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Guardian Cryptic 28,789 by Pasquale
It looks like the regular blogger is unavailable so I’ve hastily put this together.
Apologies for the brevity and apologies in advance for errors.
Inquisitor 1755: End of Line by Dysart
End of Line by Dysart Two entries are encoded forms of their clued answers, using a separate one-to-one substitution cipher for each (in one a letter maps itself). The change from answer to … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1751: Picnic by Kruger
Picnic by Kruger Clues are given in alphabetical order of their answers which must be entered where they will fit. However, two entries are unclued; together they form a pictorial representation of … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1746: Calculations by Vismut
Calculations by Vismut Extra letters in some clues spell out consecutive operations in two calculations that the unclued across entry might have made – one reading down through the clues and one reading … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1743: Combined Help by eXternal
Combined Help by eXternal Each across clue contains a superfluous word; in clue order second letters of the words give an author and penultimate letters give a work. Wordplay in each down clue … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1739: All Present and Correct by Eclogue
All Present and Correct by Eclogue Silvered entries are to be deduced from the eight thematic clues, listed in alphabetical order of their solutions, which lack definitions. Initial letters of these entries can … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1735: Gold by Karla
Gold by Karla The wordplay in each of twelve clues contains a superfluous word which may be assigned to one of three thematic sets of four. In the complete grid, solvers must highlight … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1731: Retro by Encota
Retro by Encota Stage 1 is somewhat like the old ‘Minesweeper’ game where the solver must locate the ‘mines’. The integer in each cell equates to the number of ‘mines’ that are in … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1727: On Track by Phi
On Track by Phi Nineteen clues are unnumbered and their answers are to be entered where they will fit, after being treated. The mode of treatment is hinted at by the three words … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1723: Bandits Scuppered Her Plans by Radler
Bandits Scuppered Her Plans by Radler In twelve thematic clues the entry is formed by changing the defined answer in one of two ways. Wordplay and letter counts refer to the entry. Eleven … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1719: Whowasdun by Charybdis
Whowasdun by Charybdis 35ac and the title of a detective mystery are to be deduced and the detective (thematically affected) highlighted in the grid. Alas, the person addressed in the title (4, … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1715: For Her Eyes Only by Artix
For Her Eyes Only by Artix Initial letters of single extra words in 11 clues may be rearranged to give the author of a series of works whose eponym – omitting an … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1711: Across the Board by Opsimath
Across the Board by Opsimath Clues are listed in alphabetical order of their answers, which are to be fitted into the grid wherever they will go. Ten thematic answers (two of 2 … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1707: Passing Thought by Nutmeg
Passing Thought by Nutmeg Each across clue has a single-letter misprint in its definition. Correct letters in clue order form a sequence, stripped of its first and last elements, connected with a celebrated … Read more >>