Inquisitor 1223 Fools

[haggis58]

Anyone completed this? I have cracked the theme and obeyed the instruction accordingly with the preamble. However I find that the last entry which fills 48ac is one letter short. Anyone in same position?

[turnerjmw]

Hi haggis58, I don't think it's a problem that the last entry is one letter short. I'm sure you have it correct. On IQ1222, by the way, your treatment of 14ac is also right, but I think there's only one sensible way of arranging the spaces in the cells to achieve the desired "joiner"

[NIMROD]

I agree with turnerjmw on this but I also found a misprint lacking in 4 Down - do you think this is this significant?

[Kobnut]

I have the "one particular letter" referred to in the preamble as the misprint in 4 down.

[turnerjmw]

Nimrod, I agree with Kobnut that there is a misprint in 4dn, and it is the "one particular letter " referred to in the preamble. If you imagine a full stop after that letter, to split the instruction into two parts, it might help make sense of it. The definition needs the misprint to make sense of the clue

[NIMROD]

Thank you both for your response - I get it now! Really stupid of me as I understood both parts of the clue.

[slaney]

I really enjoyed this Inquisitor, some clever clues and well hidden misprints -4d and 27d for example.
The theme and the instruction were great fun, even though I can't quite bring myself to carry out the latter just yet!
Thanks Rasputin.

[mullingar]

Can anyone explain the link betwen Carline and Mage?

[turnerjmw]

Mullingar, I imagine it's that both are sorcerers, though it's a bit loose

[mullingar]

Thought that was probably it. Thanks rmnerjmw

[mullingar]

I mean turnerjmw