HolyGhost

“Each clue yields a superfluous letter …” (alert: it might not be from the wordplay, but in the definition, or elsewhere?). These give a conundrum, three possible answers, and the initials of the … Read more >>

There are 13 definition-only answers, leading to thematic entries (“all reel [sic] words”).   The remaining clues each have an extra word, letters 1 & 3 of which spell a quotation; the author’s … Read more >>

Surely this is not the same Nimrod that was active on the Listener in the 1940’s?  This was pretty hard: clues in alphabetical order of answers, to be entered in the grid in … Read more >>

After the relatively gentle strolls (or canters) of the last few weeks, this puzzle proved rather a stiffer challenge (or maybe I just wasn’t really in the mood).  Two of the first clues … Read more >>

As Hihoba is on holiday for a few weeks, I’m blogging this one, and he’ll do mine later in May.  A frustratingly slow start on this one …   … but with about … Read more >>

Not that tough a crossword – many normal clues could be solved cold on the first pass through, and the theme yielded fairly quickly. But enjoyable for all that. (Was the puzzle number … Read more >>

Each across answer produces a single clash with a down answer, the latter being the grid entry. The unentered letters are one definition of 7d, which itself cryptically indicates one item in each … Read more >>

Some answers have a letter shifted before entry, and these letters spell out the name of a group. The members of the group form a number of other entries, but the answers to … Read more >>

Jumbles of words have to be removed from nine clues before solving; these words form five items and we have to black out a symmetrical two-word phrase in the completed grid that describes … Read more >>

Extra letters in the wordplay lead to part of a quotation and its author, from which the (eleven) unclued entries can be deduced. There are ten thematic examples, one of which corresponds to … Read more >>

Four unclued entries, two clued entries and one hidden name are thematically linked, and these last three have to be highlighted (16 cells). Then we have to swap two letters in the grid, … Read more >>

Samuel’s first puzzle as an Inquisitor, but he’s a setter familiar to Listener solvers, notably with #3975 and more recently with #4038.  Twelve thematic clues are of the “Definition & Letter-Mixture” sort. In … Read more >>

Back from walking in the Pyrenees – let’s hope this puzzle isn’t as controversial as #133!  Three (unspecified) answers are to be modified before entry, and answers to the eight italicised clues each … Read more >>

Another new blogger … and a new setter to boot – double whammy? (I’ll be walking in the Pyrenees when this should come out, so no response from me anytime soon.)  The entry … Read more >>