Inquisitor

Colin’s comment on no. 44 reminds me that there’s some good news.  My appeal for Inquisitor bloggers was successful and we now have a team of four. Colin is one, and another is “hihoba” … Read more >>

Solving time: 2-3 hours for the clues… Time to admit defeat on this one – I can’t see the last step. The instruction provided by the missing letters in clues is “Colour correctly … Read more >>

There will unfortunately be a delay on Inqusitor 44. ‘loonapick’ hasn’t had time to do this puzzle and has decided to stop writing reports. So hold on while I tackle the puzzle. The … Read more >>

Solving time: 1.5 – 2 hours – Chambers used for 25D only There was early mention of this puzzle on Derek Harrison’s message board, which indicated that one of the green squares was … Read more >>

The report for No. 42 is now complete.  And 43 is solved so will be blogged promptly. But loonapick and I would still love to have one or two other Inquisitor solvers to … Read more >>

loonapick had to admit defeat on this puzzle.  This was partly because the theme of the puzzle mainly affected England rather than Scotland.  It was Michael Fish and his quote about the telephoned hurricane … Read more >>

Solving time: about 2 hours At last, a fairly gentle Inquisitor, which I should really have finished off even faster – and earlier! The thematic answers were to have one letter replaced, and … Read more >>

Sorry for the late post, but I have to admit that I really struggled with this one, and I haven’t quite finished it, as one of the answers still has me beat. Once … Read more >>

I’m stuck on this with little time left before going to Cheltenham. I’ve solved all but three of the normal clues but have no idea about the theme. If you’ve solved it, leave … Read more >>

For once I tackled the Inquisitor on the day of publication, and, by lunchtime, it was finished.  This wasn’t particularly diificult by Inquisitor standards, and would be a good puzzle for soomeone who … Read more >>

Solving time: ages – at least 6 hours This puzzle had 44 clues in total, 17 with misprints, and 16 to be treated somehow. That leaves 11 normal clues with no treatment. I’m … Read more >>

Jigsaw puzzles like this add a new element to solving a barred crossword, because you have to solve a significant percentage of the clues before you can start placing them in the grid. … Read more >>

I lied when I said I’d solved this and lost it – I solved most of it and lost it as I discovered in my re-solve. The theme was very easy to spot … Read more >>

Either I am getting better at Inquisitors or this one was not as challenging as it first appeared.  When I bought the paper last week, I took one look at the puzzle and … Read more >>

Solving time: c. 45 mins, no books, but one mistake found on checking answers After a tough battle with Kruger a couple of weeks ago, this was a straightforward “treated answers” puzzle. All the … Read more >>