Inquisitor

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 >>

A glance at the grid, and I expected an alphabetical jigsaw, but the rubric told us otherwise: Clues are presented in normal order, across followed by down, but six entries forming most of … Read more >>

There was a frisson of trepidation when I saw that the setter for this Inquisitor puzzle was Nimrod, editor of the Inquisitor series and man of many pseudonyms in different national dailies.   … Read more >>

Second time out here for Xanthippe (though many more Listener puzzles). Four answers too long (& making one fit results in a blank cell); five others too short & so initially padded with … Read more >>

Preamble: Five clues contain an extra word. The extra words must be interpreted to give instructions to make numerous adjustments to the completed grid. Solvers must then find a path from left to … Read more >>

I found this a bit of a struggle! Nice theme, but well hidden and dependent on knowledge that I, for one, could only come by via a Wikipedia article. The last time we … Read more >>

This Inquisitor by Gila brought back a few memories of evenings sat in front of the television.       There was a fairly lengthy preamble that stated "Three across and three down … Read more >>

A welcome return by Hypnos.         Thematically, 32 clues have a superfluous letter in a jumbled word in the definition part; these letters spell out the theme, illustrated by five … Read more >>

Preamble: Clues are presented in alphabetical order of their answers, word lengths referring to the space allocated to them. The operation of one of the two unclued entries (2 words) has had an … Read more >>