Private Eye/Cyclops

An entertaining puzzle in more than one sense – I enjoyed it – and there are clues using “entertained by” as “container and contents” indicator more than once, but I only point this out … Read more >>

I don’t note solving times but maybe I ought to start as I’m pretty sure I must’ve had a Personal Best for this one. Must’ve been about 15 minutes. There was nothing here … Read more >>

… of the one-armed pedant Across 1 KOWTOW K[ens] O[ffice] WOW around T[ime] 1 Across is last to go in again.  I think it must be that my brain cell is not warmed … Read more >>

The crossword that dared to cross Beelzebub with Ann Widdecombe … Across 8 CLARA CLAR[e] A That clue felt a bit cheeky. It spells out the wordplay so clearly that it misleads.  I … Read more >>

There seemed to me to be a lot of question mark ended clues this time, at least they were the ones I had most trouble with, probably just me then.  In truth this … Read more >>

Another crossword where the last answer (correctly) written in is the first clue you look at, i.e. 1A or equivalent. This seems to have been happening to me a lot recently. Is it … Read more >>

Solving time : 3 pints Blogging time: 1 pint (just to make up the half, like) Currently drinking: Marston’s Pedigree Across 1 BUSH BABY Yo Pres! Did Telly Savalas ever meet GWB or … Read more >>

This was most enjoyable. Across 6 NOAH NO-AH “Flood survivor” I had a real blank on this one. I expect it was just me. It ended up being the last in. I left … Read more >>

Erm..  I haven’t got much to say about this one.  It was standard Eye/Cyclops stuff with nothing to greatly complain about, but also also not much to praise – merely workmanlike.  Oh Gawd … Read more >>

Last time I wondered if C had gone a step too far with his capitalisation. This time I wonder if he has gone a C too far. Across 9 PITCH INTO PITCH (NIT)* … Read more >>

A couple of capitalisations in the clues here attempt to misled that extra step – some might say a step too far. Across 1 EGGCUP e.g. G-Cup 5 TO BE SURE T(ime) RU … Read more >>

Across 1 OFFBEAT OFF-BEAT I liked “copper back in the station” 5 ODD FISH Perch is a FISH, and 3 is an ODD number, and John Redwood is … 10 BLOOD MONEY M-ONE … Read more >>

The surface readings of clues in the Eye crossword have become famous for conjuring up delightfully rude and disrespectful images, and of course funny as a result. This crossword did not disappoint. It … Read more >>

For me, this was harder than usual – I ended up tackling it over three sessions.  Yet again I’m not sure everything below is correct or fully explained.  As a result I didn’t … Read more >>

A lot of comedic sailors in the puzzle answers this time, what with PRATFALL crossing with SLAPSTICK and a raft of TARS, SALTS, SAILORS, RATINGS and SEAMEN. Strangely, I hadn’t noticed this mini-theme … Read more >>