Playwright leaving quietly in Bury

The answer to “Playwright leaving quietly in Bury” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is INTER — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on August 13, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 18-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Playwright leaving quietly in Bury” answer

INTER (5 letters)

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What does INTER mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of INTER is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Playwright leaving quietly in Bury” appeared?

The Times Quick Cryptic reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 13, 2026 (most recent) → INTER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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