Inquisitor

There are 13 definition-only answers, leading to thematic entries (“all reel [sic] words”).   The remaining clues each have an extra word, letters 1 & 3 of which spell a quotation; the author’s … Read more >>

The preamble tells us that redundancies have been made in 12 entries and their clues. My first thought was that we were probably looking for various standard crossword “workers” (bee, hand, ant, man, … Read more >>

This puzzle has an interesting preamble – “a significant minority of clues contain a misprint …” First thought is “What on Earth does that mean?” It could be anywhere between 1 and 16 … Read more >>

We were aked to identify a quotation round the perimeter which denied the existence of three unclued entries. Its source was indicated in the grid – clearly involving the barred off central square. … Read more >>

The preamble told us that in each column, one letter from the first answer is displaced to the top row of the grid, and one from the second answer to the bottom row, … Read more >>

I have to confess to being stumped by the final step of this puzzle. The instructions tell us that: “The ‘cryptogram’ formed by two normally clued entries should be highlighted and the relevant … Read more >>

Surely this is not the same Nimrod that was active on the Listener in the 1940’s?  This was pretty hard: clues in alphabetical order of answers, to be entered in the grid in … Read more >>

This was pretty much the opposite experience of the Raich puzzle with the World Cup theme. The thematic content was a ‘anagram and one letter change’ 7-letter word chain, the first and last … Read more >>

We were asked to find and rearrange eight unclued answers before entering them in the grid. I had ???MN?Y for one and A?ILR? for another quite quickly. This led inevitably to thoughts of … Read more >>

The preamble told us that single extra letters indicated by wordplay in 25 clues spell out part of a quotation whose missing ingredients are exemplified in the 10 thematic answers.  In the prevailing … Read more >>

After the relatively gentle strolls (or canters) of the last few weeks, this puzzle proved rather a stiffer challenge (or maybe I just wasn’t really in the mood).  Two of the first clues … Read more >>

Probably my quickest Inquisitor ever, I had it done-and-dusted in less than an hour. Every clue contained an extra word, I must admit that I usually find those types of clues a tad … Read more >>

For me, the theme of this puzzle was very easy to guess. I knew already that Raich was mad enough about football to make regular journeys from Ireland to support Sunderland, and take … Read more >>

I found this pretty challenging (=difficult), though really interesting, and certainly would not have finished it without computer aids! (My favourite is a little program I’ve had for many years called “Puzzlex”.) We had … Read more >>

I usually enjoy Phi’s offerings and this was no exception. The preamble was fairly complex as there was a lot to be done before clues could be solved.  We were told that all … Read more >>