Inquisitor 1337

[Ripper]

Help!
I've got the 'racehorse' & most of the unnumbered clues. But then I'm completely stuck!
I've got a blank grid!
I realise I have to do something with the 'normal' clues, or that's what I think!
Please could some kind person give me a hint or two?
It's probably easy when you know what you are doing!
Thanks in advance

[Gregsdad]

Hi Ripper

I was in a similar position. If you have the 'racehorse' you must have the five letters that have been taken out the wordplay of the numbered clues. So you need to work those back in to the grid entries. e.g. 1A definition is "Killer whale" but wordplay signifies "gam pu" i.e. "excited organ" reversed and you need to add, in this case, two of the five letters to get to the definition.
The unnumbered clues are normal and split into one group of eight that yields anagrams associated with five of the six "horses". The other five give shortened names of 'horses' that are contained within the solutions but omitted from the final grid entries. Hope that makes sense !

[Ripper]

Thanks Gregsdad,
Complicated or what?
I'm now going to dedicate the next few hours trying to sort this one out!
P.S. I'm assuming (hopefully correctly) that the 5 letters are the last five of the racehorse?
Thanks for helping me.

[Gregsdad]

No problem.

Yes, that's right, it's the letters of the 'horse' bit of 'racehorse' that have been omitted from the wordplay.

It's one of those puzzles that takes a real effort but is really good fun with lots of penny-dropping moments. Good luck

[Ripper]

Thanks again Gregsdad, Lets hope I get some 'penny-drops' soon!

[oudemia]

this one is indeed fiendish but fun! Any chance of a hint with 26D?
African plants one in midriff of Templar, say?
Even with the missing horse, I can't seem to make anything work..
Thank you!

[Gregsdad]

Oudemia

It's KAT(S), ie. one "A" in middle of KT. (Knight), with the S added.

[oudemia]

thank you gregsdad, it's all falling into place now!