Private Eye/Cyclops

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 >>

With apologies to anyone who eagerly checks the website at 1 minute past midnight — I had this almost ready to post yesterday, but it was the first day for ages in York … Read more >>

  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 >>

There were certainly a large number of mistakes in this puzzle. Gaffe, Lapse, Cock-up, Boob, Faux pas, Blunder and Goof, to name but a few. I couldn’t find any actual error though. Edit: … Read more >>

We’re back to a relatively easy Eye crossword this time. Scrunch in the answers but this had far from crunchy clues. This was filled-in in short order with only a handful of answers … Read more >>