Inquisitor

Inquisitor 1900: Nine in One Hundred by PINK

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PINK – what other combo would we expect for a centenary puzzle?
 
Preamble: Clues are in normal order. Solvers must temporarily insert the same letter into each of the barred-off cells such that it could be plugged correctly into the circumscribing 8-letter words; a phrase describing the outcome (6, 9) must be written under the grid.

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New security measure

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IMPORTANT (updated) I’ve now changed the security level from “critical” to “high”. Thanks all for your indulgence. Many of you will have experienced slow response times and/or error messages on Monday. This morning, … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1896: Alphabets by Phi

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Phi now tops the count of Inquisitor puzzles, and seems destined to extend his lead in the coming months and years. (And yes, I know there were puzzles of his & others before the name change around the beginning of 2007.)
 
Preamble: The puzzle celebrates a creator of multiple alphabet books, covering three such titles.

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Inquisitor 1895: Neck Rub by Ifor

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Neck Rub by Ifor

All perimeter entries are words derived by modifying their clue answers in a consistent way. A two-word phrase, from which the puzzle title has been derived in the same way, must be written under the grid. All other clues contain an extra letter. Those extra letters in the clues to 4- and 5-letter answers, read in clue order, describe which non-perimeter letters must be identified; likewise those from clues to 6-, 7- and 8-letter answers explain what must then be done.

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Inquisitor 1893: Team Effort by Luxor

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This week’s puzzle is set by Luxor who is making a debut in the Inquisitor series.  Fifteensquared has blogs for Luxor puzzles in the Enigmatic series in the period November 2023 to January 2025.  All five had quirky themes, so I wonder what we will find in this puzzle.

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Inquisitor 1892: Woodcuts by Dysart

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Dysart, sadly his last puzzle here, as he died last July.
 
Preamble: The unclued entry is the title of a work (minus its definite article). 12 clues contain a misprint in the definition; correct letters give the name of its author. Six answers are shorter than their allotted space, and will leave empty cells.

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