Uncle Yap – Fifteensquared

Guardian 26,013 by Puck

Wed July 31, 2013 at 7:06 amTue July 30, 2013 at 3:13 am by Uncle Yap

Special instructions: In this anniversary puzzle eight solutions are of a kind and not further defined Today’s themed puzzle celebrates the anniversary of the birth of a great industrialist and Puck was able to … Read more >>

Guardian 26,007 by Gordius

Tue July 23, 2013 at 4:47 amTue July 23, 2013 at 2:18 am by Uncle Yap

I always approach Gordius with a great deal of trepidation as he makes up for the lack of wit and humour with bits and pieces of obscurity that will tax the most patient … Read more >>

Guardian 26001 by Boatman

Tue July 16, 2013 at 5:28 amTue July 16, 2013 at 12:47 am by Uncle Yap

Writing this blog made me sea-sick, bobbing along with the waves as Boatman crafted a clutch of clever clues with Dickory Dickory DOCK. The devious devices & cunning conundrums made for a most … Read more >>

Guardian 25,995 by Shed

Tue July 9, 2013 at 7:18 amTue July 9, 2013 at 2:31 am by Uncle Yap

Quite a straightforward puzzle with few twists and turns. Entertaining, as usual Across 1 Turn universal desire into artistic medium (7) GOUACHE Cha of GO (turn) U (universal) ACHE (desire) for watercolour painting with opaque … Read more >>

Guardian 25,989 by Arachne

Wed July 3, 2013 at 9:51 amTue July 2, 2013 at 1:45 am by Uncle Yap

The Spider Woman never fails to entertain with her wits and craft. I found some of the clues so devilish that I had to enlist the assistance of my helpful neighbour in Jakarta, … Read more >>

Guardian 25983 by Gordius

Tue June 25, 2013 at 1:41 amTue June 25, 2013 at 12:20 am by Uncle Yap

Malaysia is engulfed in a smoky haze of such intensity that schools have been closed and a state of emergency declared in certain areas adjacent to Indonesia whose open burning of forest to … Read more >>

Guardian 25977 by Shed

Tue June 18, 2013 at 2:57 amTue June 18, 2013 at 12:57 am by Uncle Yap

This is a mixed bag of goodies; some delightfully outrageous and some not so. Across 1 Fit to grasp point of gap (7)INTERIM Ins of E (east, point on compass) in IN TRIM … Read more >>

Guardian 25971 by Paul

Tue June 11, 2013 at 5:28 amTue June 11, 2013 at 12:27 am by Uncle Yap

I struggled through this puzzle based on a favourite topic of conversation by the Brits but prevailed in the end due to Paul’s very fair clueing. In Malaysia, we only have one prediction … Read more >>

Independent 8312 by Dac

Wed June 5, 2013 at 1:19 am by Uncle Yap

Bertandjoyce are away & without internet access; so I am subbing in this midweek spot. Dac, as usual, served up a varied potpourri of very fair clues. I particularly like his efforts to … Read more >>

Guardian 25,965 by Gordius

Tue June 4, 2013 at 8:29 amTue June 4, 2013 at 2:01 am by Uncle Yap

Another day at the office … Across 9 Country lay out on continent? F- off, it’s not that one (5,4) COSTA RICA Cha of COST (lay out as in expenses) AFRICA (continent) minus … Read more >>

Guardian 25,959 by Shed

Tue May 28, 2013 at 8:42 amTue May 28, 2013 at 2:29 am by Uncle Yap

Not an easy puzzle from one of the John’s and as can be expected, some very devious devices. Surprisingly, the longest answer took me the shortest time. All I did was look at … Read more >>

Guardian 25,953 by Pasquale

Wed May 22, 2013 at 1:01 amTue May 21, 2013 at 2:01 am by Uncle Yap

Thank you, Eileen for playing locum tenens so ably last Tuesday when I was climbing the 999 steps to the TienMenSan (Door to Heaven) near ZhangJiaJie in Hunan, the province that gave China … Read more >>

Guardian 25,941 by Paul

Tue May 7, 2013 at 7:34 amTue May 7, 2013 at 2:31 am by Uncle Yap

I solved this in about half an hour but spend a lot more time being distracted, first by playing Spice Girls songs and then Queen’s haunting Bohemian Rhapsody a few times here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ. Very … Read more >>

Guardian 25,935 by Gordius

Tue April 30, 2013 at 6:11 amTue April 30, 2013 at 1:13 am by Uncle Yap

I careered through this puzzle merrily until the very last clue and I am still wondering. Otherwise, an easy-going puzzle today Across 7 ERRATIC Unreliable boy harbours vermin (7) Ins of RAT (vermin) … Read more >>

Guardian 25,929 by Pasquale

Tue April 23, 2013 at 2:27 amTue April 23, 2013 at 1:51 am by Uncle Yap

I cannot say I enjoyed this too much today and I am not grumpy. (Why do some people say I am grumpy whenever I point out something I do not like very much?) … Read more >>