Inquisitor

Ah! Harribobs again. Always tricky, but fair. The preamble, if long, seemed pretty straightforward. 15 clues where the wordplay gave an extra letter, these extra letters to spell out some assistance to solvers. … Read more >>

Mynot is seen more regularly on Fifteensquared as a setter of Enigmatic Variations puzzles.  This is his first Inquisitor since June 2010       The preamble was fairly short and told us … Read more >>

Serpent is one of a bunch of Inquisitor setters that I like more often than not.   Preamble: The wordplay in 32 clues generates an extra letter. Taken in clue order, these letters … Read more >>

  If Only, If Only … by Ifor Down clues and entries are normal. All across answers must be modified in one of two ways, alternating row by row; numbers in brackets give … Read more >>

I haven’t done a crossword since the end of May as I’ve been sailing round Britain in a 35 foot yacht (you can see my blog of the trip here if you are … Read more >>

We haven’t seen a Shark Inquisitor for over a year, so it’s good to have one to solve this week.       The preamble told us that two unclued entries appear in … Read more >>

This will be only the fourth of Kruger‘s 41 Inquisitor puzzles that I’ve blogged – kenmac usually snaffles them.   Preamble: Two colleagues on a day trip to the sea have left another … Read more >>

  Partition by Eclogue A partition surrounds exactly one-third of the grid whose cells contain letters up to and including a certain letter alphabetically. Clues to the 24 solutions which do not cross … Read more >>

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 >>