Do not adjust your sets! Due to an administrative and logistical c0ck-up I forgot to blog Eye 813, for which my abject apologies, but beermagnet kindly filled in for me, to whom my eternal thanks, and I am now on even-numbered puzzles – at least until the Christmas Special messes around with our schedule…
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Enigmatic Variations No. 1711: Lullaby by Charybdis
Is Charybdis trying to LULL-ABY us into a false sense of security, by making us think this is a nice gentle puzzle to fall asleep with?…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,793 by Vlad (6 September 2025)
A good, honest and tough prize puzzle mental workout from Vlad this week…
Cyclops 811 – Wellness Mantra
We all need a bit of wellness in our lives, and where better to start than with a Cyclops puzzle…they should be available on the NHS…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1707: Crassword by Stick Insect
A quick check – no, this isn’t the Grauniad, so that probably isn’t just a typo in CRASSWORD…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,769 by Brendan (9 August 2025)
Are you a methodical solver – start at the first A, work through to the last D – or a ‘flitter’ – eyes darting around the clues and looking for a quick way in?
Enigmatic Variations No. 1703 – Opening by Gaston
The solver is always looking for an OPENING to find their way into a puzzle, but here the finding of an OPENING seems to be the endgame of the puzzle as well…
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,745 by Paul (12 July 2025)
It is a Paul Prize Puzzle but, on a quick first inspection, no multi-light clues or cross-referencing…something strange must be afoot…
Cyclops 807 – Indecent Hairdo
Cyclops being Cyclops…with some political satire, risqué surface readings and punning definitions…but lighter than usual on the skoolboy smuttery…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1699: Busy Bees by Skylark
There was a double-Skylark the weekend before last, with a puzzle in the IQ series, as well as this pre-septemdecim-centennial-th* EV…she has been a BUSY BEE!
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,721 by Brummie (14 June 2025)
By my reckoning I have blogged 114 of Cyclops’ Private Eye puzzles so far, roughly every other fortnight since 2016, but only two Saturday Prize Brummies – his Grauniad alter-ego…(all super-heroes have an alter-ego, don’t they?…)
All Shook Up by Henri – Nottingham S&B puzzle – 7 June 2025
Henri (aka Rob T) has kindly provided a puzzle for the enjoyment of attendees at the 2025 Nottingham S&B, although unfortunately he couldn’t be there himself, to receive the bouquets (or brickbats?!) from said attendees. For those who weren’t at the event, there is a copy <here> for you to download and solve before reading the blog, if you so wish…
Cyclops 805 – Postponed Exit
Quite a US-centric Cyclops this fortnight – heaven help us when he gets his teeth into the playground spat at the end of the bromance between Ronald T Dump and Melon Usk…
Enigmatic Variations No. 1695: Responsible by Kruger
This week Kruger presents us with a jigsaw, which we have to fill in a RESPONSIBLE way…