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Independent 7998 (Sat 02-Jun 2012) Anax

Sat June 9, 2012 at 12:20 am by beermagnet

That Anax, he is a “One” isn’t he …. … and he can take that any way he likes (we had to). Thank God for the long weekend – despite which I … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops) 468 – Frottage Special

Mon May 14, 2012 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

Seemed to me Cyclops was making a particular theme of solitary sexual gratification this week. No? Just me then. I expect he didn’t really mean to milk it. You have to be to … Read more >>

Independent 7968 (Sat 28-Apr 2012) Nimrod

Sat May 5, 2012 at 12:10 am by beermagnet

Nimrod has been lurking around the restricted section of the etymological library again and half-inched the special dictionary of obscure words. I had only very few answers after the first pass of the … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 466 – Befoul banana’s kin

Mon April 16, 2012 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

This crossword was unusual in two respects. It had a large number of clues: This grid design gives 32 lights and only one clue involved two lights, whereas Cyclops often creates longer answers … Read more >>

Independent 7938 Tyrus (Sat 24-Mar-2012)

Sat March 31, 2012 at 12:30 am by beermagnet

I had a bit of ‘blogger’s blindness’ on this one. I found it a struggle, harder than most Tyrus puzzles I’ve tackled before – hard to get started and hard to make … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 464 – Stalag Leveson

Mon March 19, 2012 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

How many tabloid editors or execs will end up in “Stalag Leveson”? Expectations are being laid by the number of people that have been arrested by Operations Weeting and Elveden, but preparations are … Read more >>

Independent 7908 Bannsider (Sat 18-Feb-2012)

Sat February 25, 2012 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

Mr B not just revealing but revelling in his roots. 1 Across is the theme which is used in the clue surfaces more than the answers, so while it may be possible to solve … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 462 – The Odd Couple

Mon February 20, 2012 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

Which Odd couple is Cyclops alluding to I wonder: Cameron and Idi Amin? Al Capone and Robin Hood? There’s an odd couple of bits of wordplay that are not pinned down to my … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 460 – Missionary hack

Mon January 23, 2012 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

This surely rates as the gentlest start to a year yet, and the weather’s very mild for the time of year too. I had all but 4 answers filled in after the “first … Read more >>

Independent 7878 Bannsider (Sat 14-Jan-2012)

Sat January 21, 2012 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

The man from the banks of the Bann gives us a characteristically tricky prize crossword challenge with several clues that had me foxed for quite a while. Several of them up to and … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 458 – He’s behind you!

Mon December 19, 2011 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

The festive season seems to have started early in the Eye with a couple of pantomimes opening. Solving-wise, I didn’t have any hold-up clues, and only needed one session to finish this. As … Read more >>

Independent 7848 (Sat 10-Dec-2011) by Nimrod

Sat December 17, 2011 at 1:48 pmSat December 17, 2011 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

After the usual gulp upon seeing Nimrod at the top of the Prize Puzzle when on blogging duty this turned out to be less evil than many of his puzzles – at least … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 457 – Whizz Kids Own Up

Mon December 5, 2011 at 2:45 pmMon December 5, 2011 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

I tackled this one on the train home from the Derby Sloggers and Betters. For some reason I fell asleep. I was roused by a hearty chant from the carriage-load of football fans … Read more >>

Independent 7818 Anarche (Sat 5-Nov)

Sat November 12, 2011 at 10:32 amSat November 12, 2011 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

A Bonfire night themed crossword with enough horrible death by burning to satisfy the most extreme of sado-pyro-necro-philiacs. Indeed for people with a fear of fire or otherwise of a nervous disposition, like … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 455 – 50 Not out

Mon November 7, 2011 at 2:13 pmMon November 7, 2011 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

50th Anniversary of the Eye and I was half-hoping for a special Cyclops. What did I get? A relatively easy crossie made hard by being printed in the fuzziest print I’ve seen since … Read more >>