Private Eye/Cyclops

Another Trump-ridden grid. I am getting too used to seeing the Donald used in wordplay.  A year ago, six months ago even, it provided a new stamping ground for ironic humour. But he’s still there! Somehow. … Read more >>

A higher-than-average(?) number of anagrams (full, or partial) and some nicely-surfaced double definitions in this fortnight’s Cyclops, with ‘Strong’ and ‘Stable’ making appearances in a clue, after being an answer last time round… Some … Read more >>

A few references to the recent election campaign were included in this grid.  The groan-worthy “Strong and stable” will surely be remembered for decades.  It is really astonishing how much untruth Lynton Crosby … Read more >>

Well, Cyclops – take a bow! By my reckoning, 600 puzzles at approximately 25 per year is about 24 years…I hope you got a decent lunch and a long service award out of … Read more >>

Cyclops often creates puzzles with clues that range over 2 or more lights in different parts of the grid.  I like the way this gives the puzzle a more three dimensional feel and … Read more >>

More Trump-ery from Cyclops – this idiot president is the gift that keeps on giving…but also plenty of references from this side of the pond, with Thatcher, Livingstone, Farage, ‘Regina’ and Black Rod … Read more >>

Some very fine clues in this crossword I thought. Some well hidden definitions masquerading as wordplay, and slick surface readings to suggest unassociated subjects meant this was another pleasure to solve. Particularly with clues … Read more >>

My sub-title may be wishful thinking…the PO-TWEET-US may have led us into the TWW before the prosecutors get to him… Yep…100-or-so days on and Senhor Trump continues to dominate on all fronts, including … Read more >>

With plenty of time between solving this puzzle and the target Monday for publishing this blog, I nevertheless yet again find myself writing this up on a Sunday evening, creaking after doing too … Read more >>

More Trump-related, or rather Trump/US-dominated, cruciverbalism from Cyclops…to paraphrase various slogans…’read my lips…four more years’ (minus 50-odd days)…heaven (or your own preferred theological destination) help us… A few nods to matters more local, … Read more >>

… and the grim truth is – it isn’t all just a joke This was solved at a rate of knots.  Straight in with the unwelcome reminder of current government policy at 7A … Read more >>

A more UK-centric Cyclops this time round – the odd Trump/Clinton reference in the clues, but a host of old favourites in May, Boris, Gove, Nicola Sturgeon, the Speaker and the ‘shadow cabinet … Read more >>

Cyclops is giving us a very bleak analysis of the state of the world with a Trump heavy set of clues However the puzzle itself proved to be one of the quickest solves … Read more >>

1A of this puzzle sums the last week or so up perfectly…’US era’s, er, done for – cheer up!‘ And then it goes on to give some mixed messages about the past, present and future … Read more >>

It’s Christmas! So it’s the giant 21×21 sized Eye crossword with some special feature. This puzzle has a preamble: Running clockwise around the shaded squares, starting top left, are two sentences from a 2016 … Read more >>