Never knowingly undersolved
Quixote makes a return to the Inquisitor series this week, 4 years and 5 months after his previous puzzle. Still that’s shorter than the gap back to the one before that which was … Read more >>
Haven’t seen Lato here for a year or so. Preamble: Thematic clues are listed in alphabetical order of their solutions which must be paired off and entered incompletely where they fit. Extra … Read more >>
Heavy Metal Band by Harribobs Entries run clockwise in a chain, starting at the peak of 1, with the last letter of each entry being the first of the next. Entries start … Read more >>
A Trivial Pursuit – II
Last year, as an exercise suggested by a solver who emailed to say that he was somewhat disgruntled by the lack of Literature themes, I broke down the Inquisitors of the Year into (quite loosely-defined) categories.
While writing this blog, I have just heard the bad news about the Christmas lockdown! As this will come out just after Christmas and just before New Year, may I wish everyone on … Read more >>
Kruger has set this week’s Inquisitor Note that the final word of the clue at 7 down was corrected from ‘reptile’ to ‘amphibian’ in the following week’s newspaper. The change … Read more >>
Ifor – can usually be relied upon for many fine clues, often with few redundant words in them. I’m looking forward to it. Preamble: Clues to one entry in each odd-numbered row … Read more >>
Queen of the North by Phi Several squares will need to contain multiple letters for the clue answers to fit – solvers should replace these with the same appropriate symbol. The solutions … Read more >>
Definitions in eight clues contain a misprint; correct letters spell a thematic location. Extra letters produced by wordplay in 26 further clues give a thematic quote, made by an individual whose name provides … Read more >>
According to fifteensquared stats, Radler has been producing one Inquisitor puzzle once a year since 2013, usually towards the end of the year. Here is the 2020 offering. The preamble … Read more >>
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 >>
Double Take by Encota Four unclued thematic entries must be completed. Clue numbers must not be entered initially. Nine clues are common to each pane and must be entered in the same place … Read more >>
A third offering from Hedge-sparrow, a relative newcomer to the illustrious company of Inquisitor setters. The rubric read: One letter per grid row is not indicated by the wordplay of the clues. These … Read more >>
Nimrod is also the editor of the Inquisitor series and tends to set challenging crosswords, so this was always likely to be a difficult solving experience. The preamble stated: that … 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 >>