I have to admit to leaving this blog to the last minute, due to imminent-holiday preparations, so the solving process is a little hazy…but in hindsight it seems all up to scratch for a Cyclops…
Private Eye/Cyclops
Private Eye (Cyclops / 759) Hopeless Anarchist
I did that silly thing. Grab the Eye as soon as it hit the doormat and tackled the puzzle. I must go back to my rule of reading the damn thing before I … Read more >>
Cyclops 758 – Luxurious Voyeurism
Cyclops serves up a dollop of serendipitous Schadenfreude, this fortnight…
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 757 ) Redacted Normality
I had trouble trying to choose a title for this blog. There are so many adjectives in the answers compared to the number of nouns, and many of those adjectives lend themselves to … Read more >>
Cyclops 756 – Redundant Manifesto
Another fortnight, another Cyclops, and another mix of politicians and celebs (sub-lebs?) in Cyclops’ sights…although, thinking about it, how does a one-eyed giant use a gun-sight…surely binocular vision is de rigueur for that?…
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 755 ) Public Order Disaster
As is usual from Cyclops the clue surfaces are at their story-telling best, and in the usual Private Eye style giving the usual suspects a knocking. Solving was, in retrospect, usual, but only … Read more >>
Cyclops 754 – Old-Etonian Misgovernment
I have to admit to leaving this blog to the last minute (i.e. forgetting the new Friday deadline)…but, serendipitously…
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 753 ) Sunny Subversive
Another burst of salacious school days humour and political satirising to brighten our fortnight. This time with added references to an old-time glam-rocker. It’s as if the puzzle was specifically constructed to someone … Read more >>
Cyclops 752 – Pig-headed Intruder
Just like the news these last few days, this puzzle is a little Trump-heavy, with three mentions in the clues…
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 751 ) Hideous Ordeal
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 >>
Cyclops 750 – Austerity Sadist
A significant milestone for Cyclops, if the numerologists are to be believed, with puzzle number 750…three quarters of a millennium…
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 749 ) Tactless Scoundrel
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 >>
Private Eye blogging day to change
With effect from Cyclops puzzle 749, the Private Eye blog will appear on Saturday rather than Monday. Saturday makes more sense since the closing date/time for entries is (presumably) midnight on Fridays.
Cyclops 748 – Viewpoint Censorship
Cyclops has, serendipitously, put his finger on the pulse of the Zeitgeist this fortnight…
Private Eye ( Cyclops / 747 ) Ironical reference
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 >>