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beermagnet's avatarbeermagnet

Blogger for every other Eye & occasional Saturday Indy. Dad/Grandad with a desire to swig amazing fluids. Currently running in a new hip. Still wrangling the bits'n'bytes to ensure there are virtual tins of beans on the fictitious shelves of Sainsburys data warehouse. WFH and missing the enforced hour of calm crosswording on the commute but there are advantages too.

Private Eye/Cyclops 428 – The Deer Hunter

Mon October 25, 2010 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

Good work from Cyclops in this crossy. Some clues easy enough to cold solve to get going but funny, and a few tricky ones that fall after a few crossing letters. I nearly … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 5 Comments

Private Eye 427 – Super sniper

Thu October 14, 2010 at 11:18 pmMon October 11, 2010 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

If there is a theme to this crossword it is that several clues refer to the male member, some in ways that I, as a sensitive soul, find difficult to contemplate. Jacqui Smith … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 5 Comments

Independent 7477 (Sat 2-Oct) Punk

Sat October 9, 2010 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

Punk (Paul really) is promised at a gathering in a few weeks: Nov 30: Secrets of the setters. In this crossword I felt he did not push the boundaries of his “libertarian” tag. … Read more >>

Categories Independent 5 Comments

Private Eye/Cyclops 426 – Crabby diddle

Mon September 27, 2010 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

I got one wrong.  And I even sent in my entry for the prize competition with it wrong. So I’m expecting my entry to be picked from the gazillions – and then rejected. … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 3 Comments

Private Eye/Cyclops 425 – Erudite Mystery

Mon September 13, 2010 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

Another excellent crossword from our resident setter with no depth to his vision – presumably that’s why he concentrates on the clue’s surface. Across 7 GOVERNMENT G (A large sum) OVER (surplus) [brow]N … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 8 Comments

Independent 7447 Nestor 28-August-2010

Sat September 4, 2010 at 5:44 am by beermagnet

I can’t spell Tiananmen. I had it as Tiannamen for ages which held me up on the SW corner and 15D in particular of course. In fact, I would’ve spelt it Tianamen except … Read more >>

Categories Independent 7 Comments

Private Eye/Cyclops 424 – Besmear drummer

Mon August 30, 2010 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

Half-way through solving this I thought I was on for a record time – covering half the grid in a very few minutes. Then I slowed and then got interrupted by Real Life. … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 6 Comments

Private Eye/Cyclops 423 – Awkward empathy

Fri August 20, 2010 at 7:14 amMon August 16, 2010 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

I made a note that I only had 10 answers in place after the first pint, which is an indication that this was harder than the last few Eye crossies.  On the other … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 4 Comments

Independent 7423 (Sat 31-Jul) Nestor

Sat August 7, 2010 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Nother non-numerical Nestor novelty to nonplus us. In fact this was again not as hard as many a midweek puzzle, with firm wordplay once seen. Why do compilers end up picking words and … Read more >>

Categories Independent 6 Comments

Private Eye/Cyclops 422 – Rescind sceptre

Mon August 2, 2010 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Woah! Cyclops revealing his Republican tendancies in his central down answers, and possibly extolling the virtues of early applications of antibiotics in the central across answers: Preempt anthrax. Maybe I’m reading too much … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 5 Comments

Private Eye/Cyclops 421 – Hanoi or bust

Mon July 19, 2010 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

So there I was wondering where to do my Eye crossword this time. I thought what about another time and found myself in a smoky pub in about 1972. “The Worlds End”.  God … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 1 Comment

Independent 7399 (Sat 03-Jul) by Nestor

Fri August 6, 2010 at 2:35 pmFri July 9, 2010 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

Another first Saturday of the month slot for Nestor, and another non-Nina puzzle as far as I can see (Unless Nestor is now sponsored by “Savalab”) Across 1 SHOULDER PADS SHOULD (are obliged … Read more >>

Categories Independent 7 Comments

Private Eye/Cyclops 420 – Three Eds

Mon July 5, 2010 at 6:48 amMon July 5, 2010 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

… are better, maybe. Maybe Edward Woodward would have had something to say about that, if he was foreward.  The three Eds here are the ubiquitous Editor, one Miliband, and the inevitable Balls. … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 4 Comments

Private Eye/Cyclops 419 – Big Nancy

Mon June 21, 2010 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

I must be getting better at these. Another Eye crossy that was knocked off without raising a sweat. The long giveaway answer gave away lots of crossing letters and everything else slotted in … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 3 Comments

Independent 7375 (Sat 05-Jun) by Nestor

Fri June 11, 2010 at 11:11 amFri June 11, 2010 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

Another Saturday Prize Indy that was surprisingly easy compared to previous experience of both Nestor and  Saturdays.  There has been a run of easier Saturday crosswords lately. After first getting one of the … Read more >>

Categories Independent 7 Comments
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