Inquisitor

Skylark – third up in “Ladies’ Month”.   Preamble: A misprint in each of fifteen across clues should be corrected before solving; corrections spell a work made famous by a thematic individual. Each … Read more >>

  Intersection by Vismut Clues are listed in the normal order. In 20 clues, single extra letters generated by wordplay (not to be entered) spell in clue order what is unconventional about a … Read more >>

It was a traditionally wet Bank Holiday Saturday, and there was nothing on the television. Luckily we had a nifty little Inquisitor to occupy the time. Apparently it was the start of Ladies’ … Read more >>

Kruger is one of the most prolific setters of Inquisitors, in third place third behind Schadenfreude and Phi, so it is no surprise to see another offering this week.       The … Read more >>

The PINK combo delivers another centenary puzzle.   Preamble: All across answers, including the unclued one, are modified identically; numbers in brackets refer to the spaces available. Except for the first and last, … Read more >>

Eyes Down by The Ace of Hearts One letter must be removed from each clue before solving; in clue order these letters hint at how six cells must be filled in the final … Read more >>

Ah, it’s one of those puzzles: Answers – each of 7 letters – start or end in the correspondingly numbered cell and must be entered either clockwise or anticlockwise, connecting to the central … Read more >>

It’s always good to see Eclogue’s name on an Inquisitor puzzle.       We had a fairly short preamble this week which stated: Clues are presented in alphabetical order of their solutions. … Read more >>

Ifor is back, solo, after his recent doubling up with Nimrod.   Preamble: All across clues, together with those to down entries in odd columns, are normal, but the latter’s answers are each … Read more >>

Come Into Force by Apt A letter must be inserted into all down and most across clues before solving. In down clues these give the first of five sentences of a statement. In … Read more >>

This week finds Phi in a playful mood. In some across clues the wordplay leads to the answer with an extra letter, in order spelling two surnames. Two others come from down clues … Read more >>

This is Check’s second Inquisitor puzzle following a debut in a run of new setters last year.  Reading the blog of Check’s first puzzle, I could see that one also involved dropping three … Read more >>

I took a look at the list of last year’s Top 20 Inquisitor puzzles in terms of aggregate points awarded to the setters: eXternal and Ifor were almost inseparable at the top, with … Read more >>

A welcome return visit today from Cranberry following last year’s debut, together with a preamble that confused me for rather longer than was strictly necessary, I suspect: Ten thematic solutions each consist of … Read more >>