Comments on: Private Eye / Cyclops 482 – Ungodly control

By: schoolies

schoolies — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:11:44 +0000

23D Bear = Kodiak = CAMera + shots

7A I say = Cus(s) a 69, juxta positioned arses A A during 69 sexual act? +(B)ill

27A In PUB, LICk (from arseLICkers)

Do I need to get out more?

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:12:01 +0000

All was well until 18d/17a. ??f? o? ?a?u?? ?o?n?o? -what on earth?

Eventually guessed johnson so that left ??f? o? ?a?u?? johnson. Still no idea except that o? must be on, of or. Eventually twigged that I needed an anagram of “foul females I” and after much writing down and swapping letters came up with life of samuel johnson.
Googled that and to my surprise it was a real book.

Funnily enough a colleague had exactly the same experience and also hadn’t heard of it.

That last clue must have taken over 30 minutes!

By: beermagnet

beermagnet — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:05:42 +0000

Thanks John. Corrected (together with unexpected layout)

By: John King

John King — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:15:16 +0000

23A’s ROOM = latitude. That was a toughie.

Oh, and 20D should be “MAC (bud)…”

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:11:35 +0000

Cyclops interviewed - see latest blog addition here.