Inquisitor

Haven’t seen Glow-worm for nearly a year now, so welcome back. I’ll be hiking on Gran Canaria when this comes out, and won’t be checking any comments until I return.   Each of … Read more >>

Preamble: In nine cells (adjacent or diagonally adjacent), letters clash. These clashes must be resolved appropriately so that all entries are real words. The resolved clashes, starting in the top row, define 37 … Read more >>

Wow Lato! Another in this latest series of superb Inquisitors. A long and confusing preamble only became clear as the last element of the puzzle fell into place. It said that all of … Read more >>

Although Jambazi has appeared in the Independent daily puzzle series, this is his first Inquisitor puzzle. The preamble was fairly short and stated "Taken in order, the initial letters of superfluous words in … Read more >>

Eclogue is a setter new to the Inquisitor, though I gather from Dave Hennings’ Crossword Database that they have featured in Magpie over the last couple of years. (I say “they” because a … Read more >>

Preamble: Several clues contain words to be extracted before solving. These surplus words fall into 6 consecutive blocks of 4, each block providing material to define two further words: one of each pair … Read more >>

Ferret’s only previous crossword in this series was 1213 earlier this year – Twenty blocks and twenty bars – and the rubric mentioned 90 degree symmetry. This time it was the more conventional … Read more >>

Schadenfreude is a prolific setter who produces interesting puzzles which almost always have real words in the solution even after letters have been added to or changed in the grid.  This Inquisitor maintained … Read more >>

I do tend to like Kruger‘s puzzles – no exception here. A pound sign ( £ ) appears in the central barred off cell of the grid. Hmm …   Corrections to single-letter misprints in … Read more >>

Preamble: Lost in the grid while celebrating a centenary, two familiar Inquisitor setters’ 4 words of introduction to their rescuer (x, unclued, using two answer slots) may be discovered in two grid sequences … Read more >>

  This is Shark’s fourth offering in this series. One of his previous puzzles was last Christmas, with gift, toys and presents under the tree. This was a nicely constructed puzzle with straightforward … Read more >>

Syd Lexis has set puzzles for both the Enigmatic Variations and The Listener series, but this appears to be the first foray into the Inquisitor. The preamble was fairly short, as follows: Resulting … Read more >>

A gentle but enjoyable puzzle – with a learning element. Four consecutive letters to be removed from 24 clues before solving {novel}, the first letters of each group giving a Father’s {note capital} … Read more >>

Preamble: The unclued across entries are five names that may be seen on a map; their relative locations are represented approximately by their shaded initial letters. The region on the map, slightly extended … Read more >>

Entertaining stuff from Samuel. I do enjoy crosswords that give a laugh or a grin (or even a wry smile) and this gave quite a few! The unclued lights represented two items which … Read more >>