Inquisitor

Phi drops in with an early offering for Sankt Nikolaustag.   Preamble: Entries are real words, with some being the result of modifying clue answers (numbers in brackets reflect the space available in … Read more >>

This puzzle is Methuselah’s first appearance in the Inquisitor series, but I have blogged a few puzzles by this setter in the daily Independent series.       The puzzle in entitled Shipshape … Read more >>

eXternal and Serpent join forces once more to befuddle and entertain. The wordplay in all but seven clues contains a bogus letter to be changed before solving. In order, the bogus letters identify … Read more >>

This week, Kruger takes us on Journey From Lindisfarne       We had a fairly long preamble for this puzzle which stated: "The answer to each clue must have a letter removed, … Read more >>

Karla’s previous two puzzles each had a cinematic theme – we’d been promised that this next one wouldn’t have.   Preamble: In eleven “day-time” clues, part of the wordplay has received a treatment … Read more >>

Sixty Happy Years by Nimrod In an Only Connect Wall, 16 arbitrarily arranged words, phrases or names must be sorted into four groups of four, each with a different thematic link. Representing such … Read more >>

Double the fun with Radler this week. Clues for corresponding answers in the two halves have been run together; either may come first. Across clues yield answers that are either one letter longer … Read more >>

Eclogue is an Inquisitor setter who appears 3 or 4 times a year.       There is a fairly short preamble this week, telling us that the two unclued entries are responsible … Read more >>

eXternal – equally good when solo or doubled up with Serpent.   Preamble: In 14 Across clues a word must be removed before solving, identifying members of an organisation. In each Down answer, … Read more >>

How it started: How it’s going: The final grid pattern has 180-degree symmetry, but clue answers will leave three symmetrically placed blocks of cells on three rows empty. The blocks are the same … Read more >>

Charybdis is a setter who appears irregularly in the Inquisitor series. He also features as Crosophile in the Independent series.       We had a fairly short preamble for puzzle which stated: … Read more >>

This week’s puzzle from the prolific Inquisitor setter Ifor.  His first puzzle appeared in 2011, so we see a challenge from him about every 3 months.  Challenge is the right word for Ifor … Read more >>

Mirror Image V by Serpent The grid has 90° rotational symmetry but no numbers or additional bars should be added at this stage. Five clues contain an extra word, to be removed before … Read more >>