Metro Cryptic Crossword Clues Thursday, January 5, 2023
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Across
| Number | Clues | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | His is a down-to-earth occupation (11) | PARACHUTIST |
| 9 | Fuel used in the boiler (3) | OIL |
| 10 | An assembly to study the route (9) | CONCOURSE |
| 11 | Fate’s twist may bring it to a beggar (5) | FEAST |
| 13 | His is a searching examination, by all accounts (7) | AUDITOR |
| 14 | Stays will alter a waist (6) | AWAITS |
| 16 | I’ve now become available for inspection (2,4) | ONVIEW |
| 18 | Books of record I’d take back to sign (7) | DIARIES |
| 19 | Stiff clothes I’d put on (5) | RIGID |
| 20 | Need no luxury (9) | NECESSITY |
| 21 | Cut a piece from the wedding cake (3) | HEW |
| 22 | He prefers to be a man lacking spirit (11) | TEETOTALLER |
Down
| Number | Clues | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Everything, we hear, for the shoemaker (3) | AWL |
| 3 | Fashionable racecourse for a northerner (5) | ASCOT |
| 4 | Shelter for fliers (6) | HANGAR |
| 5 | Trampled, with or without study (7) | TRODDEN |
| 6 | Their guns will be broken, you can safely bet on it! (4,5) | SURETHING |
| 7 | Highly cultivated features of modern cities (4,7) | ROOFGARDENS |
| 8 | Their husbands didn’t leave them unconsoled, apparently (5,6) | MERRYWIDOWS |
| 12 | Dreadful comedown for Alpine travellers (9) | AVALANCHE |
| 15 | Siamese knitwear? (7) | TWINSET |
| 17 | A ship, it’s about to help (6) | ASSIST |
| 19 | Of a king back in play or film (5) | ROYAL |
| 21 | It is used for weeding us out of the house (3) | HOE |