Inquisitor

Ah, Chalicea – known for easier puzzles and lengthy quotations along the diagonals …  Preamble: Extra letters produced by the wordplay of every clue give an instruction to solvers. The Oxford Dictionary of … Read more >>

  Myth by Dysart The three unclued entries (one of two words) are names linked by a thematic film whose main character is hidden in the grid (11 cells, to be highlighted). In … Read more >>

  Invisible Ink by Phi Preamble: Spoiler: highlight the whitespace before the compiler’s name (above) to see the puzzle’s title. Well! What’s that all about? I’ve often wondered if we could ever have … Read more >>

The Ace of Hearts is a setter who seems to specialise in Letters Latent puzzles when compiling for the Inquisitor as this is his / her third puzzle and the previous two, like … Read more >>

I fully expected something on the “Fall of the Berlin Wall” today, given that the puzzle was published on the 30th anniversary.   Preamble: Every down clue contains a consecutive pair of letters … Read more >>

  Duck Egg by Kruger Clues are given in alphabetical order of their answers which must be entered where they will fit. Wordplay in each clue yields an extra letter that is not … Read more >>

When you see Nimrod’s name on an Inquisitor you know that you are in for a challenge.       The preamble this week was quite extensive and told us that the 52 … Read more >>

Radler has set a few Inquisitors before.  The most recent one I blogged was based on the works of Franz Kafka and the one before that focused on unfinished symphonies.  What will the … Read more >>

This will be the fourth out of seven Inquisitor puzzles from eXtent that I’ve blogged – the previous one was around the time of the first Brexit deadline.   Preamble: In accordance with … Read more >>

  Corpsing by Encota Three clues comprise wordplay only. All clues contain an extra word that must be removed before solving. In clue order the first and last letters of these words spell … Read more >>

Another new setter. Welcome Skylark! Simple rubric: Twenty-one clues contain an additional letter in the wordplay which should be removed before solving. In clue order these (with the insertion of an apostrophe and … Read more >>

Stuball is a new name in the list of Inquisitor setters, so we didn’t know what to expect this week.       The preamble was on the shorter side of average and stated … Read more >>

Gila has provided us with some pretty good Inquisitor puzzles in the past, so I have high hopes for this one.   Preamble: Every second clue contains a single letter misprint, occurring in … Read more >>

This seems, from the archive, to be Hob’s first inquisitor. If so, welcome Hob. I enjoyed it a lot. The preamble read: Using REMAINS, seven letters in the completed grid must be altered … Read more >>

Ah! Harribobs again. Always tricky, but fair. The preamble, if long, seemed pretty straightforward. 15 clues where the wordplay gave an extra letter, these extra letters to spell out some assistance to solvers. … Read more >>