And so this is Christmas, and what have you solved?…another year over, a new Cyclops Xmas jumbo special just begun…
Private Eye/Cyclops
Private Eye (Cyclops / 819) *Redacted redacted*
I normally make a headline for the Eye blog using a couple of the answers from the puzzle but I have redacted them this time.
Not because they are tremendously rude – it’s an Eye puzzle so anything may appear – but because some of you reading this might not have tackled the puzzle yet. You might not have realised the current issue very unusually is only for 1 week instead of the usual fortnight.
If so, go away and try this puzzle before coming back here. Link https://www.private-eye.co.uk/crossword
Cyclops 818 – Old-guard Taxability
Cyclops has a swipe at all corners of the political spectrum this fortnight, and also finds time for a little self-reflection…
Private Eye (Cyclops / 817) Economic Sponsorship
Like many Eye crosswords of late I found this one no walk-over.
Private Eye (Cyclops/815) Rabid Hobnob
I must have been having a bad solving day. It took three goes at the puzzle to finish.
Cyclops 814 – Apoplectic Diplomat
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…
Private Eye (Cyclops 813) Lethal Shame
Better late than never
Private Eye (Cyclops/812) Turbulent David
Another bit o’ fun from Cyclops.
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…
Private Eye (Cyclops/810) Big? A Bit Much.
Cyclops still on puerile form with an Eye puzzle I found on the hard side this time.
Private Eye (Cyclops / 808) Addled Insomniac
A bit of crudeness and a couple of references to the orange one. Yes, this is an Eye puzzle.
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…
Private Eye (Cyclops / 806) Podcast taboo
Is there something missing from the Eye crossword this time?