Click here to read about the origin of this series of crosswords.
A brief history of the origins of these crosswords for those who are new to them. As a blogger of the Times Quick Cryptic Crossword on Times for The Times every other Friday, I often had comments on the blog bemoaning that The Times only provides a Quick Cryptic on Mondays to Fridays. When I finally gave up work at the end of February 2020, I decided that I would try my hand at compiling crosswords. It was with some trepidation that I published, in May 2020, the first of these Weekend Quick Cryptics to fill the gap. Well it seemed to go down well so I did another. And then my fellow crossword solver and commenter on Times for the Times, Phil Jordan, volunteered to produce some too. And then, more recently, so did Sawbill. So now the three of us take turns, publishing each new crossword via my Friday Quick Crossword blog.
This time it is my turn to provide the fortnightly Weekend Quick
Cryptic crossword, Number 59 in the series, entitled "I can't see the wood...".
You can try and solve the crossword interactively here on MyCrossword or here on crossword.info. As usual you can download a PDF to print which you can find here. Alternatively you can copy and print the image below. Comments and queries are welcome with the solution post (which also gives tips on some of the clues). I will react to any comments or queries there as soon as I can. You can find an index to the complete series of crosswords here.
Very enjoyable thanks! Loved “Ephemeral” but all clues excellent. I was held up for a while parsing Linden as I had convinced myself that Space clued EN as in typography and couldn’t see where IND came from! I will follow this blog. Also I like your walks page being a keen rambler myself!
ReplyDeletePS Is your pseudonym an anagram or reference to “retirement”?
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Hi Richard. Thanks for commenting. Glad you enjoyed it. The pseudonym is a bad pun based on the fact I live in Bury St. Edmunds and this is a reincarnation of an older blog Interred. If you are in East Anglia and fancy joining me for walk get in touch.
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