Metro Cryptic Crossword Clues Thursday, 16 October 2025

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Number Clues Answers
1 True, I limp over part of my surroundings (6) MILIEU
5 Insignificant person, or not a person at all! (6) NOBODY
8 Part of a book that’s often removed? (8) APPENDIX
9 Aunt cooked fish (4) TUNA
10 Delicious little food shop (4) DELI
11 Travelling in Austin from Africa (8) TUNISIAN
12 Come up with arrangement for dances (6) ASCEND
13 Warehouse unfinished, almost set to topple (6) DEPOSE
15 Togas knitted, family getting coat for nanny? (8) GOATSKIN
18 New rule of attraction (4) LURE
19 Some munched ice cubes (4) DICE
20 Socialist holding contract is set free (8) RELEASED
21 Layers of cake back in South Africa (6) STRATA
22 Insane sort of colour (6) SIENNA

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Number Clues Answers
2 One who had a brush with entertainer? (13) IMPRESSIONIST
3 I see Tim struggling to make a list (7) ITEMISE
4 Dud tape dismantled and modernised (7) UPDATED
5 Number eleven comeback by neutral president (5) NIXON
6 Purchase unoccupied set-up for data units (5) BYTES
7 Person with drill creating roundest angle (6,7) DENTALSURGEON
13 Loosely hangs end of rod to get fishes (7) DANGLES
14 Attendant, sick inside, to loot (7) PILLAGE
16 Article cheers Greek character (5) THETA
17 Finally break limb, a spiritual comeback (5) KARMA