Inquisitor

Well, I found this pretty taxing, Kruger. The general theme became clear quite quickly with 24 across having only one possibility once a reasonable number of answers had been filled in. However, parsing … Read more >>

Skylark is the fourth in the series of female setters following Nutmeg, Chalicea and Vismut in the past three weeks.       The preamble was quite short this week and stated: Twenty-seven … Read more >>

I very much enjoyed Vismut’s first two puzzles as an Inquisitor, but the third one not so much. Let’s see how we get on with this.   Preamble: On completion of the grid … Read more >>

Hi of Hihoba here again. I’m trying to pay back my fellow bloggers who took up the slack when I was unwell, so two in a row from me. I do enjoy Chalicea’s … Read more >>

Hello Inquisitor lovers. I’m glad to be back after some rather unpleasant hospital treatment. This is the first time I have been able to even attempt an Inquisitor – mostly due to the … Read more >>

A puzzle from eXtent this week The preamble told us that six entries are affected by shortages; answers to the corresponding clues must be entered as jumbles.  Superfluous letters, spelling out a two-word … Read more >>

At the time of writing, it looks to me like Ifor will be at or near the top of the last year’s Inquisitor ranking.   Preamble: Each across clue is actually three clues … Read more >>

Tourist Information by Harribobs Answers to asterisked clues are entered normally; all others must be cycled on entry. Four answers are members of a group of seven seasoned travellers, and are clued by … Read more >>

A puzzle by Eclogue kept us entertained over Christmas       The preamble stated that "Four clues each contain an extra word which should be removed prior to solving.  These four words … Read more >>

This is Vismut’s third Inquisitor puzzle.  I’ve blogged each of the previous two and have commented both times that there was a lot of thematic material involved.  This is also the case in … Read more >>

Ah, Chalicea – known for easier puzzles and lengthy quotations along the diagonals …  Preamble: Extra letters produced by the wordplay of every clue give an instruction to solvers. The Oxford Dictionary of … Read more >>

  Myth by Dysart The three unclued entries (one of two words) are names linked by a thematic film whose main character is hidden in the grid (11 cells, to be highlighted). In … Read more >>

  Invisible Ink by Phi Preamble: Spoiler: highlight the whitespace before the compiler’s name (above) to see the puzzle’s title. Well! What’s that all about? I’ve often wondered if we could ever have … Read more >>