Private Eye/Cyclops – Page 23

Cyclops 512: Don’t mention M*****h!

Mon January 20, 2014 at 12:01 am by jetdoc

A pretty quick solve for me; though I admit that I got a bit stuck on 20a — not because it’s difficult, but because I didn’t expect it to be so simple and … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 511 – Xmas 2013 – It’s a Winner

Mon January 6, 2014 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Thank goodness there were a few days over the festive period to devote to a massive puzzle or two. This one took me quite a while, not only from the sheer size … Read more >>

Cyclops 510: Fruity twerking

Tue December 24, 2013 at 7:54 amMon December 23, 2013 at 12:01 am by jetdoc

Apologies if this appears twice [it didn’t] — the new interface on the website is not behaving as I expected it to. Finally got round to writing this blog as I emerge from … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 509 – Obvious Indolence

Mon December 9, 2013 at 5:07 pmMon December 9, 2013 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

This one took me longer than most recent Eye puzzles, but in retrospect it doesn’t look that much harder than usual. Despite a flying start with the long light, I only got 8 answers … Read more >>

Cyclops 508: No so special now

Mon November 25, 2013 at 7:38 amMon November 25, 2013 at 12:01 am by jetdoc

For me, a very straightforward Cyclops, quickly solved (even if I have my doubts about some of the parsing). I’ll give my ‘fave clue’ vote to 13a. Across 7 PLUMPS Putting knob in … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 507 – Turn for Good

Mon November 11, 2013 at 12:02 am by beermagnet

I thought I would set a new PB for solving this, … … I was whipping through it at a rate of knots when I came to a grinding halt at 19A. I … Read more >>

Cyclops 506: Some like [sh]it hot

Mon October 28, 2013 at 12:01 am by jetdoc

A very hurried blog, started on Friday afternoon, on the train on the way up to Sheffield for Part 1 of the John Henderson Big Birthday Bash, and being finished in what will … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 505 Irksome Groping

Mon October 14, 2013 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Another fun-packed episode from our one-eyed friend This was classic Eye fare with the usual parochial nicknames littered among the clues, which of course have disreputable surface readings, and the central row answer … Read more >>

Cyclops 504: Ice dancing in limbo

Mon September 30, 2013 at 9:59 amMon September 30, 2013 at 12:01 am by jetdoc

A bit of holiday entertainment for me, with the blog to write on my return. Not a puzzle that detained me for long, but enjoyable and delightfully scurrilous nonetheless. Across 7 ESAU Rogue … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 503 – Psycho diatribe

Mon September 16, 2013 at 12:10 am by beermagnet

Cyclops on usual form with a bundle of profane, scatological and politically cynical clues and answers. This time the grid was enlivened by a couple of clues where some thespian knowledge was required. … Read more >>

Cyclops 502: Stating the bleedin’ obvious

Mon September 2, 2013 at 12:01 am by jetdoc

After the last one I blogged, a straightforward Cyclops puzzle. Some clever clues, with special mention going to 2d and 9/7d. Across 1 TAHITI Country hat off before sex with one *(hat), with … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 501 – Oh Dearie Me

Mon August 19, 2013 at 12:21 pmMon August 19, 2013 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

More Cryptic Defs (CDs) in the clues than usual this time. Across 1 THROWS UP Worth getting pissed on drink? Proves otherwise, maybe (6,2) WORTH* AInd: getting pissed, SUP drink. Def. is semi-&Lit. … Read more >>

Cyclops 500: Hall of infamy, infamy…

Mon August 5, 2013 at 9:32 amMon August 5, 2013 at 12:01 am by jetdoc

Congratulations to Cyclops on his 500th puzzle, and many thanks for all the fun and amusement so far. Here’s to number 1000! The preamble tells us to expect guest appearances from ‘names that … Read more >>

Private Eye / Cyclops 499 – ID

Thu July 25, 2013 at 8:36 amMon July 22, 2013 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

How did I end up on a Sunday night an hour from the usual midnight deadline scrubbling together a blog for a puzzle I solved, and made notes for(!), over a week ago. … Read more >>

Cyclops 498: Feel-good factor

Mon July 8, 2013 at 5:04 pmMon July 8, 2013 at 12:01 am by jetdoc

… not engendered by George Osborne, obviously, but by the lovely weather. The usual entertaining and not-too-taxing offer from Cyclops — a one-pinter for me (part from the clue I stupidly mis-solved). Across … Read more >>