My turn to blog the cruciverbal marathon that is the Private Eye/Cyclops Christmas Special…about 2 and a 1/2 times as many clues/entries as usual, and exactly 2.5 times the Prize on offer!
Private Eye/Cyclops
Private Eye (Cyclops / 767) Overhasty Egomaniac
The overhasty egomaniac has been giving evidence at the Covid Inquiry this week. Amazing how he had a phone it was impossible to retrieve old messages from. But I’ll say not more about … Read more >>
Cyclops 766 – Populist Octopus
It is nearly 2024 and still Ronald T Dump pervades the headlines and the political landscape in America…and still provides Cyclops with wordplay for the letter T…
Private Eye (Cyclops / 765) Legal disgrace
A crossword built around the grotty state of the current political establishment, including a number of Tory names. There may be enough politics – for titillation there are just a few salacious points … Read more >>
Cyclops 764 – Orgasmic Cynicism
Apologies for the lateness and the brevity of this blog…I had it all set up and nearly ready on the train up to York…and I was about to finish it off at the hotel when I got the call of ‘Pub!…’ from kenmac…and who am I to disobey our great leader…
Private Eye (Cyclops / 763) Urgent Slugfest
Nothing to do with shell-less molluscs’ equivalent of Glasto – … the political fight it seems Cyclops is looking forward to at 5d is unlikely to involve many bare knuckles. Maybe a few … Read more >>
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Cyclops 762 – Flaccid Dissidence
A typical Cyclops – maybe a bit harder than some recent ones, for your correspondent, at least…
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 761) Optimal Disinformation
I thought I would be tackling this puzzle while resting up after getting a new hip. But it didn’t happen, again. The last time it didn’t happen in July was down to hospital … Read more >>
Cyclops 760 – Yesterday’s Conspiracy
I have to admit to leaving this blog to the last minute, due to imminent-holiday preparations, so the solving process is a little hazy…but in hindsight it seems all up to scratch for a Cyclops…
Private Eye (Cyclops / 759) Hopeless Anarchist
I did that silly thing. Grab the Eye as soon as it hit the doormat and tackled the puzzle. I must go back to my rule of reading the damn thing before I … Read more >>
Cyclops 758 – Luxurious Voyeurism
Cyclops serves up a dollop of serendipitous Schadenfreude, this fortnight…
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 757 ) Redacted Normality
I had trouble trying to choose a title for this blog. There are so many adjectives in the answers compared to the number of nouns, and many of those adjectives lend themselves to … Read more >>
Cyclops 756 – Redundant Manifesto
Another fortnight, another Cyclops, and another mix of politicians and celebs (sub-lebs?) in Cyclops’ sights…although, thinking about it, how does a one-eyed giant use a gun-sight…surely binocular vision is de rigueur for that?…
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 755 ) Public Order Disaster
As is usual from Cyclops the clue surfaces are at their story-telling best, and in the usual Private Eye style giving the usual suspects a knocking. Solving was, in retrospect, usual, but only … Read more >>