Inquisitor

A new setter this week. “Hello, …”   Preamble: The definition parts of thirty-one clues contain a superfluous letter which should be removed before solving. Read in clue order, the three discrete groups … Read more >>

Preamble: Eleven clues each have a single definitional misprint: the correct letters may be arranged to give the two word theme to be written under the grid. Five clues without definition lead to … Read more >>

A small grid (only 11×11) and few clues (13 across and 12 down). The preamble was more lengthy: Seven unclued answers (six words and a proper name) have the same two opposing things … Read more >>

The sight of the name Schadenfreude tends to strike fear into the mind of a blogger when he or she first sees it as the setter of puzzle to be blogged, but there is … Read more >>

One week she’s the Listener setter, next Chalicea‘s providing the Inquisitor puzzle.   Preamble: Groups of cells (49 in all), identified by corrections to misprints in the definition parts of 26 clues read … Read more >>

Ken Mackenzie asked for a stand-in to do this week’s Inquisitor blog, hence another appearance from me out of the normal four week cycle.   There was a fairly short preamble to this … Read more >>

I was a bit worried by a long rubric with drawing instructions: Each across clue and ten down clues contain an extra letter to be discarded before solving. The across letters in clue … Read more >>

This Inquisitor by Kruger had a fairly short preamble.       The definition in each clue contains a single letter misprint.  In order, the correct letters give words associated with a series … Read more >>

Serpent slithers into view – venomous? We’ll see.   Preamble: Solvers must determine how to enter the answers to across clues, listed in alphabetical order of their (equal-length) answers. Taken in clue order, … Read more >>

Preamble: Nine thematic answers (one of two words) should be considered as associating only with ‘34-38s’, with each ‘34-38’ suggested twice. Correctly associated, all are 26s. Eight of these are clued by wordplay … Read more >>

An alphabetical jigsaw this week from Charybdis, and a very good one too! An amazing grid construction. The rubric read: Answers fit in the grid jigsaw-wise. Unnumbered clues are arranged in alphabetical order of … Read more >>

The preamble to this puzzle by Poat stated "Seven clues consist of wordplay only, and lead to performers known for works that may be linked thematically; in each case, an allusion to part … Read more >>

Fond memories of Dysart puzzles – usually pretty tough but highly enjoyable & satisfying.   Preamble: Five characters involved in a 6 18 are hidden in the grid. Their target is invisible, but … Read more >>

Preamble: Solvers must scale component letters of some entries to match the illusion. This will require some letters to be entered in such a way that one to a cell is not maintained; … Read more >>

The rubric read: One answer is not to be entered in the grid. Answers to four clues which lack definitions are thematic. Solver must highlight two other normally clued entries to complete a … Read more >>