Metro Quick Crossword May 12 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Metro Quick Crossword published on May 12 2026.
- 28
- Total Clues
- 14
- Total Across
- 14
- Total Down
Clues Across (14 total)
(1)
___ up, becoming less drunk
The answer is: sobering
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Sound of a stone falling into water
The answer is: plop
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Really bad
The answer is: awful
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Short stiff hair
The answer is: bristle
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Rip
The answer is: tear
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___ Welch, singer with the Machine
The answer is: florence
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Covered with ice crystals
The answer is: frosty
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Clerk's workplace
The answer is: office
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Went, left
The answer is: departed
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Long way off
The answer is: afar
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Recreation, free time
The answer is: leisure
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Pester
The answer is: annoy
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Scottish dance
The answer is: reel
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Result of a puncture
The answer is: flattyre
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Clues Down (14 total)
(1)
Beginning
The answer is: start
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(2)
Large horned wild ox
The answer is: buffalo
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(3)
Make angry
The answer is: rile
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Bite gently
The answer is: nibble
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(6)
___ American, style of ballroom dancing
The answer is: latin
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Be earlier than
The answer is: precede
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Tummy or waist area
The answer is: midriff
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Foot support for a rider
The answer is: stirrup
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Violinist
The answer is: fiddler
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Babyhood
The answer is: infancy
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Breakfast food
The answer is: cereal
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Name for a group of lions
The answer is: pride
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Have the same end-sound
The answer is: rhyme
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(22)
Hang around
The answer is: wait
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