Private Eye/Cyclops

It had to happen sometime – I have finally solved one of these in one pass. It took about half hour – I was making notes for the blog as I went so … Read more >>

We are well into ‘post-Covid’ setting now, with ‘lockdown’ and ‘coronavirus’ both getting a mention in the clues. Lockdown frustration still seems to be getting the better of Cyclops, with lots of sexual … Read more >>

Solving kicked of quickly with 1A proving to be a write-in for me. The rest of the puzzle wasn’t so easy, only a couple of others cold solved, most others gettable with 1 … Read more >>

Cyclops is on a run of relatively easy crosswords lately. This one got finished within the half-hour. Top right quadrant complete and two-thirds filled in by the end of the first pass at … Read more >>

A fairly standard Eye this time. Enjoyable but not difficult. Whistled through solving this.  Only 4 unsolved after the first pass and the whole thing wrapped up in under half an hour including … Read more >>

After a week of lockdown, and seemingly no respite in sight, it is reassuring to be able to dip into crosswords, or any other diversionary activity, to get one’s mind off things…that is … Read more >>

A much more accessible puzzle this time.  Nothing here to trouble us much. Almost a record solve with only 3 left to do after the first pass and they were scattered around so … Read more >>

An irreverent Cyclopsean bimble through the corridors of power and a smattering of Lower 6th Common Room smuttery…all is well with the world!… Bit of a rush to get this out due to … Read more >>

A tougher crossword this time – least ways that’s the way I found it. It has some top-notch clues and it was worth re-reading them to do this blog. When I started solving … Read more >>

Some fairly standard Cyclops-ean fare this fortnight – an enjoyable, if not too taxing solve… My solving copy doesn’t have any particular notes – I think I made fairly steady progress, although writing … Read more >>

My turn to blog the annual treat of the Cyclops Christmas Special – but maybe I shouldn’t have got rid of my stack of 2019 issues so early!… Recent Christmas specials have used … Read more >>

Given that this is Cyclops #666, and it was published in the issue dated Friday 13th, I expected something a bit, well, ‘beastlier’…but, apart from several mentions of Trump and Boris (and one … Read more >>