Never knowingly undersolved
Cyclops taking his usual side-swipes at the establishment, with a spoonful of smuttery and cultural zeitgeist… The big ticket clue is a nice composite anagram, incorporating DISCOURAGEMENT into NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT – OK Harvey … Read more >>
An Eye puzzle on the hard side this time, but still on puerile form. Solving, I found this more of a struggle than usual. While there were a few that fell quickly at … Read more >>
I found this much harder than many recent Cyclops puzzles… …it took several passes and an educated guess at an unknown (to me) person at 23A before I got my LOI – BICYCLE … Read more >>
Solving was one of those times when a couple of hasty wrong answers put the kibosh on a quick solve. At the first pass I only had gaps at the top left and … Read more >>
Some traditional establishment targets, some smutty references…it is a Cyclops, it does what it says on the tin… The surface readings at 8A and 11A don’t bear too much thinking, and 10A is … Read more >>
Don’t let your pencil get too frenzied! Make sure your X is fully within the appropriate box when you vote on Thursday. Do not make it into an hourglass and surround it with … Read more >>
Cyclops is as Cyclops does – some fun with surface readings, some usual targets, and maybe just a tad too much Trump(?)… Some ancient history at 21D – Archimedes’ supposed EUREKA ‘ejaculation’ in … Read more >>
One of those where the last one in was the first one read and failed to solve, several times: 1A where I got totally fixated that the definition was some kind of egg … Read more >>
A nice, solid Cyclops-ean puzzle – nothing too mind-boggling, with some smooth surface reads and interesting clueing along the way… in these not-quite-nearly-maybe Br-exit/Brit-in times, there is plenty to reflect the mood… BAD … Read more >>
Quite a quick solve again. Only half a dozen gaps after the first pass mostly in the top right where 5A Fillip and 11A Scrutineer gave me the most trouble. All the wordplay … Read more >>
I couldn’t scientifically or statistically tell you if this was a below/above average or completely typical Cyclops…but I know a man who could…(see below) In fact I have to admit I solved and … Read more >>
I thought this was going to be over too soon. I swept through most of the top half after getting 1a and 4 with ease delivering all those first letters, (I wondered about … Read more >>
After the fun-and-games of the wonderful Xmas special, we are back to ‘normal’ Cyclops… …with lots of Brexit-ian parallels that can be drawn – politicians are CHEWING THE CUD this weekend, before more CHEAP … Read more >>
Headmistress has written quite a lot – 585 pages I hear. So I suppose we should be thankful this annual giant puzzle is still only 27×27 instead of something much larger. The puzzle … Read more >>
Private Eye snuck out a 1-week issue so by now most of you will be stuck into the Christmas monster. I’m going to start just as soon as I’ve posted this blog. Solving: … Read more >>