Inquisitor

I have a soft spot for Nutmeg‘s puzzles; typical clues are polished gems.   Preamble: Down answers are entered with one letter out of place, that letter being moved to the shaded upper/lower … Read more >>

Preamble: Ten answers, each forming at least a significant part of a member of a larger thematic set, must be modified before entry. Half of these entries indicate progress while the rest display … Read more >>

Swaps due to holidays (mainly afloat!) mean that I have two blogs in a row. This time Ho is on holiday, so it was down to me (Hi) to complete and blog this … Read more >>

First my (Hi) very grateful thanks to Ho for his solution to this difficult offering from Phi. I was sailing back from Devon in rough seas and not a little rain at the … Read more >>

Nimrod‘s bagging #1400 with his 13th Inquisitor – unlucky for some? Hope not.   Preamble: Corrections to single-letter misprints in the definition part of each down clue in order hint at Theme A. … Read more >>

Preamble: When the unclued light is filled, the completed grid describes the position before the story started. Solvers must then change the contents of nine cells to describe the position at the end. … Read more >>

Long, but easily understood preamble this week. A letter has been dropped from each clue (except 38) and should be reinserted before solving. In clue order, the dropped letters spell a song title … Read more >>

This is Schadenfreude’s fifty-ninth puzzle in the Inquisitor series and it really made me think.       The preamble told us that thirteen clues include an extra word which has only one … Read more >>

A debut in the Inquisitor for Hieroglyph, but apparently he’s set puzzles in The Independent and elsewhere.   Preamble (paraphrase): There are two sorts of clue apart from the ordinary ones: in one … Read more >>

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 >>