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Another blast from the past – last seen Charybdis here in June 12017. Another short preamble …   Preamble: Six clue answers must be amended before entry in the grid, with removed letters … Read more >>

Haven’t seen Augeas here for nearly 5 years. And it’s a very short preamble …   Preamble: Solvers should fill the blank cells, then highlight someone, and what (cryptically) she saw (30 cells). … Read more >>

I seem to recall that Hedge-sparrow’s other Inquisitor puzzle had quite a lot going on.   Preamble: The outer cells contain a phrase (nine words) from a speech made by the person whose … 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

I fully expected something on the “Fall of the Berlin Wall” today, given that the puzzle was published on the 30th anniversary.   Preamble: Every down clue contains a consecutive pair of letters … Read more >>

This will be the fourth out of seven Inquisitor puzzles from eXtent that I’ve blogged – the previous one was around the time of the first Brexit deadline.   Preamble: In accordance with … Read more >>

Gila has provided us with some pretty good Inquisitor puzzles in the past, so I have high hopes for this one.   Preamble: Every second clue contains a single letter misprint, occurring in … Read more >>

Serpent is one of a bunch of Inquisitor setters that I like more often than not.   Preamble: The wordplay in 32 clues generates an extra letter. Taken in clue order, these letters … Read more >>

This will be only the fourth of Kruger‘s 41 Inquisitor puzzles that I’ve blogged – kenmac usually snaffles them.   Preamble: Two colleagues on a day trip to the sea have left another … Read more >>

In memory of Schadenfreude … so, will #1700 be set by just PINK?  Preamble: Entries clash in four cells, to be filled digitally. Two other answers must each have a set of three … Read more >>

Lato usually packs a lot of thematic material into his puzzles.   Preamble: Fifteen thematic entries are evenly divided between two categories, spelt out by corrections to single letter definition misprints in thirteen … Read more >>

First it was the Labyrinth (#1335), then Hampton Court (#1457), and a couple of years ago we had a maze based on the legend of King Henry II and his mistress Rosamund (#1490) … Read more >>