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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 >>

The second puzzle of the year, and another prolific IQ setter – Phi, current runner-up to Sch … you know who.   Preamble: Apart from 1ac and 18 (normal), each clue is actually … Read more >>

A carte blanche grid, so no bars and no numbers, but at least the clues have length indications and are in normal order. However, two entries are unclued, and there are a few … Read more >>

Seen Wan here a couple of times before, most recently on the Pennine Way (“Pub Crawl”). First noted the asymmetric grid … more often a positive indicator of a puzzle than a negative … Read more >>

We’ve seen Radler about once a year since his debut in 2013 (theme: QUARKs).   Preamble: Eight clues lead to answers that are the wrong size: they must be used to fill the … Read more >>

I have a soft spot for Nutmeg‘s puzzles; typical clues are polished gems.   Preamble: Down answers are entered with one letter out of place, that letter being moved to the shaded upper/lower … Read more >>

Nimrod‘s bagging #1400 with his 13th Inquisitor – unlucky for some? Hope not.   Preamble: Corrections to single-letter misprints in the definition part of each down clue in order hint at Theme A. … Read more >>

A debut in the Inquisitor for Hieroglyph, but apparently he’s set puzzles in The Independent and elsewhere.   Preamble (paraphrase): There are two sorts of clue apart from the ordinary ones: in one … Read more >>

A 10×15 grid for this week’s offering from Gila. (So the two side by side grids with the solution to #1390 fitted neatly underneath.)   Preamble: Mistakes appear in twenty-three clues in the … Read more >>

A new setter this week. “Hello, …”   Preamble: The definition parts of thirty-one clues contain a superfluous letter which should be removed before solving. Read in clue order, the three discrete groups … Read more >>

One week she’s the Listener setter, next Chalicea‘s providing the Inquisitor puzzle.   Preamble: Groups of cells (49 in all), identified by corrections to misprints in the definition parts of 26 clues read … Read more >>

Serpent slithers into view – venomous? We’ll see.   Preamble: Solvers must determine how to enter the answers to across clues, listed in alphabetical order of their (equal-length) answers. Taken in clue order, … Read more >>

Fond memories of Dysart puzzles – usually pretty tough but highly enjoyable & satisfying.   Preamble: Five characters involved in a 6 18 are hidden in the grid. Their target is invisible, but … Read more >>

Haven’t seen a puzzle from Nudd in quite a while – none in 2014.   Preamble: Wordplay in thirty-six clues serves up an extra letter to be taken away before entry. These letters … Read more >>