Inquisitor

The umpteenth Inquisitor from Phi …   Preamble: The key phases of the moon here are 1st Quarter, 3rd Quarter and Full. 4-, 8- and 12-letter entries suffer a Phase Shift: the wordplay … Read more >>

Mull It Over by Opsimath Each across clue contains a misprint in the definition. In clue order the corrections spell out the last four words of a verse from a poem and the … Read more >>

This was a puzzle where I knew nothing about the “Artists” in question, nor the album referred to, nor the group, so the whole thing revolved around a Google search. This is not … Read more >>

We have a puzzle from the Inquisitor series editor this week.       The preamble told us that "An Only Connect Wall consists of 16 arbitrarily arranged words, phrases or names that must … Read more >>

The second Inquisitor from The Ace of Hearts, and the first was a ‘Letters Latent’ too.   Preamble: Seven clues are normal but their answers must be entered thematically. From the answer to … Read more >>

Landmark by Pointer The final grid answers incorporate several items (including two place names) that appear on a map of a certain part of Britain, their relative locations having been retained approximately. A … Read more >>

A cunning Schadenfreude offering this week with a Trilby/Fedora twist in the endgame. The answer given by the wordplay in each of 19 clues overlooks a single letter. These letters give two titles, one … Read more >>

It’s been over a year since we saw a Lato Inquisitor, so it’s good to get another one.       The preamble told us that nine unclued entries (three groups of three) … Read more >>

The fourth Inquisitor offered jointly by eXt(ternal + Serp)ent.   Preamble: Each clue contains a misprint of one letter; the pairs of incorrect and correct letters, in clue order, spell out four lines … Read more >>

You Will Have by Kruger Half of the clues each have a letter added to one word in their definition which is then usually (but not always) jumbled – not all of the … Read more >>

Eclogue is quite a frequent setter, his last two puzzles were the New Year’s Eve puzzle about the dinner sketch, watched religiously in Germany every year, and the Red Dwarf puzzle, so I … Read more >>

Chalicea is a fairly regular contributor to the Inquisitor series. I blogged her most recent one in January that focused on the SS Great Eastern and the transatlantic communications cable.       … Read more >>

Ifor usually presents us with challenging puzzles. This was no exception.   Preamble: Clues are presented in alphabetical order of their answers, which must be entered normally and where they will fit. When … Read more >>

Northern Lights by Phi Orthernay Ightslay ybay Iphay The unclued entries (none of which is a word) can be converted to a list of names with something in common by the application of … Read more >>

The last Triton puzzle I blogged was the Roulette puzzle in 2016 which elicited 38 comments, many objecting to the theme on obscurity grounds. I found it entertaining and (due to my misspent … Read more >>