Posted by jetdoc on 10th June 2013
Sorry about the late posting — I did the puzzle a while ago and had plans to complete the blog yesterday, but a migraine rather inconveniently intervened.
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Posted by beermagnet on 27th May 2013
An entertaining puzzle from Cyclops that brightened up a dull Thursday morning commute …
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Posted by jetdoc on 12th May 2013
With the usual apologies to anyone who struggled, I found this Cyclops puzzle remarkably easy. For some reason, the one that took me longest was 15d.
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Posted by beermagnet on 29th April 2013
I smiled at the double-light in column 12 of the grid when it revealed itself. That’s what us crossword fans want isn’t it – a spot of light enlightening.
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Posted by jetdoc on 15th April 2013
Pretty straightforward, I thought, unlike a few of the slightly more challenging recent ones; but none the worse for it. It’s 10 days or so since I solved it, but I don’t recall any major difficulties. Mind you, I am still a bit migraine-ravaged…
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Posted by beermagnet on 1st April 2013
Some particularly fine smutty surface readings to the clues this week. The simple but effective 18A is my favourite.
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Posted by jetdoc on 18th March 2013
Apologies for lateness.
Cyclops on good form this week, with some amusing and at times deceptively salacious wordplay, and several references to the discovery of horsemeat in many ‘beef’ products. I think 23/9/1 has to be my favourite, though. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by beermagnet on 4th March 2013
Similar to the last issue, this crossword was noticeably tougher than the usual difficulty level for the Eye crossword…
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Posted by jetdoc on 18th February 2013
I think there was some fairly tricky wordplay in this Cyclops — it took me a bit longer than usual. Was that just me, or do others agree? Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by beermagnet on 4th February 2013
Don’t know about anyone else but I’m still reeling from the Xmas giant, so this normal sized grid seemed small…
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Posted by jetdoc on 20th January 2013
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Posted by beermagnet on 5th January 2013
“So this is Christmas, and what have you done
Another year over, a new one just begun”
Tell you what we’ve done John, another massive Eye Crossword!
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Posted by jetdoc on 16th December 2012
Only a week since the last blog, I know — but this one has a submission deadline only three days after the publication date (though of course, many of us buy the Eye a couple of days before that). So I am getting the blog online to let you concentrate your energies on the Christmas puzzle, due later this week.
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Posted by jetdoc on 10th December 2012
No major problems with this one… until I tried to parse 11a, which I had written in pretty much without thinking. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by beermagnet on 26th November 2012
This was certainly a topping crossword …
…there were a variety of tops in it: Jersey, Poncho, Kimono.
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