Metro Cryptic Crossword Clues Thursday, 11 September 2025

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Across

Number Clues Answers
1 Removing thief’s phrase for sci-fi transformer? (5-7) SHAPESHIFTER
8 Grub for girl about five (5) LARVA
9 Held back by one taut catapult to set in motion (7) ACTUATE
10 Forgetful best man dined out (6-6) ABSENTMINDED
12 Depart – exploding firework! (6) PETARD
14 Rodent with an ailment isolated initially (6) AGOUTI
17 Batsmen learn bad etiquette (5,7) TABLEMANNERS
21 Student got peer agitated (7) PROTEGE
22 Prevailing fashion in Sarajevo guesthouse (5) VOGUE
23 Cooler for air, regret broken (12) REFRIGERATOR

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Number Clues Answers
1 Young herring is killed every now and again (4) SILD
2 Performer smashing car and boat (7) ACROBAT
3 To rub out is simplicity holding end of rubber (5) ERASE
4 Well-being left among vegetation (6) HEALTH
5 Being the right size is appropriate (7) FITTING
6 Large antelope from eastern country (5) ELAND
7 Dirt Len shifted for plant part (7) TENDRIL
11 Words inscribed by hole in untidy heap (7) EPITAPH
13 Animal always after Rod, holding note (3,4) ROEDEER
15 Just out of bed? Correct (7) UPRIGHT
16 Bounder undoes badge before golf (3,3) BADEGG
18 Smashed and completely penniless! (5) BROKE
19 Admit to inane verse? Certainly not! (5) NEVER
20 Pick up the sound of a section of the artillery (4) HEAR