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Chalicea – so the clues are likely to be gentle. The asymmetric grid alone signals a search during the endgame.   Preamble: To depict an aftermath, solvers must highlight nine answers (a total … Read more >>

Fifth puzzle from Vismut here. Very short title, gives nothing away. Grid not quite symmetric – middle row.   Preamble: Extra letters generated by the wordplay of 25 clues, not to be entered, … Read more >>

Phi – not seen for a while.   Preamble: Answers to italicised clues are entered in a letter-substitution code. The clue answer is composed of letters in a name, and the entry (also … Read more >>

A third puzzle from Penumbra, averaging about one a year.   Preamble: All clues contain a word that must be removed before solving. Initial letters of those words, in clue order, give a … Read more >>

Nudnix – a setter new to me.   Preamble: The theme involves two events – one possibly apocryphal – that happened on two (unrelated) visits. In the first, 1dn travelled East to 20; … Read more >>

Serpent: no bars, no numbers just like the previous one I blogged last month, but otherwise normal (no corrections/drop-outs, no thematic way to enter answers).   Preamble: Clues are presented in the usual … Read more >>

Another puzzle from Ifor, only a couple of months after his previous one in late March.   Preamble: Down clues are in normal order, and their answers are entered normally. Each contains a … Read more >>

Another blast from the past – last seen Charybdis here in June 12017. Another short preamble …   Preamble: Six clue answers must be amended before entry in the grid, with removed letters … Read more >>

Haven’t seen Augeas here for nearly 5 years. And it’s a very short preamble …   Preamble: Solvers should fill the blank cells, then highlight someone, and what (cryptically) she saw (30 cells). … Read more >>

I seem to recall that Hedge-sparrow’s other Inquisitor puzzle had quite a lot going on.   Preamble: The outer cells contain a phrase (nine words) from a speech made by the person whose … Read more >>

I very much enjoyed Vismut’s first two puzzles as an Inquisitor, but the third one not so much. Let’s see how we get on with this.   Preamble: On completion of the grid … Read more >>

At the time of writing, it looks to me like Ifor will be at or near the top of the last year’s Inquisitor ranking.   Preamble: Each across clue is actually three clues … Read more >>

Ah, Chalicea – known for easier puzzles and lengthy quotations along the diagonals …  Preamble: Extra letters produced by the wordplay of every clue give an instruction to solvers. The Oxford Dictionary of … Read more >>

I fully expected something on the “Fall of the Berlin Wall” today, given that the puzzle was published on the 30th anniversary.   Preamble: Every down clue contains a consecutive pair of letters … Read more >>