Inquisitor

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 >>

A short preamble told us we had some “abbreviation” to do, and enter two letters in lower case. In each clue the wordplay yields an extra letter not to be entered in the … Read more >>

This is Augeas’ third Inquisitor puzzle, but the first one that I have blogged.  Holy Ghost blogged the previous two.       We had a fairly short preamble this week – Seventeen … Read more >>

Another long preamble from Lato … 11 entries are unnumbered – thematic or unclued, so about 20%. It’s all about X: thematics cryptically reveal the identity; unclued give a description, field of activity, … Read more >>

Preamble: The correct letters from misprinted definitions in 20 clues spell out a returning instruction. Solvers must change the contents of 18 cells, always revealing real words. Short and sweet! I got off … Read more >>

The grid was only 11×11, there were no extra or missing letters, no hidden messages, just six unclued entries and two hidden words to find. I found it pretty easy, despite the longish … Read more >>