Comments on: Cyclops 454: Did you have a luvvie-ly time?

By: Colin Foster

Colin Foster — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:10:48 +0000

I was pleased to solve this one and I managed to work out the perimeter too, much to my surprise !

By: sidey

sidey — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:43:32 +0000

grandpuzzler, quite a lot of Cyclops puzzles available here http://www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/crossword/download/ Software to do them (except the specials) here http://www.litsoft.com/across/alite/download/

Kwame Nkrumah died in 1972, I’m feeling my age too.

By: grandpuzzler

grandpuzzler — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:09:57 +0000

Thanks, jetdoc. Apologies for introducing the non-word, factorum. Incredibly, the word I had in mind was factoid. Somehow it didn’t translate to my typing.

By: jetdoc

jetdoc — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:26:11 +0000

I think if you just google ‘Private Eye crossword’ you’ll find it, Grandpuzzler

By: grandpuzzler

grandpuzzler — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:18:15 +0000

Thanks, jetdoc. SPIRO AGNEW anagrams to GROW A PENIS. This factorum may have already been utilized in a Cyclops puzzle that I missed. Are his puzzles available on-line? I can’t find the magazine in the Seattle area.

Cheers…

By: jetdoc

jetdoc — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:48:30 +0000

Years of practice on Cyclops, Simon… plus I sort-of remember Nkrumah, which rather depressingly ages me a bit.

By: simon

simon — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:46:27 +0000

An afternoon? It took you a whole afternoon? Actually, I’m very impressed. It took me the best part of 2 weeks to finish because I, too, got stuck on Nkrumah and one or two others I’d never heard of, like Organdy.

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:42:59 +0000

I had to cheat on Nabokov and Nkrumah. Well done anyone who has heard of the latter. Also cheated on the quote -tried and failed with the perimeter crossing letters and the supplied letters.

By: jetdoc

jetdoc — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:34:23 +0000

Thanks, Pelham. Just goes to show that time spent proofreading is never wasted!

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:06:10 +0000

Hi Jetdoc. I think 7dn is ORGAN + DY, so it does use the endings of “good lengthy” as the climaxes. A small blemish on a blog that must have taken a good deal of time to put together.