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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 >>

There have been a couple of Inquisitor puzzles from eXtent since we had a solo effort from either of them – but that’s OK.   Preamble: Wordplay in 21 clues omits a letter … Read more >>

A setter new to the Inquisitor, and who, as it happens, is ‘in partnership’ with the editor. (It turns out that she is not the setter, but that it was some “Mr H”. … Read more >>

I’ve blogged 3 of the last 4 IQ puzzles from Gila, and he ranks pretty highly in my estimation. The grid looks a little daunting (no bars, no clue numbers), to say nothing … Read more >>