Posted by HolyGhost on 1st January 2013
“The series of crosswords, now known as Inquisitor, began in 1988, headed simply Crossword. It has since appeared every Saturday, except on Christmas Days and with one accidental omission. Changes in presentation have occurred, but the team of contributors has continued to develop naturally, as has the style. Today’s crossword is number 1106 in the series. In future, Inquisitor will be numbered accordingly.”
Mike Laws, Crossword Editor, Boxing Day 2009.
The first blog on this site, by Pete Biddlecombe, contains some more information on the name changes and number restarts.
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Posted by HolyGhost on 1st January 2013
Some setters use more than one pseudonym …
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Posted by Uncle Yap on 1st January 2013
Would you believe it? After the heavy night before, I woke up, thinking there will be no puzzle on New Year’s Day and therefore, no need for me to blog. This sudden realisation that the websites do carry today’s puzzles means I am uncharacteristically very late … my apologies to the early birds.
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Posted by HolyGhost on 1st January 2013
Puzzles 1263 –
Highlight quoted spaces to reveal a puzzle’s real title, e.g. “Cruciverbalist”
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Posted by John on 1st January 2013
A well-constructed crossword from Raich which for some reason I found a bit harder than usual. Can’t see why now, because the clues all seem to be straightforward.
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