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Private Eye/Cyclops 476 – Moving Glass Top

Mon September 3, 2012 at 12:30 am by beermagnet

If I say I only had 5 to go after the “first pass” (all clues attempted) that will make it seem it was a easy Eye crossword or else I was on fire. … Read more >>

Independent 8064 (Sat 18-August 2012) Nestor

Sat August 25, 2012 at 12:30 am by beermagnet

I’m always happy to tackle a Nestor crossword. Solving was similar to my previous experience of his work: A few accessible clues to get started. Several novel wordplay techniques to delight. A few … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 474 – Not to win, but … aghast

Mon August 6, 2012 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

It may have passed you by, but the Olympics is on at the moment in London, and Cyclops chose to draw attention to it by including a couple of well-known Olympic mottoes in … Read more >>

Independent 8028 (Sat 07-July 2012) Monk

Sat July 14, 2012 at 6:42 pmSat July 14, 2012 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

I think I am beginning to recognise Monk’s style. Straight, non-thematic crosswords clued with a range of difficulty. Some relatively accessible clues to start with, but nothing too obvious, so you can make … Read more >>

Private Eye/Cyclops 472 Stylish tyranny

Mon July 9, 2012 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

Back to a slightly tougher crossword this time. At least that’s how I found it, both to get started and to find those last pesky couple of answers. I’ll admit after getting started, … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 470 – Up Yours, Lobster

Mon June 11, 2012 at 6:24 amMon June 11, 2012 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

There was no obvious Jubilee theme from Cyclops – I assume he compiled it whilst wearing his union jack bowtie. Solving initially seemed a little slow, but once a few answers delivered some … Read more >>

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 >>