Inquisitor

My thanks to Ho for this one as neither Hi nor Ba could do it. We found it much harder than Tennyson’s Maud and the poets a few weeks ago, though Ho didn’t! There … Read more >>

Back from walking in the Pyrenees – let’s hope this puzzle isn’t as controversial as #133!  Three (unspecified) answers are to be modified before entry, and answers to the eight italicised clues each … Read more >>

This has to be one of the toughest Inquisitors I have ever tackled. I think I have the grid correct though I’m not sure about some of the thematic material. Solving time: several … Read more >>

This is a good example of a surprise you can sometimes get from thematic puzzles – that an idea hasn’t been used before. I even wonder if this is what the title is … Read more >>

The preamble stated that the the puzzle commemorated significant anniversaries of two related events which occurred exactly 50 years apart. Single letters or words had to be removed from all of the 40 … Read more >>

Excellent puzzle from Charybdis – no extra words or letters in the clues, just a nice conceit in his letter from the editor. This was most confusing at first, but the meaning fell … Read more >>

Another new blogger … and a new setter to boot – double whammy? (I’ll be walking in the Pyrenees when this should come out, so no response from me anytime soon.)  The entry … Read more >>

Well, here goes with my first blog. I picked up my Independent with some trepidation but as soon as I turned to The Inquisitor and saw that it was by Phi, I breathed … Read more >>

Solving time: about 90 minutes This puzzle’s thematic material was provided by both extra and missing letters in wordplay, and two grid entries – one unclued, one clued without definition. The letters missing … Read more >>

When I see the word ‘Cinema’ in a crossword title I tend to go Ugh! as I am not film literate. However, as is often the case with barred cryptics, the title turned … Read more >>

Wow! Tremendous stuff from Loda! A puzzle with 20  across and 20 down clues where all the answers were 6 letter words corresponding to the balls in an over, using vowels as scoring … Read more >>

This one was mixed bag for me. I found some of it relatively tough for an Inquisitor. The tough parts were the down clues. With the wordplay providing two extra letters I found … Read more >>

Solving time: maybe 2 hours in several bursts The thematic material in this puzzle was Five words from a quote, plus its author, provided by extra letters in wordplay for all but 7 … Read more >>

One of our four Inquisitor bloggers has just asked to stop. If there are any Inquisitor solvers out there willing to join the blogging team, let me know by sending an email to: … Read more >>

The preamble to this puzzle was fairly complicated and needed reading a two or three times before I got it clear in my mind as there was reference to clued entries, unclued entries, … Read more >>