Cyclops on usual form.
The cast of characters remains pretty constant. Reagan still appearing after all these years. I wonder if Truss will be remembered as long? Maybe she will. We could do with some recompense for the lost billions even if it is just a few shreds of wry humour.
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Independent 11,769 by Serpent
Are Saturday puzzles, or Serpent puzzles, getting harder?
Private Eye (Cyclops/781) Fatalistic Pollster
Cyclops gives us his usual prurient take on our playful pastime.
Private Eye (Cyclops/ 779) Gargantuan Adversary
Cyclops is always our gargantuan adversary. But he is never a monster (except at Christmas). I found this harder than many recent Eye puzzles. I had to read all the way down to … Read more >>
Independent 11,739 by Tees
An enjoyable puzzle from Tees as usual. The linked clues reference Star Trek’s “Bones” Dr McCoy but unless I’m missing something there isn’t enough in here to be called a … Read more >>
Private Eye (Cyclops / 777) Subversive Brainwave
They’re fighting on the streets … … and there are enough subversive extremist factions in this puzzle stirring up trouble. Any despotic ruler in the territory is probably loving it, always best for … Read more >>
Independent 11,709 by Methuselah
This was one of the hardest puzzles I’ve been scheduled to blog for a long time. Some of it was self-inflicted. Solving started well. Thank goodness there was an easy one to get … Read more >>
Independent 11,679 by Monk
A varied mixture of clue difficulties in this offerring from Monk A simple clue at 1 across to get us going. Not that it helped me properly get 2d where I thought the … Read more >>
Private Eye (Cyclops / 773) Eager Charlatan
You don’t have to leap on the mag and do the puzzle as soon as it pops through the letterbox. You have about a week to solve the puzzle so you can wait … Read more >>
Independent 11,649 by Quince
Some interesting wordplay in this puzzle. I particularly appreciated use of the ellipsis as a part of a cryptic definition itself in 9A, and the “undressing” of AGENT twice in 18D which had … Read more >>
Private Eye (Cyclops / 771) Poor Taste Alert
Not any more poor taste than usual, an Eye puzzle always deserves a trigger warning, but as that phrase appears in an answer column using it as the blog title was irresistible. And … Read more >>
Private Eye (Cyclops / 769) Unnatural Euphoria
An enjoyable one from the Eye this issue. A big relief from the Xmas monster Quite a few anagrams in this puzzle but my word, there are a few absolute gems among them: … Read more >>
Independent 11,619 by Skinny
I’m thinking this is the first time a Skinny puzzle has appeared on a Saturday. Their puzzles are more frequently seen on a Sunday, so we must say welcome to the “ex-Prize” slot. … Read more >>
Private Eye (Cyclops / 767) Overhasty Egomaniac
The overhasty egomaniac has been giving evidence at the Covid Inquiry this week. Amazing how he had a phone it was impossible to retrieve old messages from. But I’ll say not more about … Read more >>