Metro Cryptic Crossword Clues Friday, 16 August 2024
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Across
| Number | Clues | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | I’m in rough water during the conflict (7) | WARTIME |
| 7 | German city involved in business enterprise (5) | ESSEN |
| 9 | Anxiety about the argument over the line (5) | WORRY |
| 10 | Old-fashioned CIA characters return to the structure (7) | ARCHAIC |
| 12 | Was it one can ordered by the scientist? (5,6) | ISAACNEWTON |
| 14 | Elector’s part (11) | CONSTITUENT |
| 18 | Broken cane colonel is about to hide (7) | CONCEAL |
| 19 | Tale of a pen containing gold (5) | STORY |
| 21 | The smell of a coin, say (5) | SCENT |
| 22 | Sudden whim to display the hat Eric designed (7) | CAPRICE |
Down
| Number | Clues | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobleman keeps nothing in the building (5) | BARON |
| 2 | By the way, Rose ordered the supplies (6) | STORES |
| 3 | One politician’s a little devil (3) | IMP |
| 4 | Avoid church between points (6) | ESCHEW |
| 5 | Some CID characters become doctors (7) | MEDICOS |
| 8 | Ab burnt somehow at the lucky dip (4,3) | BRANTUB |
| 11 | Vessel I’m able to find in Rome (7) | VATICAN |
| 13 | Changing-room has capacity to ring an African country (7) | MOROCCO |
| 15 | Not the first back (6) | SECOND |
| 16 | Essential character Aunt gets excited about (6) | NATURE |
| 17 | A girl’s elegance (5) | GRACE |
| 20 | It’s all right to find one in a tree (3) | OAK |