Metro Cryptic Crossword Clues Friday, 21 November 2025

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Number Clues Answers
1 Stressed character? (6) ITALIC
5 Rook in tree with part of rifle (6) BREECH
8 If sword passes between left and right you get a title (4,4) LIFEPEER
9 Brand colour (not gold) (4) BURN
10 Jumping insect to escape, it’s said (4) FLEA
11 Home rental created within a company (8) INTERNAL
12 Nervous near the brink? (2,4) ONEDGE
13 Croon about a circle of light (6) CORONA
15 Carried in the main (8) SEABORNE
18 Necessary time to remove bottle (4) VIAL
19 Tune makes woman lose her head (4) ARIA
20 Nervously excited always when swimmer is around (8) FEVERISH
21 Musical-sounding country (6) GREECE
22 Extra legal requirements for jockeys (6) RIDERS

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Number Clues Answers
2 Type of testing making narrator riled (5,3,5) TRIALANDERROR
3 General hospital room away from the wind (7) LEEWARD
4 Mice she disturbed in the shirt (7) CHEMISE
5 Explode shell first in Lancaster (5) BURST
6 Recall last part of remnant (5) EMBER
7 Preliminary event for theatre employee? (7-6) CURTAINRAISER
13 Showing skill holding a butcher’s knife (7) CLEAVER
14 Be esteemed always in scarlet (7) REVERED
16 Unconcerned when left in depot (5) BLASE
17 Plunder from Winchester? (5) RIFLE