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I (Hi) shall be in the USA on holiday when this is published, and as both Ho (hospitalised) and Ba (retired from IQ) are unavailable, I may not be able to respond to … Read more >>

This was a puzzle where I knew nothing about the “Artists” in question, nor the album referred to, nor the group, so the whole thing revolved around a Google search. This is not … Read more >>

A cunning Schadenfreude offering this week with a Trilby/Fedora twist in the endgame. The answer given by the wordplay in each of 19 clues overlooks a single letter. These letters give two titles, one … Read more >>

Eclogue is quite a frequent setter, his last two puzzles were the New Year’s Eve puzzle about the dinner sketch, watched religiously in Germany every year, and the Red Dwarf puzzle, so I … Read more >>

The last Triton puzzle I blogged was the Roulette puzzle in 2016 which elicited 38 comments, many objecting to the theme on obscurity grounds. I found it entertaining and (due to my misspent … Read more >>

Wiglaf is an irregular but welcome setter in the Inquisitor series. His two previous puzzles date from 2013, a literary puzzle and 2016 XXXX which resolved itself to be 20/20. Both were well … Read more >>

It’s a long while since I blogged a puzzle by Ifor – in fact I’m not sure I ever have, despite his being a regular setter. Quite a long preamble this week: All … Read more >>

Note to self: READ THE RUBRIC CAREFULLY! I missed the fifth word of the rubric, equal, which would have helped quite a lot. I noticed it when I had almost finished and used it … Read more >>

This was another Serpentine puzzle. I had the pleasure of sorting out and blogging “Mirror Image” in June. This one was less artistic, but equally devious. A carte blanche with blanks in it … Read more >>

I struggled with the 2016 Halloween Harribobs offering with the bat picture and his 2017 “Captain’s Log” Australian map outline (now voted Inquisitor of the Year), and again this looked desperately complicated, but … Read more >>

This may sound sad, but I’m starting to write this on Christmas morning. My daughter is asleep in the next room, having been woken in Richmond by planes coming in to Heathrow at … Read more >>

Succinct rubric: When the clue answers have been entered there will be some vacant cells. Solvers must complete the grid to show five thematic names. Numbers in brackets give the lengths of final grid … Read more >>

After a day with very little in the grid but the bottom right hand corner, I was beginning to fear that this was the one I couldn’t finish (blogger’s nightmare!). I had a … Read more >>

A difficult one from Nutmeg this week, especially if poetry isn’t really your thing. So much to keep track of and so much cold solving to do if you didn’t know the perimeter … Read more >>

The rubric read: Thirty-two clues contain a letter that must be removed before solving. In clue order, these letters indicate (i) a modification that should be applied to the answers to nine normal … Read more >>