Inquisitor

Base – a new setter enters the fold.   Preamble: Half of the 32 clues are normal. Two characters (to be written below the grid) together connect the 4 unclued perimeter entries and … Read more >>

Preamble: Two characters appear in the completed grid. The unclued lights describe their joint effort and the result. So, Chalicea, she of the short preamble strikes again – not quite as short as … Read more >>

A large 14×14 grid and lots of clues (50) to solve this week. And anagrams galore! The rubric read: All grid entries are real words or phrases. In each across clue, a jumbled … Read more >>

This was a challenge and a half!       The preamble gave some hint of the challenge to come when it told us that: All but seven clues contain a redundant letter. … Read more >>

Schadenfreude seems to be appearing about every other month this year.   Preamble: 13 clues each have a misprint in the definition. The correct letters can be arranged to form the phrase to … Read more >>

Preamble: Answers to the 24 normal clues extend beyond the boundaries of the grid; “extended” letters spell two thematic phrases to be entered below it. Wordplay in each remaining clue leads to the … Read more >>

Did anyone see this article on crossword solvers in the Indy Online on Thursday 1 September? I fit squarely into the profile they discovered, do you? Kruger is one of our most prolific setters … Read more >>

An Inquisitor puzzle from Quixote for the first time in 6 years.   Preamble: Across clues and answers are normal. Type 1 Down clues have an extra letter added to the wordplay; their … Read more >>

Due to Holy Ghost’s holidays and a swap of blogging duties this week and next week, I find myself blogging an Ifor Inquisitor for the second time in a few weeks.  Not that … Read more >>

Preamble: Misprints occur in 19 down clues. The correct letters spell out most of a quotation from a well-known TV series. Both 6-letter words in the specific episode’s title are to be removed, … Read more >>

In a hurry as I’m away next week when this blog is due to be published. I started to write the blog before completing the grid, but had solved the outstanding issues by the … Read more >>

Shark sets an Inquisitor puzzle about twice a year.       The preamble in Inquisitor 1449 stated that the wordplay in thirteen clues leads to the answer with one letter missing.  In … Read more >>

Haven’t seen Poat for a long time – early last year in fact. (And that after a break of 6 years.)   Preamble: Wordplay in eight clues leads to the answer (which is … Read more >>

Preamble: One letter must be omitted, wherever it occurs, from the answer to each clue before entry in the grid; wordplay and letter counts refer to the mutilated forms entered. In clue order, … Read more >>

I was at a reunion of old (1960s vintage) Swimming and Water Polo players this weekend, so got a late start on this. My grateful thanks to Ho (also at the reunion) who … Read more >>