Never knowingly undersolved
Our one-eyed friend provides the fun at the back of the mag as usual. Some relatively easy clues this time I felt, particularly those with long definitions, but not to the extent of … Read more >>
After the excitement of Cyclops’ 700th puzzle, and the wrinkly/crinkly dichotomy of 701, we are back to the ‘new normal’ with this issue’s puzzle…
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 >>
I also had the pleasure/honour of blogging the last ‘milestone’ Cyclops – no. 600 – nearly four years, or ‘a Trump’, ago. My how time flies…and congratulations to Cyclops for extending his longevity even further!
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 >>
Some classic Cyclops-ean smuttery and establishment-targeting in the clue readings, with some recent and more distant references…
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 >>
A tougher than usual puzzle from Cyclops this fortnight, at least for your correspondent…
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 >>
An enjoyable Cyclops, with a line-up of the usual suspects as clue-surface-reading targets…
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 >>
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the Jumbo Cyclops special. This year he has chosen to visit the ‘Pseuds Corner’ feature for the theme… (is anyone else just itching to put an apostrophe in ‘Pseuds’ – before or after the ‘s’?! – but it seems there isn’t one in the published magazine…)
Cyclops is working the last few Trumpian references out of his system and into his clue wordplay, before Ronald T Dump is finally consigned to the S-bend of history, in a couple of puzzles’ time…
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 >>
What a shame that Cyclops and other setters are soon going to have to find other ways of indicating Ps (‘Trump’s back end’) and Ts (‘Trump’s first…’). It is all going to be JBs and KHs from January onwards!