Inquisitor

Complex rubric: Each of 15 clues [none to five-letter entries] contains an extra word having only one letter, sometimes repeated, not present in that clue’s answer. In clue order these letters identify the … Read more >>

Vismut completes the run of four Inquisitors by lady setters.       The preamble told us that wordplay in six across clues and seven down clues leads to the answer with one … Read more >>

Skylark, the third of four female setters in Ladies’ month (although this July has five Saturdays so there’s room for one more).   Preamble: Symmetrical grid entries contain the endings of four lines … Read more >>

Passing Thought by Nutmeg Each across clue has a single-letter misprint in its definition. Correct letters in clue order form a sequence, stripped of its first and last elements, connected with a celebrated … Read more >>

Ladies month’s first offering from Chalicea. Usually relatively simple clues with a nicely constructed grid and theme. Let’s see. Short but sweet rubric which read: With the terribly sad revelation that 41 is … Read more >>

I blogged an Independent by Serpent last Thursday and find that he has also set the Inquisitor being blogged today       Serpent’s puzzles have had a variety of themes , so … Read more >>

Eclogue averages about three Inquisitor puzzles a year of late.   Preamble: When read in clue order, the last letters of extraneous words in every clue provide a partial definition and visual context … Read more >>

War and Peace by eXtent Across clues comprise wordplay and definition for answers in symmetrically opposite grid entries, either of which may be clued first. One of the answers in each clue with … Read more >>

The last time Dysart set a puzzle was in 2019, when Kenmac had the pleasure (?) of deciphering a difficult puzzle concerning Billy the Kid. I found this one pretty tricky and spent … Read more >>

The Ace of Hearts is an infrequent setter of Inquisitor puzzles, this being only the sixth since the first one appeared in 2016.       The preamble was fairly short and clear.  … Read more >>

PINK is back for this centenary puzzle.   Preamble: Answers to several clues lose a thematic word or abbreviation to yield the relevant entries, which are also words. Lengths indicate the number of … Read more >>

  An Alternative Guide to Wonderland by Phi Most clues define the answer that is entered but have wordplay that ignores up to four letters of that answer. The cells containing these ignored … Read more >>

Kruger is one of our regular setters. Hard but fair is his normal offering, so I look forward to this one. Clues are given in alphabetical order of their answers which must be … Read more >>

Ifor has been setting Inquisitor crosswords since 2011 and his puzzle themes vary widely, I have blogged quite a few of Ifor’s puzzles in the first half of the 2010s, but this is … Read more >>

Gila has given us some cracking puzzles in the past. I wonder what’ve we got here.   Preamble: Clues are presented in alphabetical order of their answers, which must be entered in the … Read more >>