Private Eye/Cyclops

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 >>

Sixteen days to go in the mud-slinging gutter-trawling (least-un)popularity contest that is the US election, and both Trump and Clinton references abound in this week’s Cyclops…hopefully he’ll have some closer-to-home Brexit machinations and … Read more >>

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 >>

After my suggestion that Cyclops 580 was maybe a tad ‘lite’ on the usual Cyclops-ean smuttiness, this one certainly redresses the balance! Some focus on the American election as well… …giving it out … Read more >>

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 >>

After a momentous few weeks of Brexit, political resignations and shenanigans (et tu Gové?!), and Cameron’s lavender list, the 15×15 world has been rocked by its own J-exit – the resignation of JetDoc from the Cyclops blog. … Read more >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

A very quick solve this busy week, to my relief (more time for the garden!). Last one in was 12a. Special mention has to go to the anagram at 3d, and the wordplay … Read more >>

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 >>

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 >>