Inquisitor

Kruger is one of the most prolific setters of Inquisitors, in third place third behind Schadenfreude and Phi, so it is no surprise to see another offering this week.       The … Read more >>

The PINK combo delivers another centenary puzzle.   Preamble: All across answers, including the unclued one, are modified identically; numbers in brackets refer to the spaces available. Except for the first and last, … Read more >>

Eyes Down by The Ace of Hearts One letter must be removed from each clue before solving; in clue order these letters hint at how six cells must be filled in the final … Read more >>

Ah, it’s one of those puzzles: Answers – each of 7 letters – start or end in the correspondingly numbered cell and must be entered either clockwise or anticlockwise, connecting to the central … Read more >>

It’s always good to see Eclogue’s name on an Inquisitor puzzle.       We had a fairly short preamble this week which stated: Clues are presented in alphabetical order of their solutions. … Read more >>

Ifor is back, solo, after his recent doubling up with Nimrod.   Preamble: All across clues, together with those to down entries in odd columns, are normal, but the latter’s answers are each … Read more >>

Come Into Force by Apt A letter must be inserted into all down and most across clues before solving. In down clues these give the first of five sentences of a statement. In … Read more >>

This week finds Phi in a playful mood. In some across clues the wordplay leads to the answer with an extra letter, in order spelling two surnames. Two others come from down clues … Read more >>

This is Check’s second Inquisitor puzzle following a debut in a run of new setters last year.  Reading the blog of Check’s first puzzle, I could see that one also involved dropping three … Read more >>

I took a look at the list of last year’s Top 20 Inquisitor puzzles in terms of aggregate points awarded to the setters: eXternal and Ifor were almost inseparable at the top, with … Read more >>

A welcome return visit today from Cranberry following last year’s debut, together with a preamble that confused me for rather longer than was strictly necessary, I suspect: Ten thematic solutions each consist of … Read more >>

Fresh from his triumph as most popular Inquisitor setter in 2022, Artix gives us a new puzzle.       The preamble was quite complicated, as follows: Solvers must erase the contents of … Read more >>

A warm welcome to IN.   Preamble: Every answer in each odd-numbered row must be partially jumbled (usually resulting in a non-word) to show a sequence of names. A three-word phrase must be … Read more >>

Moggie by Chalicea   14 supposedly said “13 46”. An extra letter in addition to those needed for the solution is produced in 24 clues. These letters, in clue order, give an instruction … Read more >>