Private Eye/Cyclops

My turn to blog the annual treat of the Cyclops Christmas Special – but maybe I shouldn’t have got rid of my stack of 2019 issues so early!… Recent Christmas specials have used … Read more >>

Given that this is Cyclops #666, and it was published in the issue dated Friday 13th, I expected something a bit, well, ‘beastlier’…but, apart from several mentions of Trump and Boris (and one … Read more >>

One of those Eye puzzles that I found difficult to finish despite getting most of it early on. In my notes I marked 16 as solved on first reading. 1d was a lovely … Read more >>

Electioneering Prowess – that’s what it is all about, for the next few weeks… And the first clue/entry, 7A RECTUM, obviously sums up Cyclops’ feelings about politicians, and their choice of vocal organs. … Read more >>

A reasonably swift solve for this Eye puzzle I nearly managed my first ever “complete on first pass” but it was not to be. ( I define the end of the first pass … Read more >>

In theory, this should have been the last Cyclops before the B-word fright-mare of Halloween… …and there are a few references in clues and solutions – ‘remoaner’/BELLYACHER, ‘Dominic’ sticking his nose in, and … Read more >>

This one took somewhat longer than usual but I think that was just me having an off day.  Less than half done after an uncharacteristically long 30 minute first pass. It didn’t start … Read more >>

Cyclops is right on the zeitgeist button this fortnight… …with references to an ADDLED PARLIAMENT, the POTBOILER of a Brexit – which has been going on for an ETERNITY but has now become … Read more >>

This was about medium difficulty for an Eye puzzle.  I had about half done by the end of the first pass at about the 25 min mark, but had queered the top right … Read more >>

As we approach the season-ending finale of ‘Deal or No-Deal’, with BoJo as NoEd, Cyclops may or may not be channelling the zeitgeist here… During the recent HEATWAVE the CHERUB-ic Boris – ‘he … Read more >>

We are in very strange times being ruled by an unelected buffoon, so the clue to 20/6 will pin this puzzle to a very narrow time window, hopefully. Solving went steadily with about … Read more >>

I’m not sure if Cyclops is saying a not-too-fond ‘Farewell’ to TMay, or offering a Churchillian ‘Welcome’ to BoJo – or both – in this puzzle. Quite a few aggressive gestures – TWO-FINGER … Read more >>

It is the Eye’s 1,500th issue – nearly 6 decades of campaigning and satirical journalism making some little headway against the forces of fake news which any review of recent history shows it … Read more >>

Cyclops taking his usual side-swipes at the establishment, with a spoonful of smuttery and cultural zeitgeist… The big ticket clue is a nice composite anagram, incorporating DISCOURAGEMENT into NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT – OK Harvey … Read more >>