Inquisitor

This puzzle by Radler had a fairly short preamble, as follows:  "The title alludes to the eight unclued themed solutions.  Only one is from eight, and nine’s too many for the theme.  Seven … Read more >>

The editor refers to the “IQ debutant Jago“, but, assuming there’s only one setter that goes by that name, he’s produced well over 20 puzzles in the last 40 years for The Listener … Read more >>

Preamble: Six words, occupying three rows of the grid in total, are clued without their common definition. Using that common definition, with particular reference to one of the six and an answer elsewhere … Read more >>

This one was not so difficult as the last masterpiece of misdirection we had to blog (Soprano by Pointer) where we had to be corrected by johnsurdy!     I (Hi) was in Istanbul … Read more >>

The preamble for Ifor’s puzzle – Walk This ¬>Way told us that "Row clues must  each be divided at some point and the parts used to generate two answers.  Each must be modified … Read more >>

I reckon we’ve had the tough one for this quintet, so this puzzle from Shark should be easy or moderate – but there are no guarantees.   “A thematic reference appears in 8 … Read more >>

This was the first offering from Pointer, and a very nice puzzle it was too. The preamble was pretty complex: The completed grid relates to a scene of a drama first produced on … Read more >>

Preamble: Clashes in 12 cells must be replaced by a number from 1 to 12, different in each case. Corrections to misprints in 13 clues whose answers are entered normally describe the rule … Read more >>

Kruger is a prolific Inquisitor setter.  The index on this site tells me that he/she already has twenty under his/her belt.       The preamble stated "Each clue contains either wordplay yielding … Read more >>

Wordplay in 13 clues leads to the answer minus one letter (unchecked). Wordplay for the others leads to the entry plus one letter – these give part of a quotation. The full quotation … Read more >>

Preamble: Nine (3 groups of three) answers are partly thematic. These are each clued with a single letter definition misprint which, when corrected, reveal a location for a possible sighting. Redundant single letters … Read more >>

I was expecting an easy one after the succession of high Moh (hardness scale) Inquisitors lately. No such luck! A long rubric: Clockwise round the perimeter run a slogan (3 words) and an associated … Read more >>

Ferret is a fairly regular setter in the Inquisitor series these days.       The puzzle had a preamble that stated "Some cells contain more than one letter, making four objects appear … Read more >>

He’s back – Schadenfreude never stays away very long, 7½ weeks on average. One clue per column (except the edges) has a misprinted definition, and corrections are to be entered in the top … Read more >>

Preamble: Crossing answers make 18 down appear a non-word – it must be replaced by the acronym given by the longer down answers (five words in total), while retaining real words in the … Read more >>