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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>