Inquisitor 103

[stymied]

Help, please! Finished the grid a looong time ago but still can make no sense of "The probable all-time world number one (8)".

[TOMMO33]

Have you any letters to the answer, or have you an answer that you can't match to the clue?

[jjo1958]

Greatest or Champion ? Do You have any letters

[stymied]

Many thanks for your efforts. A night's sleep and all has become clear.

[stymied]

Perhaps I should have explained. The question posed referred to the preamble of the Inquisitor crossword and required you to highlight a "thematic" word in the completed grid (descibed in my question). The word became obvious once preconceptions were abandoned!

[Totterdown]

I think I have the theme of the puzzle. But still not sure of the answer to the question you posed. I thought of Thriller but can't see where it would fit in. Is it correct? Also, PLEASE what is 1 across. I have all the others to be highlighted.

[TOMMO33]

Glad all is well, but what is the Inquisitor puzzle?

[Totterdown]

A crossword in the Saturday Independent Magazine. There is always a theme to it, to be worked out by the solver. They give you hints about some answers to be messed around with before entering in the grid (anagrams, letters to be left out etc), sometimes certain words have to be highlighted. It is not straightforward. Sometimes very frustrating but very challenging. Sometimes the crossword relates to an anniversary that particular week.

[PuzledBadger]

Inquisitor is the name of the series of barred puzzles (similar to The Listener and Enigmatic Variations) in The Independent on Saturdays. It can usually be found one page from the back of the Independent Magazine which comes with the paper.

[PuzledBadger]

Hi Totterdown, 1 across is actually two words (but could be a one-word girl's name.)

[PuzledBadger]

Just found "The probable all-time world number one (8)" but I fail to see what it has to do with the rest of the theme.

Ah well!

[Totterdown]

Thank you PuzledBadger. It was so obvious!

[stymied]

Hint: feed in the name you have found with the 3-letter acronym in Google all will become clear.

[stymied]

PS. Will never cease to admire the ingenuity of the Inquisitor compilers. What would I do at the weekends without them - get a life perhaps!?

[TOMMO33]

Thanks to all and sundry for all the info re the Inquisitor puzzles . I will keep an eye open, but, if the Saturday Listener is anything like the Saturday Times, I'm not sure that I've the strength to carry both of them. Sounds worth giving it a go, though. Many thanks.

[PuzledBadger]

Hi Stymied. Yes, I realized that as soon as I posted my message.

Actually, you can find the "top ten" in Chambers as well.

[PuzledBadger]

Incidentally, am I supposed to get email notifications when someone replies to a post I've subscribed to?

I was expecting that I should but I don't seem to. :-(