Inquisitor

Fabulous puzzle from the eXternal/Serpent duo. Complex rubric: In 13 down clues, a letter has been omitted wherever it occurs and must be reinstated before solving the clue. These letters spell out the … Read more >>

Hedgesparrow has set the Inquisitor this time and has provided a fairly long preamble, so this may be a challenge.         The preamble told us that: "Two thematic entries are … Read more >>

Kruger’s 50th Inquisitor puzzle.   Preamble: Seventeen clues contain an extra word that must be removed before solving. In clue order, the first or fourth letters of each extra word followed by the … Read more >>

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 >>

The shortest rubric of the year so far. The unclued lights give both names of an author and his condolences (10 words). Misprints occur in the definitions of 19 clues. Corrected letters, read … Read more >>

This week we are faced with a  puzzle by Nimrod, in the form of a carte blanche, with an asymmetric hole of undefined size in the middle of the completed grid.  Well, this … Read more >>

I’ve found puzzles by Eclogue quite variable in the past. Some excellent, some only so-so; some difficult, some not so hard. (And no correlation between the two.)   Preamble: Wordplay in 18 clues … Read more >>

  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 >>

The complex rubric read: Multiple letter clashes occur in eight cells, each creating a thematic word; definitions for these and definitions of an associated word for each appear as superfluous single words in … Read more >>

Ifor is a fairly prolific Inquisitor setter who often introduces different devices into his clues.  Today he has given us three different types of clue over and above the standard ones.     … Read more >>

Vagans – a newbie.   Preamble: A serious ascent is being made, in three stages, which requires excess baggage to be shed. Wordplay in 25 clues generates an extra letter not to be … Read more >>

  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 >>

The most complex and confusing rubric of the year! The grid has top and bottom halves. In each half, six entries occupying cells in that half are clued without a common definition. The … Read more >>

Jaques is a new setter in the Inquisitor series, so it will be a learning process for all solvers today, as we seek to understand the cluing technique.  I note though that there … Read more >>

Kruger – a week late for kenmac to add to his duels with the setter.   Preamble: In twenty clues, some or all of the definition has been jumbled with an extra letter. … Read more >>