Inquisitor Review of the Year 2023-4: The Results
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And there we have it. In the end you opted for the sausage dish in preference to the cheese and the whale-meat courses.
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Inquisitor 1893: Team Effort by Luxor
This week’s puzzle is set by Luxor who is making a debut in the Inquisitor series. Fifteensquared has blogs for Luxor puzzles in the Enigmatic series in the period November 2023 to January 2025. All five had quirky themes, so I wonder what we will find in this puzzle.
Inquisitor 1892: Woodcuts by Dysart
Dysart, sadly his last puzzle here, as he died last July.
Preamble: The unclued entry is the title of a work (minus its definite article). 12 clues contain a misprint in the definition; correct letters give the name of its author. Six answers are shorter than their allotted space, and will leave empty cells.
Inquisitor 1891: Very Difficult Times by Pointer
Very Difficult Times by Pointer
Inquisitor 1890: Nonconformist by Hedge-sparrow
Hedge-sparrow provides this week’s IQ.
Inquisitor 1889: Hero Worship by Chalicea
Chalicea starts a new year of Inquisitor puzzles
Inquisitor 1888: Pictures at an Exhibition by Harribobs
Harribobs takes us through into the new year …
Preamble: Wordplay in 45 clues leads to the answer plus an extra letter, not entered in the grid. In clue order, extra letters give two instructions. Eighteen artists (three using given names as well as surnames), are represented in the exhibition. Each artist’s piece is square or rectangular and marked in its top right corner by ‘*’ (or ‘A’ for a key piece). The solver must frame all pieces. The website WikiArt.org is recommended.
Inquisitor 1887: Song 2 by eXtent
Song 2 by eXtent
Inquisitor 1886: Talk Among Yourselves by Ifor
Our second IQ blog is an Ifor – we’re in for a challenge!
Inquisitor 1885: Don’t Look Up by Phi
Last week we had Kruger’s 62nd Inquisitor. Kruger is the third most prolific setter in the Inquisitor list. This week we have Phi equalling Schadenfreude’s record of 81 Inquisitors. Unfortunately Schadenfreude is no … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1884: Odds & Evens by Kruger
Kruger, notching up his sixty-second puzzle in the Inquisitor sequence.
Preamble: Every clue contains a definition and wordplay. Odd-numbered across clues consist of definition/wordplay for another odd-numbered across entry and wordplay/definition for an even-numbered down entry. Likewise, even-numbered down clues consist of definition/wordplay for another even-numbered down entry and wordplay/definition for an odd-numbered across entry.
Inquisitor 1883: Marks by Sauce
We have a new setter today. I can’t find any reference to previous puzzles set by Sauce in the fifteensquared records. Sauce’s first act was to present us with a … Read more >>
Inquisitor 1882: Broadcasting Company by Vismut
This is our first IQ blog and to our great relief, we found Vismut’s offering fairly straightforward (by IQ standards!).
Inquisitor 1881: Get the Message by Poat
We have a puzzle from Poat this week. Poat is an infrequent Inquisitor setter. A look at the Inquisitor index shows that is three and a half years since we last had a … Read more >>