Inquisitor

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 >>

Mynot is seen more regularly on Fifteensquared as a setter of Enigmatic Variations puzzles.  This is his first Inquisitor since June 2010       The preamble was fairly short and told us … Read more >>

Serpent is one of a bunch of Inquisitor setters that I like more often than not.   Preamble: The wordplay in 32 clues generates an extra letter. Taken in clue order, these letters … Read more >>

  If Only, If Only … by Ifor Down clues and entries are normal. All across answers must be modified in one of two ways, alternating row by row; numbers in brackets give … Read more >>

I haven’t done a crossword since the end of May as I’ve been sailing round Britain in a 35 foot yacht (you can see my blog of the trip here if you are … Read more >>

We haven’t seen a Shark Inquisitor for over a year, so it’s good to have one to solve this week.       The preamble told us that two unclued entries appear in … Read more >>

This will be only the fourth of Kruger‘s 41 Inquisitor puzzles that I’ve blogged – kenmac usually snaffles them.   Preamble: Two colleagues on a day trip to the sea have left another … Read more >>

  Partition by Eclogue A partition surrounds exactly one-third of the grid whose cells contain letters up to and including a certain letter alphabetically. Clues to the 24 solutions which do not cross … Read more >>

This is Vismut’s second puzzle in the Inquisitor series.  I blogged her previous one which was themed on the nursery rhyme, Oranges & Lemons.  There was a good deal of thematic material in … Read more >>