Inquisitor

Preamble: Most clues contain either wordplay yielding an extra or missing letter or a single-letter misprint in the definition (approximately equal numbers of each). In order, the extra/missing/ correct letters give a quotation … Read more >>

Ifor is becoming a fairly regular setter of Inquisitor puzzles.  His puzzle today had a fairly lengthy preamble which stated:       "In rows containing highlighted cells, pairs of clue answers must … Read more >>

Lato is one of the most prolific setters in the Inquisitor stable so it is no surprise to see his name against today’s puzzle.  There was quite a long preamble.       … Read more >>

A 10×15 grid for this week’s offering from Gila. (So the two side by side grids with the solution to #1390 fitted neatly underneath.)   Preamble: Mistakes appear in twenty-three clues in the … Read more >>

Preamble: In a sequel to 1 across, X Y performed 50 (twelve words in total). Solvers should highlight the section of the grid in which the relevant callers are located. In six clues, … Read more >>

A new setter this week, welcome Bics! A brief preamble: Solvers must 32 seventeen 9s. Corrected definitional misprints in sixteen clues may assist. The two-word explanation thus revealed must be written below the … Read more >>

Saturday 26th October 2013 in Sheffield celebrating Nimrod’s 50th birthday is where the puzzle in its final form started. But the story really started about ten years ago… I had already had one Independent Weekend … Read more >>

This is Kandy’s first outing in the Inquisitor series.  For some reason, I have a suspicion that this is a collaborative name.  I am always suspicious that way when I see AND in … Read more >>

A new setter this week. “Hello, …”   Preamble: The definition parts of thirty-one clues contain a superfluous letter which should be removed before solving. Read in clue order, the three discrete groups … Read more >>

Preamble: Eleven clues each have a single definitional misprint: the correct letters may be arranged to give the two word theme to be written under the grid. Five clues without definition lead to … Read more >>

A small grid (only 11×11) and few clues (13 across and 12 down). The preamble was more lengthy: Seven unclued answers (six words and a proper name) have the same two opposing things … Read more >>

The sight of the name Schadenfreude tends to strike fear into the mind of a blogger when he or she first sees it as the setter of puzzle to be blogged, but there is … Read more >>

One week she’s the Listener setter, next Chalicea‘s providing the Inquisitor puzzle.   Preamble: Groups of cells (49 in all), identified by corrections to misprints in the definition parts of 26 clues read … Read more >>

Ken Mackenzie asked for a stand-in to do this week’s Inquisitor blog, hence another appearance from me out of the normal four week cycle.   There was a fairly short preamble to this … Read more >>

I was a bit worried by a long rubric with drawing instructions: Each across clue and ten down clues contain an extra letter to be discarded before solving. The across letters in clue … Read more >>