Never knowingly undersolved
HolyGhost A first Inquisitor puzzle from Lavatch, but he’s set plenty elsewhere. Preamble: Clues are listed in normal order; unclued answers are of a kind. Solvers must construct the grid, which has 180° … Read more >>
An Inquisitor puzzle from Kruger, who is now closing in on Lato and Loda as the third most prolific setter of Inquisitor puzzles since the rebranding 10 years ago. Preamble: This puzzle … Read more >>
Puzzles 1472 – 1523
Ifor is becoming (has become?) quite a regular. Preamble: Before solving, each Down clue must be made smaller by a single letter; the surface reading usually suffers. Reading these letters in correct … Read more >>
By ’Eck, ’e’s back for the first time since NY 2014. Preamble: The grid consists of two crosswords with a common theme. Clues are presented in non-overlapping pairs; either clue appearing first. … Read more >>
Base – a new setter enters the fold. Preamble: Half of the 32 clues are normal. Two characters (to be written below the grid) together connect the 4 unclued perimeter entries and … Read more >>
Schadenfreude seems to be appearing about every other month this year. Preamble: 13 clues each have a misprint in the definition. The correct letters can be arranged to form the phrase to … Read more >>
An Inquisitor puzzle from Quixote for the first time in 6 years. Preamble: Across clues and answers are normal. Type 1 Down clues have an extra letter added to the wordplay; their … Read more >>
Haven’t seen Poat for a long time – early last year in fact. (And that after a break of 6 years.) Preamble: Wordplay in eight clues leads to the answer (which is … Read more >>
An Eclogue puzzle – something to look forward to. Preamble: In clue order, corrections to definition misprints give a quotation completed by the thematic puzzle title. The name of the work from … Read more >>
It’s not that long ago that I blogged a Schadenfreude puzzle – remember Lucy? Preamble: The four unclued entries are synonymous. Corrections to single-letter misprints in the definition part of each clue … Read more >>
Before we start, a brief message from the editor: Hi all, sorry for hijacking the thread. Just to say … 14 across in Samuel’s IQ1437 puzzle, published last Saturday, omitted the word … Read more >>
Back to normal (I hope). After last week’s monster, and the confused endgame after a tough solve the week before, a puzzle from Schadenfreude – always firm but fair – is a welcome … Read more >>
A long & seemingly complicated preamble for this puzzle from Phi, his second of the year. (No offence was intended when I omitted to count the ones he set prior to the renaming … Read more >>
By my reckoning, Inquisitor 1431 will appear on Easter Saturday in the final print edition of the Independent – kenmac is scheduled to do the honours with the blog. To support the case … Read more >>