Never knowingly undersolved
And so to my second favourite feature of Private Eye (I will declare the Eye’s cartoons are always the first thing I consume). Solving was yet another round of making life difficult for … Read more >>
Cyclops’ fortnightly offering seems to have been overtaken by events…
Cyclops in typical mode with a bunch of profane and politically cynical clues and answers, though perhaps not as downright rude as has been known. Yet again there is no quibble with any … Read more >>
Some typical Cyclops-ean fare this fortnight…cocking a snook at a variety of political (and other) targets, with a smidgeon of smuttery mixed in…
A typical Eye puzzle. Nothing too hard, nothing too easy, and some lovely smutty surface readings. Just what we want and expect. Solving followed a familiar pattern. Failure to solve the first clue … Read more >>
Cyclops seems to have his finger on the pulse this fortnight, which is quite an achievement, as he must have set this at least a week or two in advance?…
Happy New Year. A relative gentle start to 2022 for Eye solvers compared to that Christmas monster for which great thanks to mc_rapper67 for the stupendous blog. Top half and many others solved … Read more >>
Another year has flown by, and another 26 issues** of the Eye have landed on my doormat…and we have another Jumbo Cyclops special to while away some of the festive season…
I just had a surprise – the Christmas issue of Private Eye dropped through the letterbox today, Friday. I hadn’t noticed last issue covered only for 1 week (and a bit) not the … Read more >>
Cyclops has a bit of a look back at recent history this week…
This puzzle was a bit of a stinker, in both senses. There is a lot of untreated effluent floating around these days released by the piss-poor privatised water companies that have dished out … Read more >>
I happened to be typing this blog up on 5-November…
Cyclops keeps us entertained with another round of clues with imaginative surface readings. [ All of which are funnier than this blog’s final “joke” – sorry. ] Solving did not start well. First … Read more >>
Cyclops’ cryptic spray gun has some less-than-regular targets this fortnight…as well as some classic clueing smuttery…
Another Cyclops puzzle in the style we love. After whipping through the top left lights, I thought I was on for a very fast solve, or even a clean sweep. But at first … Read more >>