Private Eye/Cyclops

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Another burst of salacious school days humour and political satirising to brighten our fortnight. This time with added references to an old-time glam-rocker.  It’s as if the puzzle was specifically constructed to someone … Read more >>