck
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(8)
Fat donor moves, from side to side
The answer is: toandfro
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(9)
Reservists grabbing a French swimmer
The answer is: tuna
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(10)
Make or break, eg
The answer is: verb
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Manufacturing test beside river
The answer is: industry
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(12)
Definitely not one far off
The answer is: nofear
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Woman I love is returning from North Sea workplace
The answer is: oilrig
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Affable rustic circling lake
The answer is: pleasant
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(18)
Grotesque, strange guy, about fifty
The answer is: ugly
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(19)
With no header to retrieve, score
The answer is: etch
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(20)
Keeping clear of Ivan, I'd go out
The answer is: avoiding
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(21)
Domestic problem, boring nonsense!
The answer is: dryrot
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(22)
Going out when second French boy returns
The answer is: egress
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Clues Down (10 total)
(2)
Eventually one Laos terror is removed
The answer is: soonerorlater
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(3)
Lend dignity to the Spanish city, note returns
The answer is: ennoble
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(4)
More swollen up if ref gets fouled
The answer is: puffier
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(5)
Young moon
The answer is: brood
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(6)
Goes out with festive food
The answer is: dates
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(7)
Where songbird alights is within Spanish archipelago
The answer is: canaryislands
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(13)
Result to emerge in a different order
The answer is: outcome
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(14)
The French beneath clean
The answer is: launder
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(16)
Loathe a taste of crab hors d'oeuvre
The answer is: abhor
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(17)
Anticipate a western isle
The answer is: await
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