HolyGhost

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 >>

As trailed by Nimrod in his review of last year, we are kicking off this year with a puzzle from Schadenfreude. The last time I saw a title like that was about a … Read more >>

The third Inquisitor puzzle this year from Nimrod.   Preamble: From each of twelve clues a single letter must be removed before solving. Taken together, these letters describe twelve other clues into each … Read more >>

Chalicea often serves up clues that are on the easy side, followed by a task that involves a certain amount of head-scratching whilst staring at a completed grid.  Preamble: Identifying one thematically placed … Read more >>

Sch… is never away long – it seems like one in every 8 to 10 puzzles is his.   Preamble: Two letters must be removed from the answers in each row and column … Read more >>

The umpteenth Inquisitor from Phi …   Preamble: The key phases of the moon here are 1st Quarter, 3rd Quarter and Full. 4-, 8- and 12-letter entries suffer a Phase Shift: the wordplay … Read more >>

The second Inquisitor from The Ace of Hearts, and the first was a ‘Letters Latent’ too.   Preamble: Seven clues are normal but their answers must be entered thematically. From the answer to … Read more >>

The fourth Inquisitor offered jointly by eXt(ternal + Serp)ent.   Preamble: Each clue contains a misprint of one letter; the pairs of incorrect and correct letters, in clue order, spell out four lines … Read more >>

Ifor usually presents us with challenging puzzles. This was no exception.   Preamble: Clues are presented in alphabetical order of their answers, which must be entered normally and where they will fit. When … Read more >>

We get an Inquisitor puzzle from Serpent about twice a year, sometimes quite hard, often quite fun.   Preamble: Four symmetrically-placed across clues have standard wordplay and definitions. In each of the remaining … Read more >>

Two previous Inquisitor puzzles have had the byline Nitsy … but they were in 2007 & 2009 – that’s certainly a while back.   Preamble: Thirteen clues contain no definitions: the answers to … Read more >>

Schadenfreude shows up here about every couple of months.   Preamble: Seven of a set of ten are to appear clockwise in the perimeter. The initial letters of single words to be removed … Read more >>

A puzzle by eXternal … but not Clue Two IV (yet).   Preamble: Single letter clashes occur in six cells and each should be resolved in favour of a third letter to make … Read more >>