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Independent “Not the Prize” Crossword 9224 by Crosophile

Sat May 7, 2016 at 1:00 am by beermagnet

Crosophile gives us a puzzle that will entice solvers to finish. Some accessible clues to get started, no traps – apart from the one I fell into – and the rest of a … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 571 Cursed Chicklit Star

Mon April 25, 2016 at 2:05 pmMon April 25, 2016 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Solving was fast enough here with most clues answered on the first pass – then only 9 left. So this counts as at the easier end of the Eye crossword spectrum. The bottom right … Read more >>

Independent 9194 by Scorpion (02-04-2016)

Sat April 2, 2016 at 7:48 amSat April 2, 2016 at 5:00 am by beermagnet

Scorpion has the honour(?) of being the first Saturday Crossword available to solve on the Independent online site in the same manner as the usual daily puzzles on the day it is published. … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 569 Instant Academy

Mon March 28, 2016 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

A mid range Eye puzzle. Nothing terribly hard, nothing terribly easy, but some lovely smutty surface readings to the clues as usual. Across 1 SAVE Head of Tesco abandons staff cut back (4) … Read more >>

Independent 9164 Tyrus (Sat 28-Feb 2016)

Sat March 5, 2016 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

If my calculations are correct we have just passed the seventh anniversary of when Rusty* first graced the inside back page of the Indy. From the off he was recognised as one of … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 567 Stupid mistakes

Mon February 29, 2016 at 6:22 amMon February 29, 2016 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

There were certainly a large number of mistakes in this puzzle. Gaffe, Lapse, Cock-up, Boob, Faux pas, Blunder and Goof, to name but a few. I couldn’t find any actual error though. Edit: … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 565 Tree frog scrunch

Mon February 1, 2016 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

We’re back to a relatively easy Eye crossword this time. Scrunch in the answers but this had far from crunchy clues. This was filled-in in short order with only a handful of answers … Read more >>

Independent 9134 (Sat 23-Jan-2016) Anax

Sat January 30, 2016 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Anax. A name that spells a rough ride for a solver – this solver. I saw a tweet from him recently under #CrosswordPetHates : Day 1) 25 clues written. Day 2) Remaining 3 written. … Read more >>

Private Eye (Cyclops/563) Xmas Special – Where are they now?

Mon January 4, 2016 at 9:51 pmMon January 4, 2016 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

It’s Christmas and like the strange man at the back of the night bus Cyclops shows us a worryingly large monster. As expected, there is a theme and this is spelt out in the preamble: … Read more >>

Independent 9105 Anax (Sat 19-Dec 2015)

Mon January 4, 2016 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Another solid puzzle from Anax. This was not as hard as some I have seen from him which is just as well given how busy we all are at the moment. Only 6 answered … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 561 – Transcend Presidency

Mon December 7, 2015 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Not what I would call an outstanding puzzle though there are some excellent surface readings in the clues I did the wrong thing by solving this crossword a week ago soon after the mag arrived, … Read more >>

Independent 9075 Nestor (Sat 14-Nov 2015)

Sat November 21, 2015 at 11:13 amSat November 21, 2015 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

I was thankful when I saw a Nestor arrive for my turn blogging. Always a pleasure and there were some very nice surface readings in these clues I had 13 in after the “first … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 559 – Shabby Diplomat

Mon November 9, 2015 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

This puzzle was not a hard as some Eye grids of late, till the last few – notably those <50% checked lights. Particularly fine smut in clue for 15A Across 1 SKIMPY … Read more >>

Independent 9045 Tees (Sat 10-Oct 2015)

Sat October 17, 2015 at 8:47 amSat October 17, 2015 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

This was a crossword of two halves After my “first pass” I had the entire left hand side complete but not the central down 5D and only a scattering in the right hand side. Indeed … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 557 – Etonian Lenin

Mon October 12, 2015 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Cyclops is on a run of quite tough Eye crosswords lately. This is another that took me a fair while to solve. I had more than half the grid filled on the first pass, … Read more >>