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Private Eye (Cyclops / 739) Happy Surprise

Thu November 3, 2022 at 9:10 pmMon October 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

Cyclops 738 – Accursed Assets

Mon October 17, 2022 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

Cyclops is on good form this week – and doesn’t seem to have been overtaken by the fast-moving events of the last week or so…

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Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 12 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops / 737) Gregarious Hypocrite

Tue October 11, 2022 at 6:44 pmMon October 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

Cyclops 736 – Fake Principles

Mon September 19, 2022 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

I can imagine Cyclops, along with many other setters, is having to rummage through his standard references and update/delete a few items…and recent events may have overtaken the normal cadence of the setting/editing/publication cycle…

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Private Eye (Cyclops/735) Insincere Resignation

Tue September 6, 2022 at 11:17 amMon September 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

Cyclops 734 – Electoral Donkey

Mon August 22, 2022 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

By my reckoning, Cyclops only has one more puzzle after this to use up all his BoJo references, before he has to switch to either LiTr or RiSu… (I hope their marketing people are working on better memes than those!…)

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Private Eye (Cyclops / 733) Emergency Turnip

Mon August 8, 2022 at 12:49 pmMon August 8, 2022 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

We need an Emergency Turnip to enter the race to be new PM – bound to do a better job than whoever we’re going to get. I made the silly mistake of trying … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 12 Comments

Cyclops 732 – Etonian Philistine

Mon July 25, 2022 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

Some totally coincidental, no doubt, topical references in this fortnight’s Cyclops…

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Private Eye (Cyclops/731) Special Fascist Operation

Mon July 11, 2022 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

It must be very annoying for a politically involved crossword setter when politics has times like this.  Setting the puzzle must happen at least of a couple of weeks before it is published, … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 12 Comments

Cyclops 730 – Tawdry Slogan

Thu June 30, 2022 at 10:45 amMon June 27, 2022 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

Things have all got a bit tawdry recently, haven’t they…still, we have the ‘sunlit uplands’ to look forward to…are we there yet?…

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Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 6 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops 729) Throaty Contest

Fri June 10, 2022 at 6:00 pm by beermagnet

We had a super Platinum Special Bumper issue this time – which gave the denizens of Carlisle Street an excuse for a week off – so we had to make this crossy last … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 12 Comments

Cyclops 728 – Pure Mayhem

Mon May 23, 2022 at 8:36 amMon May 23, 2022 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

Our fortnightly delve into the psyche of Psy-ch-lops…

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Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 17 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops / 727 ) Sex Starved Primate

Mon May 9, 2022 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

I found this a bit more tricky than usual.  This grid design does not lend itself to solving, with hardly any opportunity to get first letters for unsolved lights. (Or maybe I should … Read more >>

Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 20 Comments

Cyclops 726 – Ugly Bear

Mon April 25, 2022 at 8:35 amMon April 25, 2022 at 12:01 am by mc_rapper67

There I was, two puzzles ago, suggesting that Cyclops was out of tune with events by bringing up PartyGate and leadership challenges, but all of a sudden, they are news again…I’ll get my coat…

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Categories Private Eye/Cyclops 6 Comments

Private Eye (Cyclops /725) Shameless Lifestyle

Mon April 11, 2022 at 6:00 am by beermagnet

And so to my second favourite feature of Private Eye (I will declare the Eye’s cartoons are always the first thing I consume). Solving was yet another round of making life difficult for … Read more >>

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