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beermagnet

Blogger for every other Eye & occasional Saturday Indy. Dad/Grandad with a desire to swig amazing fluids. Currently running in a new hip. Still wrangling the bits'n'bytes to ensure there are virtual tins of beans on the fictitious shelves of Sainsburys data warehouse. WFH and missing the enforced hour of calm crosswording on the commute but there are advantages too.

Private Eye (Cyclops/601) Cold snap

June 26, 2017 at 1:00 am by beermagnet

A few references to the recent election campaign were included in this grid.  The groan-worthy “Strong and stable” will surely be remembered for decades.  It is really astonishing how much untruth Lynton Crosby … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 4 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops/599) Mild Propaganda

May 29, 2017 at 1:00 am by beermagnet

Cyclops often creates puzzles with clues that range over 2 or more lights in different parts of the grid.  I like the way this gives the puzzle a more three dimensional feel and … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops

Independent 9554 Klingsor

May 27, 2017 at 9:37 amMay 27, 2017 at 6:30 am by beermagnet

The Saturday schedule and the blogging cycle is aligned!  I get Klingsor again same as I did at his last Saturday outing, which is no bad thing. This time, solving started as before … Read more >>

Categories Independent 8 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops/597) Phone-tapping Constituency

May 1, 2017 at 9:00 am by beermagnet

Some very fine clues in this crossword I thought. Some well hidden definitions masquerading as wordplay, and slick surface readings to suggest unassociated subjects meant this was another pleasure to solve. Particularly with clues … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 5 Comments

Independent 9524 (Sat 22-Apr 2017) Klingsor

April 22, 2017 at 8:40 am by beermagnet

With Klingsor back again on a Saturday things can’t be too bad. Solving was a pleasure. Half the grid was filled on first pass – precisely: 14 out of the 28 clues entered. … Read more >>

Categories Independent 5 Comments

Private Eye / Cyclops 595 Notorious Schemer

April 3, 2017 at 12:15 am by beermagnet

With plenty of time between solving this puzzle and the target Monday for publishing this blog, I nevertheless yet again find myself writing this up on a Sunday evening, creaking after doing too … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 11 Comments

Independent 9494 (Sat 18-Mar 2017) Tyrus

March 18, 2017 at 9:00 am by beermagnet

Tyrus seems to appear less frequently than of old. I have both tackled and blogged a fair few in the Saturday slot, and I generally find his puzzles harder than most.  This time, … Read more >>

Categories Independent 10 Comments

Private Eye/Cyclops 593 Grim truth

March 6, 2017 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

… and the grim truth is – it isn’t all just a joke This was solved at a rate of knots.  Straight in with the unwelcome reminder of current government policy at 7A … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 5 Comments

Independent 9464 (Sat 11-Feb 2017) Nestor

February 11, 2017 at 9:00 am by beermagnet

This was a puzzle where the “All Reversed” method was used in the wordplay many more times than usual. Not that I noticed till writing the blog. I’m certainly happy to see Nestor’s … Read more >>

Categories Independent 9 Comments

Private Eye/Cyclops 591 Repress Science

February 6, 2017 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

Cyclops is giving us a very bleak analysis of the state of the world with a Trump heavy set of clues However the puzzle itself proved to be one of the quickest solves … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 4 Comments

Private Eye/Cyclops 589 Xmas Pseudding

January 9, 2017 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

It’s Christmas! So it’s the giant 21×21 sized Eye crossword with some special feature. This puzzle has a preamble: Running clockwise around the shaded squares, starting top left, are two sentences from a 2016 … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 7 Comments

Independent 9434 (Sat 7-Jan 2017) Serpent

January 7, 2017 at 11:10 amJanuary 7, 2017 at 10:00 am by beermagnet

The blogging cycle brings me Serpent again which is no bad thing. Serpent has brought some innovation to the puzzles done so far both in terms of themes and clueing, and the same … Read more >>

Categories Independent 10 Comments

Private Eye/Cyclops 587 Offstage epiphany

December 5, 2016 at 12:04 am by beermagnet

Not the trickiest of solves this time, and as usual full of topical references. There were still a few that I struggled over such as WRAITH and PARALYSE so a nice one. Across 6 … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 7 Comments

Independent 9404 by Serpent

December 3, 2016 at 12:09 pm by beermagnet

Sorry for the late delivery of this blog.  Completely forgot it was my turn. I will have to work out how to wire my smoke alarm to the calendar alerts. We may be … Read more >>

Categories Independent 9 Comments

Private Eye/Cyclops 585 Difficult Woman

November 7, 2016 at 12:25 am by beermagnet

A puzzle centred on the phrase “Bloody difficult woman”.   Ken Clarke’s observation <link>  which was caught on mic during this summer’s Tory leadership non-election.  I imagine as soon as the story broke Cyclops delighting in using … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 8 Comments
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