Independent Crossword 9374 by Tyrus
The blogging cycle turned and delivered me Tyrus again which was great because I knew I would enjoy it, and also have a chance of completing it without causing too much grief. If … Read more >>
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Private Eye/Cyclops 583 Badass Worthy
It’s Private Eye. It’s Brummie. You get what you expect. A middlingly difficult puzzle. Half in after the first pass and nothing that didn’t submit after a bunch of crossing letters were in. … Read more >>
Independent Crossword 9344 by Knut
Good morning everyone. I hope it’s still morning. Yet again I find myself apologising for a late blog. Woke up this morning to a beautiful day. Sun was shining. Birds were singing. I … Read more >>
Private Eye/Cyclops 581 Blissful Shrink
Another mid range Eye puzzle in terms of trickiness. Ten answered after the first pass, thus nearly half the grid filled. Bottom right corner holding out till last but even the very last … Read more >>
Indy 9314 Klingsor
Apart from the hard nuts (Anax and Nimrod) evidence is accumulating that since the Saturday puzzle stopped being a Prize puzzle the level of difficulty has gone down a bit. Which is fine by me as … Read more >>
Private Eye (Cyclops/578) Blasphemous legislation
First of all apologies from all for the extreme lateness of this blog. I have knocked this blog together at lunchtime after finding that no blog appeared on Monday and that jetdoc was … Read more >>
Private Eye/Cyclops 577 Inhumanity News
I know by now I am very familiar with Cyclops’ style etc. but this must’ve been my shortest solve for any Private Eye puzzle, ever. I made a few notes as I was solving too, and … Read more >>
Private Eye/Cyclops 575 Summit Sorrow
A Cyclops puzzle that I found slightly tougher on the journey through solving but which was somehow completed all of a sudden. I only got about 10 answers in on the first pass, … Read more >>
Independent Crossword 9254 by Eimi
The boss giving himself a Saturday outing today, with a puzzle that had me slapping answers in at a great rate. 1 down, 9 across went in with hardly any thought. Of course … Read more >>
Private Eye/Cyclops 573 Gridlock All Hours
An enjoyable offering from Cyclops this time. The clue surfaces were at their story-telling best, in the usual Private Eye style. The answers appeared readily and the whole thing was over at one … Read more >>
Independent “Not the Prize” Crossword 9224 by Crosophile
Crosophile gives us a puzzle that will entice solvers to finish. Some accessible clues to get started, no traps – apart from the one I fell into – and the rest of a … Read more >>
Private Eye/Cyclops 571 Cursed Chicklit Star
Solving was fast enough here with most clues answered on the first pass – then only 9 left. So this counts as at the easier end of the Eye crossword spectrum. The bottom right … Read more >>
Independent 9194 by Scorpion (02-04-2016)
Scorpion has the honour(?) of being the first Saturday Crossword available to solve on the Independent online site in the same manner as the usual daily puzzles on the day it is published. … Read more >>
Private Eye/Cyclops 569 Instant Academy
A mid range Eye puzzle. Nothing terribly hard, nothing terribly easy, but some lovely smutty surface readings to the clues as usual. Across 1 SAVE Head of Tesco abandons staff cut back (4) … Read more >>
Independent 9164 Tyrus (Sat 28-Feb 2016)
If my calculations are correct we have just passed the seventh anniversary of when Rusty* first graced the inside back page of the Indy. From the off he was recognised as one of … Read more >>