Inquisitor

Watch Your Step by Elpenor All clues are normal. Within each row or column, any occurrences of a certain letter in clued answers must be removed before entry into the grid; the removed … Read more >>

Tailors by Kirsanov Fourteen clues contain a consecutive pair of extra letters, which must be removed before solving, always leaving real words. In clue order, these letters spell the name of an author … Read more >>

We have a new Inquisitor setter this week, so welcome to Arcadia       I don’t know whether Arcadia has started with the longest ever preamble for a puzzle, but he/she must … Read more >>

As I said in the main blog, Impressi◍n is Inkling’s only puzzle for the Inquisitor – I had read elsewhere on this site and others that Chris Dunn (Inkling) died last July, but … Read more >>

Inkling’s only puzzle for the Inquisitor –   Preamble: In nineteen down clues, wordplay leads to the answer with an extra letter. In clue order, these letters provide definitions to the two unclued … Read more >>

Headingley 2019 by Eclogue The number of each batter indicates the row/column of each entry; for each row/column clues are in the correct order. A score greater than zero associated with each clue … Read more >>

A sizeable preamble to digest this week: The four entries in the outside columns are new words derived from their clue answers (whose lengths are given) in a consistent way. Solvers must complete … Read more >>

Phi is a prolific setter of Inquisitor and Independent crosswords and I believe he is now setting for the Guardian and the Guardian Genius as Pangakupu.       There was a reasonably … Read more >>

Jaques is back – previous Inquisitor puzzles were last year & the year before.   Preamble: Each clue contains a single misprint in its definition. The correct letters, in clue order, describe what … Read more >>

The dastardly duo? The gruesome twosome? eXtent are back, whatever name they don’t answer to, putting the fun firmly into Britain’s best barred grid puzzle. Answers to twelve clues create clashes in eleven … Read more >>

Chalicea, a frequent Inquisitor setter, probably completes Ladies month with this puzzle entitled Goal,       We had a fairly short preamble, as follows: The perimeter contains two partnerships, one appropriately oriented, … Read more >>

Skylark – third up in “Ladies’ Month”.   Preamble: A misprint in each of fifteen across clues should be corrected before solving; corrections spell a work made famous by a thematic individual. Each … Read more >>

  Intersection by Vismut Clues are listed in the normal order. In 20 clues, single extra letters generated by wordplay (not to be entered) spell in clue order what is unconventional about a … Read more >>

It was a traditionally wet Bank Holiday Saturday, and there was nothing on the television. Luckily we had a nifty little Inquisitor to occupy the time. Apparently it was the start of Ladies’ … Read more >>