Inquisitor 1335

[djawhufc]

Hi

Completed the grid but the endgame eludes me.

I'm not sure whether Loftus is an additional word.

I thought so originally but I've changed my mind.

Where to add the bars I have no idea?

Any help gratefully received!

Thanks

DJA

[Gregsdad]

Hi

Still working on this and have a couple of solutions missing. I think the extra words indicate adding bars over or under the letters indicated in those words. I think Loftus is an extra word so I'm assuming it indicates the raising of US but not sure how or to where.
My first guess at the person is a classical character but can't yet see the path describing him.

[djawhufc]

I wondered that as in S O L D for example.

Can I help with any solutions?

[djawhufc]

There is labyrinth if you use alternate letters in a snake shape from top left corner?

[Gregsdad]

Hi

I am missing 25D and 32A. I have W-SE- and S--E-D.
Thanks

[djawhufc]

Weser and screed

[Gregsdad]

Hi

That fits the preamble - "oddly written message"- and person I have in mind, certainly. So thanks !
Aha, if you then move on from the H of labyrinth you get another word that ends in the bottom right corner so that together the two words are a description of the person.
Still puzzled by the Loftus and title of puzzle though.

[Gregsdad]

Hi
Messages crossed, thanks !

[djawhufc]

I wonder whether the clue is a mistake as Rugby was played there (wasps) in the past so the r in the anagram for the clue could come from that?

[Gregsdad]

Hi

Hmm...only thing I can come up with is there's some connection, anagram perhaps, of the answer to clue two and the creature that lived in the labyrinth and that Loftus is connected in some way ? Although could be complete blind alley !

[JagoBean]

A clue / clew is what Ariadne gave to Theseus to help him out. No idea what 'two' is about. Nor what you do with Loftus. I had thought the name would be made from the boxed in letters you get once you've followed the instructions but that doesn't seem to work. I know the name I'm looking for. Any ideas?

[Gregsdad]

Well. you get the first five letters of the name from the boxed-in letters and the last three perhaps to do with Loftus ?

[turast]

The title may refer us to the first word of the clue to 2 Down? LOFTUS may have been what the named person said as he jumped? I'm rather clutching at straws, because I can't see the "letters of the person's name... scattered", but I'm very confident that I know the name.

[Gregsdad]

Aha, just come back to this and realised the significance of Loftus, it refers to adding bars to L of TUS. That yields the last three boxed letters of the person. Clue Two might refer to Ariadne the lover of Theseus and who supplied the thread. Great puzzle!

[djawhufc]

Ah! I'm out so don't have the grid to hand where is the L of Tus?

[Gregsdad]

DJA

Think it means you have put a bar to the left side of every T, U or S in the grid. That boxes in the L, U and S of the person's name

[JagoBean]

Well done. That was tough indeed.

[Josephine22]

Are the letters for the description contiguous? Also is it 8,7?

[Josephine22]

Sorry I meant 9,7

[slaney]

Yes 9 7, and the usual device for "oddly written"

[Josephine22]

Thanks for help. All finished.