Inquisitor
Inquisitor 1886: Talk Among Yourselves by Ifor
Our second IQ blog is an Ifor – we’re in for a challenge!
Inquisitor 1885: Don’t Look Up by Phi
Last week we had Kruger’s 62nd Inquisitor. Kruger is the third most prolific setter in the Inquisitor list. This week we have Phi equalling Schadenfreude’s record of 81 Inquisitors. Unfortunately Schadenfreude is no … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1884: Odds & Evens by Kruger
Kruger, notching up his sixty-second puzzle in the Inquisitor sequence.
Preamble: Every clue contains a definition and wordplay. Odd-numbered across clues consist of definition/wordplay for another odd-numbered across entry and wordplay/definition for an even-numbered down entry. Likewise, even-numbered down clues consist of definition/wordplay for another even-numbered down entry and wordplay/definition for an odd-numbered across entry.
Inquisitor 1883: Marks by Sauce
We have a new setter today. I can’t find any reference to previous puzzles set by Sauce in the fifteensquared records. Sauce’s first act was to present us with a … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1882: Broadcasting Company by Vismut
This is our first IQ blog and to our great relief, we found Vismut’s offering fairly straightforward (by IQ standards!).
Inquisitor 1881: Get the Message by Poat
We have a puzzle from Poat this week. Poat is an infrequent Inquisitor setter. A look at the Inquisitor index shows that is three and a half years since we last had a … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1880: Transformers by Cranberry
Cranberry made his debut here in 2022 and has since contributed a puzzle twice a year. Preamble: Eight solutions must be thematically transformed before entry to the grid, leaving non-words. Enumerations refer … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1879: Looking for Inspiration by Nimrod
We have an Inquisitor this week set by Nimrod, one of the pseudonyms used by John Henderson who is the editor of the Inquisitor series. Usually a Nimrod puzzle is quite a challenge … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1878: Last Light by Radler
Holy Hole in a Donut! Solvers must highlight a traveller in the completed grid. Clues to two places where he arrived eventfully lack a definition, as do those to his location three days … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1877: Right-hand Man by Eclogue
This is the thirty-second puzzle by Eclogue following the first appearance of this setter in 2012. I have seen reference to Eclogue being the pseudonym for a pair of setters in the past … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1876: Wrongful Arrest by Ifor
Since the weekend puzzle changed its name to Inquisitor in 2007, Ifor has now appeared solo 49 times. We look forward to his reaching his half-century. Preamble: Four perimeter answers must each … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1875: Intruders by Phi
Intruders by Phi Each of the ten “Intruder” clues leads to an answer modified before entry by the removal of a letter, with the gap closed to form a new word to be … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1874: Stepping Out of Line by Serpent
Winter is coming. Wordplay in all but one down clue contains an extra letter that must be removed to enable solving; these letters spell a name and a location associated with an occurrence … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1873: Construction by Chalicea
We have a puzzle from Chalicea this week which is her 32nd Inquisitor according to Fifteensquared records. The preamble was short and clear telling us that the unclued 16 and 21 … Read more >>