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{{otheruses|Private eye}}
{{Infobox Newspaper |
name = Private Eye |
image = [[Image:Private Eye Cover.jpg|thumbnail|centre|200px|[[4 March]] [[2005]] cover of ''Private Eye''; this is a typical example of the magazine's front cover.  The caption refers to the wedding of [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] and [[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall|Camilla Parker-Bowles]].]] |
type = fortnightly [[satire|satirical]] <BR> [[magazine]]-newspaper |
format = [[magazine]] |
(contracted; show full)was set by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Tom Driberg]], under the [[pseudonym]] of "[[Tiresias]]" (supposedly "a distinguished academic churchman"). It is currently set by Eddie James under the name "[[Cyclops]]". The crossword is frequently pornographic and, by all measures, usually intensely offensive. The prize for the first correct solution opened, £100, is unusually high for a crossword and attracts many entrants.

===Andrew Neil image===

[[Image:Brillo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Infamous image of Andrew Neil]]
A photograph of journalist, broadcaster and publisher [[Andrew Neil]] (nickname: "[[Brillo pad|Brillo Pad]]") ran over numerous consecutive editions and still appears very frequently on the flimsiest of excuses. It shows Neil dressed in a tank top with baseball cap and embracing an attractive young [[Asian#'Asian' in the UK and anglophone Africa|Asian]] woman previously assumed to be [[Pamella Bordes]], a former beauty queen with whom he had had a relationship. The photograph is apparent(contracted; show full)[[Category:Criticism of journalism]]
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[[ru:Прайвэт Ай]]