Inquisitor

Inquisitor 1275 Preamble: The wordplay in each clue leads to the answer plus an extra letter. These letters, in clue order, suggest how solvers should draw six straight lines, including two for guidance, … Read more >>

An artistic and musical offering this week from Kruger. The rubric said “Wordplay in the majority of clues yields an extra letter. In order, these spell out a phrase which provide a clue … Read more >>

Nutmeg is a fairly regular contributor to the Inquisitor series and always makes the solver think For this puzzle we had a fairly short preamble: "Nine answers must be adapted before entry in … Read more >>

A first time out for Anax in the Inquisitor series.   Twelve answers, each clued without a definition, are of a kind. Their characters fall into two groups (as indicated in their clues); … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1271 Preamble: This puzzle marks a classic voyage. Solvers must shade both the name and the destination of the voyager. In clue order, the first letters of the single extra words in … Read more >>

A very brief numerical title, which I couldn’t check until I completed the whole crossword. Extra letters in wordplay and four unclued entries had something in common. When we discovered what that was, … Read more >>

This is Gila’s second appearance as an Inquisitor setter.  His first puzzle was number 1240 ‘Solve for X and Y’ which I was also lucky enough to blog.       There was … Read more >>

A welcome return to Schadenfreude – you kinda know what you’re getting.   The rubric is clear: ten answers, having something in common, are encrypted using a 26-letter phrase, the nth letter of … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1267 Preamble: Five answers must be amended as suggested by a thematic phrase (two words, to be deduced in part, and highlighted). Chambers recognises two meanings for this phrase. Appropriate to the … Read more >>

Another first time setter – welcome Plench! The rubric read: Nine clue answers have been thematically affected. Two cases are of a different sort from the rest, and a third item of this … Read more >>

Shark has set a number of Inquisitor puzzles and each has been very satisfying.  I blogged one focused on Socrates and his comment that he didn’t know there were so many things he … Read more >>

I rather enjoyed Ferret‘s two previous Inquisitor puzzles – and I enjoyed this one too, though it proved less difficult than it first seemed. The grid is 9 × 13, and essentially split … Read more >>

Preamble: Across and down answers clash in 10 cells. Read from left to right, these give a case of mistaken identity, which must be resolved in favour of the correct identity, the mistaken … Read more >>

A new setter this week – eXternal (not quite sure why the strange capitalisation).  Standard rubric with wordplay leading to extra letters which led to a quote and the quoter. We had to … Read more >>

Rasputin is the pseudonym of a group of three crossword setters (Artix, Chalicea and Ilver).  I only know that because Chalicea admitted to their composition by commenting on a previous Inquisitor crossword by … Read more >>