Cyclops has, serendipitously, put his finger on the pulse of the Zeitgeist this fortnight…
Private Eye/Cyclops
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 747 ) Ironical reference
Last issue’s puzzle was said to be a touch morose. At least this one didn’t invoke the ghost of Trump or Johnson. However it did include some more minor sprites like Penny Mordaunt … Read more >>
Cyclops 746 – Browbeaten Scapegoat
Cyclops seems to be a bit down-in-the-dumps this fortnight…
Private Eye (Cyclops/745) – Crisis scenario
What do you get if you cross Rishi Sunak with Mike Pence? A Riski Sikspence? Maybe not, but you certainly get some way to filling-in this grid. This was at about medium difficulty … Read more >>
Cyclops 744 – Pathetic Economics
Some (reasonably) topical targets in this fortnight’s puzzle from Cyclops…
Private Eye (Cyclops/743) – Max Headroom Writes
Here we are again with the big one. The Xmas special The one that takes a very long time to finish because there are so many clues. This crossword has a preamble: Running … Read more >>
Cyclops 742 – Anecdotal Largesse
After Saturday’s Grauniad Brummie, a Private Eye puzzle by Cyclops, his naughty alter ego – Dr Jekyll to Brummie’s Mr Hyde…
Private Eye (Cyclops / 741) Loosely Hacking
The main pages of Private Eye are getting a bit depressing what with all the useless, arrogant, bullying politicians, all the scandals that are never properly addressed by the compliant media, and the … Read more >>
Cyclops 740 – Annexation Plebiscite
Cyclops doing what Cyclops does…
Private Eye (Cyclops / 739) Happy Surprise
In case you’re wondering, ’twas I who had the happy surprise! For the very first time, I have gone and done the puzzle in one pass! I suppose through all these years of … Read more >>
Cyclops 738 – Accursed Assets
Cyclops is on good form this week – and doesn’t seem to have been overtaken by the fast-moving events of the last week or so…
Private Eye (Cyclops / 737) Gregarious Hypocrite
You find me blogging this a few days after Truss & Kwarteng set the wheels in motion so that they fall off the cart that is carrying the country. They seem to be … Read more >>
Cyclops 736 – Fake Principles
I can imagine Cyclops, along with many other setters, is having to rummage through his standard references and update/delete a few items…and recent events may have overtaken the normal cadence of the setting/editing/publication cycle…
Private Eye (Cyclops/735) Insincere Resignation
When I get the first clue attempted as quickly as I did 1D here I always wonder if this is the time for the fabled “done in one pass” solve – Alas, no. … Read more >>
Cyclops 734 – Electoral Donkey
By my reckoning, Cyclops only has one more puzzle after this to use up all his BoJo references, before he has to switch to either LiTr or RiSu… (I hope their marketing people are working on better memes than those!…)