Comments on: Inquisitor 82 GIVE AND TAKE by Lato

By: Lato

Lato — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:23:27 +0000

Many thanks to Hihoba for the blog and to everyone who took the trouble to comment.

By: Hihoba

Hihoba — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:20:15 +0000

I agree that Inquisitor puzzles are getting more difficult. I have no objection to this trend, and the “puzzle” element – as against the “crossword” element is generally very entertaining and informative. Access to the internet inevitably means that, with information easy to search for, the puzzles will get trickier. My problem is that, often, it is possible to solve the crossword section and enter the crossword for the prize without actually completing the solution. This one was another case of this trend. You didn’t have to complete the pairs to enter! My previous blog on 76 (The Balloonatic) was similar.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:28:46 +0000

Yes, this was a cracking puzzle – did not find it quite as hard as some others. Thought it was going to be quite fast when I got the first four pairs – thought then that the letter always moved from the same position in the word, but of course it didn’t.

The bottom half of the grid was quite tough.

‘Sheep disease’ I found by far the hardest of the thematic words

By: Quixote

Quixote — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:35:39 +0000

I enjoyed this once the final penny dropped, though I never did stop long enough to work out MILK AND HONEY. I agree with Richard that the Inquisitor has generally got harder and I don’t always find time for it. Any Quixote puzzles though are likely to stay on the easier side, trying to fill the gap between the daily and the hard thematic.

By: Richard Palmer

Richard Palmer — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:57:34 +0000

This one defeated me. I solved all the clues and most of the thematics but didn’t see the final step of transposing letters.
The Inquisitor is often harder than the Listener these days.