Comments on: The Inquisitor Puzzles 2012 – A Review by Nimrod http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/31/the-inquisitor-puzzles-2012-a-review-by-nimrod/ Never knowingly undersolved. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:17:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ali http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/31/the-inquisitor-puzzles-2012-a-review-by-nimrod/#comment-218253 Ali Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:43:19 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=53172#comment-218253 Blimey, I had no idea that this review had been posted, let alone that my little offering might figure in it…!

Many thanks to John H and all other bloggers/commenters who have offered kind words. I’m genuinely touched. Thanks also to all the other IQ setters whose puzzles have always delighted (and very often defeated) me, and who are a constant source of inspiration.

Here’s to much more of the same in 2013

Ali/Gila

]]> By: Helen Ougham http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/31/the-inquisitor-puzzles-2012-a-review-by-nimrod/#comment-218203 Helen Ougham Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:09:15 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=53172#comment-218203 Apologies for slow response! Very many thanks to the setters and editor for a great year of Inquisitor puzzles. It’s almost impossible to single out three, but here goes (in no particular order, hence alphabetically by title) – my favourites were

Barred by Nutmeg
Solve for X and Y by Gila
Two Setters in Search of Two Characters and an Author by Nimrod/Lato

with Inevitably! by Glow-worm, No Question by Phi, and Paradise by Kruger also rating very highly.

All the best to everyone for 2013.

]]> By: twencelas http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/31/the-inquisitor-puzzles-2012-a-review-by-nimrod/#comment-218064 twencelas Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:56:47 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=53172#comment-218064 Has been my weekly puzzle of choice for more years than I care to remember.
As to the top 5 (it was supposed to be 3) of the year – a tricky choice, those below are purely based on the beauty of the end game then I would go:

1257 Cover Version by Jambazi
1250 West end hit by Shark
1235 Cogito Ergo Sum by Radix
1240 Solve for x and by Gila
1215 Countdown by Schadenfreude

Long may the quality continue – many thanks to all the setters and Nimrod as editor. Long may the variety continue into 2013.

]]> By: Nudd http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/31/the-inquisitor-puzzles-2012-a-review-by-nimrod/#comment-218020 Nudd Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:43:18 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=53172#comment-218020 As another, like Colin, consigned to the sticks, I too had difficulty in securing a reliable supply of Inquisitors (though I have been helped significantly of late by a white knight, for which many thanks!).
I very much enjoyed the vast majority of those I did do, of which my favourites were Nutmeg’s Barred, Kruger’s Paradise and Nimrod/Lato’s Two setters etc.
Sincere thanks to all setters, bloggers and the Editorial / testing team for a most enjoyable year.
Very best wishes to all for a happy and successful 2013.
John

]]> By: Colin Blackburn http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/31/the-inquisitor-puzzles-2012-a-review-by-nimrod/#comment-218019 Colin Blackburn Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:45:38 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=53172#comment-218019 As I only do a small selection of the Inquisitor puzzles I’m just going to nominate my top one. Living rurally I can very rarely get hold of a physical paper so the Inquisitors I do are fairly randomly distributed depending on old papers lying around the house of a friend I stay with when working or those I pick up when travelling. It probably adds up to no more than a dozen a year. And so, with a drum roll, my top one was:

Paradise by Kruger

Happy new year everyone,

Colin

]]> By: MANG http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/31/the-inquisitor-puzzles-2012-a-review-by-nimrod/#comment-217967 MANG Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:54:40 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=53172#comment-217967 Also a very big IQ fan. The must do crossword of the week. Standard recently has been excellent. My top three were:
1 Paradise by Kruger
2 Wino by Nutmeg. I like Nutmeg’s crosswords and this one, based on a DH Lawrence quotation was 5 on the fun factor for me.
3 West End Hit by Shark

Lots of other good ones including Nimrod and Lato’s ‘two setters in search of two characters and an author’

]]> By: Liz Geear http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/31/the-inquisitor-puzzles-2012-a-review-by-nimrod/#comment-217964 Liz Geear Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:29:58 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=53172#comment-217964 I am already on record as being the world’s no1 IQ fan. Long may it reign over us.
My 3 favourites:
‘Bottoms up’ by Charybdis
‘Request Stop’ by Ifor (not least for the dodgy champagne prize).
‘Cover verson’ by Jambazi.
Apologies to all other setters, I have enjoyed every single one.

]]> By: Vortigern http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/31/the-inquisitor-puzzles-2012-a-review-by-nimrod/#comment-217955 Vortigern Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:11:34 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=53172#comment-217955 An excellent year indeed. My favourite three (though there were many other very entertaining ones)were a cluster in the 1240s:

Paradise by Kruger: a carte blanche that exploited the lyrics of Big Rock Candy Mountain to great delight

Barred by Nutmeg: a superb grid celebrating the composer John Cage and his famous silent piece using its title to thematically employ 4Ms and 33Ss

Second, Third and Fourth by Nudd: fascinating coincidences around the last words of US presidents

]]> By: jetdoc http://www.fifteensquared.net/2012/12/31/the-inquisitor-puzzles-2012-a-review-by-nimrod/#comment-217953 jetdoc Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:00:23 +0000 http://www.fifteensquared.net/?p=53172#comment-217953 A fantastic year of Inquisitors!

Here are my top three, in no particular order (they have come out in reverse order of setter, which is as good as any):

Paradise by Kruger

Solve for x and y by Gila

20/20 by Ferret

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