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The clues were normal this week, no extra or missing letters and no hidden message to discover. The rubric read: Clashes in a small number of cells must be resolved, and the central … Read more >>

We last met Syd Lexis in Inquisitor 1249, more than a year ago. Welcome back! A long preamble indicated the importance of 1A and 1D: Wordplay in each of six (not seven) across … Read more >>

A relatively short rubric: Solvers are to enact a rhyme, leaving the grid with twelve empty cells. The wordplay generated by one clue overlooks five consecutive letters which carry out a supporting role … Read more >>

After the horrors of 1309, (still unfinished at the time of writing) we were hoping for something a little more simple this week, and so it turned out. A first read through on … Read more >>

A new setter this week, welcome Wan. The rubric was “Twelve clues contain a thematic object which must be discarded before solving. Twelve other clues contain one in disguise which must also be … Read more >>

A complicated rubric, giving little away! Down clues must undergo schism, generating a pair of answers in the order shown. Solvers must respond to a request in ODQ when entering across answers, and … Read more >>

Two blogs in a row from me, in return for two from Duncan in June to accommodate our respective holidays. Another tricky one this week, Nudd having come up with another novel way … Read more >>

After three weeks of relatively gentle Inquisitors, we got a much more challenging one from Shark! (Chambers has challenge as : a task, undertaking, etc to test one’s powers and capabilities to the full.) Quite complex … Read more >>

A long preamble but, as Nimrod indicated in his paragraph on “The regulars”, this was a mild offering from Samuel. Across clues with extra letters, plus seven wordplay-only surnames. Normal Down clues. The … Read more >>

The preamble stated “Each of 22 clues contains one word superfluous to the solving. The initial letters of these words form, in clue order, part of a quotation and its author. The other … Read more >>

Wordplay in each of several clues yields a single extra letter which (omitting one keyword) spell out a phrase that was an integral part of 5 Down. The influence of this unclued entry … Read more >>

Twelve across and thirteen down clues have a single letter misprinted in their definitions, the correct letters being different in each case. A description of the “missing” letter, symmetrically disposed, must be highlighted … Read more >>

An artistic and musical offering this week from Kruger. The rubric said “Wordplay in the majority of clues yields an extra letter. In order, these spell out a phrase which provide a clue … Read more >>

A very brief numerical title, which I couldn’t check until I completed the whole crossword. Extra letters in wordplay and four unclued entries had something in common. When we discovered what that was, … Read more >>

Another first time setter – welcome Plench! The rubric read: Nine clue answers have been thematically affected. Two cases are of a different sort from the rest, and a third item of this … Read more >>