Inquisitor

This is Vismut’s second puzzle in the Inquisitor series.  I blogged her previous one which was themed on the nursery rhyme, Oranges & Lemons.  There was a good deal of thematic material in … Read more >>

Chalicea’s name appears often as an Inquisitor setter.  I last blogged one of her puzzles in March this year.       The preamble was short (in line with the title; Terse) and stated: … Read more >>

In memory of Schadenfreude … so, will #1700 be set by just PINK?  Preamble: Entries clash in four cells, to be filled digitally. Two other answers must each have a set of three … Read more >>

  A Little Rough Justice by Penumbra Wordplay in all clues leads to the answer plus an extra letter not entered in the grid. The extras spell most of an assertion (in ODQ) … Read more >>

  Eleutherian by Opsimath Clues are listed in alphabetical order of their solutions, to be entered in the grid jigsaw fashion, wherever they will go. Letters occupying cells 1-19 will then spell in … Read more >>

This is Wan’s fourth puzzle in the Inquisitor series.  I found it very challenging       There was a very lengthy preamble, which read  "Cardinal points (N, S, E and W) are … Read more >>

Lato usually packs a lot of thematic material into his puzzles.   Preamble: Fifteen thematic entries are evenly divided between two categories, spelt out by corrections to single letter definition misprints in thirteen … Read more >>

Invalid Care by Phi Please note that with effect from Inquisitor 1596, the weekly blog will appear on Tuesdays at 10am. Six of the thematic clues are really pairs of clues containing wordplay … Read more >>

A non-word title and a long complex rubric. I feared I was in for a long haul. Solvers must attempt to divide the clues to find two groups. In one group, whose answers … Read more >>

Serpent is a fairly regular Inquisitor setter who always presents a challenge       A moderate length preamble this week stated " Clues are presented in conventional order and the grid has … Read more >>

First it was the Labyrinth (#1335), then Hampton Court (#1457), and a couple of years ago we had a maze based on the legend of King Henry II and his mistress Rosamund (#1490) … Read more >>

Apt is a new setter for the Inquisitor series, so there is no history from which to gauge how difficult the clues and end game may be.       The preamble was very … Read more >>

Hmm. Quite hard, I thought, Kruger. Most clues contain a single letter misprint in their definitions. The correct letters, in clue order, give an oft-repeated line of a verse. The preceding line explains … Read more >>

  Pitch Black Desert Area by Wiglaf Each of four theme words, which have something in common, has two variations connected to it in the same way, though the nature of the connection … Read more >>

There have been a couple of Inquisitor puzzles from eXtent since we had a solo effort from either of them – but that’s OK.   Preamble: Wordplay in 21 clues omits a letter … Read more >>