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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 / 751 ) Hideous Ordeal

May 1, 2023 at 1:13 amApril 29, 2023 at 1:00 am by beermagnet

A pleasurable ordeal maybe. No surprise that in an Eye puzzle we find ignoramuses having orgasms, party members that turn out to be dildos, and a whole ensemble spilling semen.  But possibly the … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 13 Comments

Independent 11,379 by Atrica

April 1, 2023 at 1:37 pmApril 1, 2023 at 7:00 am by beermagnet

I know what day it is now. It’s April Fool’s Day.  It is also the day I fail to fully solve a puzzle I’m scheduled to blog.  This has not happened for a … Read more >>

Categories Independent 30 Comments

Private Eye ( Cyclops / 749 ) Tactless Scoundrel

March 25, 2023 at 12:01 am by beermagnet

You haven’t fallen asleep and woken up on Monday.  From now on the Eye blog will now appear on Saturday. One of those that I thought was going to be a doddle, then … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 16 Comments

Private Eye ( Cyclops / 747 ) Ironical reference

February 27, 2023 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

Last issue’s puzzle was said to be a touch morose.  At least this one didn’t invoke the ghost of Trump or Johnson.  However it did include some more minor sprites like Penny Mordaunt … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 11 Comments

Independent 11,349 by Serpent

February 26, 2023 at 1:06 pmFebruary 25, 2023 at 8:00 am by beermagnet

February is not far off its end.  Spring is not far away.  Birds are singing outside. What’s that weird sound I hear nearby?  A kind of whooshing, scuttering.  Where is it coming from?  … Read more >>

Categories Independent 21 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops/745) – Crisis scenario

January 30, 2023 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

What do you get if you cross Rishi Sunak with Mike Pence? A Riski Sikspence?  Maybe not, but you certainly get some way to filling-in this grid. This was at about medium difficulty … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 22 Comments

Independent 11,319 by Tyrus

January 21, 2023 at 9:00 am by beermagnet

I’m not sure why, but when I first looked at this puzzle, and saw the various clues with …,1,1,1,… enumeration I immediately assumed it was going to have a sporty theme with answers … Read more >>

Categories Independent 14 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops/743) – Max Headroom Writes

January 2, 2023 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

Here we are again with the big one.  The Xmas special The one that takes a very long time to finish because there are so many clues. This crossword has a preamble: Running … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 23 Comments

Independent 11,289 by Serpent

December 17, 2022 at 9:00 am by beermagnet

Serpent slides into today’s Saturday slot with some sort of slippery puzzle. Certainly slippery for me.  Several clues had me foxed for a long time.  And there are still a few for which … Read more >>

Categories Independent 15 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops / 741) Loosely Hacking

November 28, 2022 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

The main pages of Private Eye are getting a bit depressing what with all the useless, arrogant, bullying politicians, all the scandals that are never properly addressed by the compliant media, and the … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 10 Comments

Independent 11,259 by Tees

November 12, 2022 at 4:17 pmNovember 12, 2022 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

The last Saturday Indy I blogged was by Tees, and the setter and blogger rotas are coinciding so here he is again. I’m not sorry.  There’s often something a little quirky in a … Read more >>

Categories Independent 14 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops / 739) Happy Surprise

November 3, 2022 at 9:10 pmOctober 31, 2022 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

In case you’re wondering, ’twas I who had the happy surprise! For the very first time, I have gone and done the puzzle in one pass! I suppose through all these years of … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 32 Comments

Independent 11,229 by Tees

October 8, 2022 at 6:10 pmOctober 8, 2022 at 9:00 am by beermagnet

A brief intro today as I have a lot on at the moment, both figuratively and literally – after all, now it’s gone October 1st I can’t afford to put the heating on … Read more >>

Categories Independent 10 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops / 737) Gregarious Hypocrite

October 11, 2022 at 6:44 pmOctober 3, 2022 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

You find me blogging this a few days after Truss & Kwarteng set the wheels in motion so that they fall off the cart that is carrying the country. They seem to be … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 21 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops/735) Insincere Resignation

September 6, 2022 at 11:17 amSeptember 5, 2022 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

When I get the first clue attempted as quickly as I did 1D here I always wonder if this is the time for the fabled “done in one pass” solve – Alas, no. … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 27 Comments
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