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We get a puzzle from Gila just over once a year, and I’ve blogged the two most recent ones.   Preamble: Single extra letters generated by wordplay in across clues provide the first … Read more >>

Somehow, a few weeks ago, I’d picked up on the fact that a puzzle from Phi would be my next one to blog.   Preamble: Five across clues and five down clues each … Read more >>

With some trepidation I embark on this sesquimillennial puzzle, set by Schadenfreude, Phi, Ifor, Nimrod & Kruger.   Preamble: To reveal the theme, solvers must highlight 35 cells which are not provided by … Read more >>

Haven’t seen an Inquisitor puzzle by Charybdis since “I want my sausages” last summer.   Preamble: The wordplay in each clue leads to an extra letter, forming a coded message. Of six unclued … Read more >>

Another Schadenfreude for me to blog; anything to do with Columbus, I wonder, given the number of the puzzle?   Preamble: Corrections to single letter misprints in the definition parts of twelve clues … Read more >>

Inquisitor puzzle by Harribobs … memories of BATS, struggling with the start of the endgame …   Preamble: In some clues, wordplay leads to the answer plus an extra letter; extra letters spell … Read more >>

I’ve learnt from experience that a puzzle by Ifor is something to look forward to – the clueing is usually high quality, but on the tough side.   Preamble: Eighteen answers need some … Read more >>

Phi has now reached a half-century of puzzles since they were renamed as Inquisitor a decade ago.   Preamble: The bookshelf held seven books but three are missing. Unclued answers, including 1 across, … Read more >>

A first Inquisitor puzzle from Lavatch, but he’s set plenty elsewhere.   Preamble: Clues are listed in normal order; unclued answers are of a kind. Solvers must construct the grid, which has 180° … Read more >>

An Inquisitor puzzle from Kruger, who is now closing in on Lato and Loda as the third most prolific setter of Inquisitor puzzles since the rebranding 10 years ago.   Preamble: This puzzle … Read more >>

Ifor is becoming (has become?) quite a regular.   Preamble: Before solving, each Down clue must be made smaller by a single letter; the surface reading usually suffers. Reading these letters in correct … Read more >>

By ‍’Eck, ‍’e’s back for the first time since NY 2014.   Preamble: The grid consists of two crosswords with a common theme. Clues are presented in non-overlapping pairs; either clue appearing first. … Read more >>

Base – a new setter enters the fold.   Preamble: Half of the 32 clues are normal. Two characters (to be written below the grid) together connect the 4 unclued perimeter entries and … Read more >>

Schadenfreude seems to be appearing about every other month this year.   Preamble: 13 clues each have a misprint in the definition. The correct letters can be arranged to form the phrase to … Read more >>