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beermagnet

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.

Independent 10,810 by Rodriguez (Sat 05-Jun 2021)

Sat June 5, 2021 at 9:00 am by beermagnet

Good Lord what a fantastic puzzle. It looks like Rodriguez is settling into a Saturday slot each month, and I’m the lucky blogger to get this one. I hope that’s enough initial praise … Read more >>

Categories Independent 24 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops / 701) Clinical Savage

Mon May 10, 2021 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

Another solid puzzle in the Eye style. I solved this in the normal manner having forgotten it was my turn to blog and particularly enjoyed it. It doesn’t take very long to subsequently … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 17 Comments

Independent 10,780 by Phi (Sat 01-May 2021)

Sat May 1, 2021 at 1:05 pmSat May 1, 2021 at 9:00 am by beermagnet

When I saw Phi had been given the Saturday slot I thought we would be in for a May Day special.
But I see no theme in here.  Just excellent clear clues as usual from Phi.

Read more >>

Categories Independent 12 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops / 699) Protocol Breach

Mon April 12, 2021 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

My anagramming ability was lacking when starting this puzzle. I fiddled about with the anagram fodder for 1d for a while but did not see the answer before moving on to find easier … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 5 Comments

Independent 10,750 by Klingsor (Sat 27-Mar 2021)

Sat March 27, 2021 at 9:00 am by beermagnet

This was a puzzle I had to pick away at a bit at a time. I never seemed to get a grip on it during the solve.  The few answers I got on … Read more >>

Categories Independent 14 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops / 697) Stomach Cruelty

Mon March 15, 2021 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

Back to a milder puzzle compared to the last issue… … and whereas we had Vaccination at the heart of that puzzle we have been infested by a row of crazy Anti-Vaxxers in … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 11 Comments

Independent 10,720 by Tyrus (Sat 20-Feb 2021)

Sat February 20, 2021 at 8:00 am by beermagnet

I found this hard.  Really, really hard.  As such, it is an excellent tool to discover the limits of your own capabilities. Which is what the theme was all about.  Not that I … Read more >>

Categories Independent 19 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops / 695) Pianola Strings

Mon February 15, 2021 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

There should be more pianolas in the world. 10a Pianola was my first in from the clear anagram and cheeky definition. A schoolfriend’s mum had a pianola and I loved playing it.  Everybody … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 12 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops / 693) Gobby Sort

Mon January 18, 2021 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

So, after the exigencies of the Xmas monster, we expect not just return to normal, but a more gentle puzzle to let us get over the new year hangover.  What we got was … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 15 Comments

Independent 10,690 by Nimrod (Sat 16-Jan 2021)

Sat January 16, 2021 at 12:15 pmSat January 16, 2021 at 8:00 am by beermagnet

So here we are again, the calendar has turned and I have landed a Saturday Nimrod When tackling it I didn’t bother to time myself, I knew it would take ages.  It definitely … Read more >>

Categories Independent 25 Comments

Independent 10,661 by Filbert (Sat 12-Dec 2020)

Sat December 12, 2020 at 4:45 pmSat December 12, 2020 at 8:00 am by beermagnet

I found this quite hard. I may have been misled by getting 1a near instantly.  Not sure why that is such a obvious anagram.  I most certainly slowed down after that. There may … Read more >>

Categories Independent 20 Comments

Private Eye ( Cyclops / 690) Idler Consultants

Mon November 30, 2020 at 1:00 am by beermagnet

This was another puzzle on the tough side for the Eye.  I certainly made heavy weather of it. It didn’t seem that way at the start.  First clue solved, 12A, was after trying … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 15 Comments

Independent 10,631 by Wiglaf

Sat November 7, 2020 at 9:00 am by beermagnet

I always find Wiglaf’s puzzles to be on the hard side, and this grid is one of those where it feels like 4 mini crosswords one in each corner. So although I was … Read more >>

Categories Independent 22 Comments

Private Eye ( Cyclops / 688) Wealth Tests

Mon November 2, 2020 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

I thought I might get the whole thing done in one pass, but ran out of steam with 5 to go mainly in the top left. Just as well really.   When I got … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 8 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops / 686) Volcanic Entombment

Wed October 7, 2020 at 10:51 amMon October 5, 2020 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

On the tough side this time, though it may have been me having a bad solving day. In retrospect, there isn’t anything madly difficult, so I must’ve been off Cyclops’ wavelength this time.  … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 10 Comments
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