Inquisitor

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 >>

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 >>