Inquisitor

Chalicea has been setting Inquisitor puzzles since 2011 and this is her thirtieth in her own name.         Chalicea tends to come up with quirky themes and has done so … Read more >>

Hedge-sparrow flies back in for the festive(?) season.   Preamble: One letter must be removed from each of eight answers before entry so that the entry fits the available space; unjumbling these letters … Read more >>

Any Inquisitor published on 23rd December will be likely to have a theme ….       We had a fairly standard length preamble this week which told us that “A letter, wherever … Read more >>

Check seems to be under some pressure. Hope the strains of the festive season aren’t getting to them. 1ac is normal, but Check was coerced into adding some additional difficulty to the puzzle … Read more >>

Vismut sets the Inquisitor this week with a puzzle entitled £25 Club.       The preamble was fairly short and told us that "Grid cells for thematic requirements, which are answers to … Read more >>

Phi drops in with an early offering for Sankt Nikolaustag.   Preamble: Entries are real words, with some being the result of modifying clue answers (numbers in brackets reflect the space available in … Read more >>

This puzzle is Methuselah’s first appearance in the Inquisitor series, but I have blogged a few puzzles by this setter in the daily Independent series.       The puzzle in entitled Shipshape … Read more >>

eXternal and Serpent join forces once more to befuddle and entertain. The wordplay in all but seven clues contains a bogus letter to be changed before solving. In order, the bogus letters identify … Read more >>

This week, Kruger takes us on Journey From Lindisfarne       We had a fairly long preamble for this puzzle which stated: "The answer to each clue must have a letter removed, … Read more >>

Karla’s previous two puzzles each had a cinematic theme – we’d been promised that this next one wouldn’t have.   Preamble: In eleven “day-time” clues, part of the wordplay has received a treatment … Read more >>

Sixty Happy Years by Nimrod In an Only Connect Wall, 16 arbitrarily arranged words, phrases or names must be sorted into four groups of four, each with a different thematic link. Representing such … Read more >>

Double the fun with Radler this week. Clues for corresponding answers in the two halves have been run together; either may come first. Across clues yield answers that are either one letter longer … Read more >>

Eclogue is an Inquisitor setter who appears 3 or 4 times a year.       There is a fairly short preamble this week, telling us that the two unclued entries are responsible … Read more >>