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Jack Dee Comedian

SIGHS DROP PENCILS ON BANGKOK PUZZLE PAGE

Clue open to solvers weekdays 9 to 5, closed for lunch and for anyone cheerful

Existence confidence provisional
A generated photo of an anonymous stranger. It is not the person named.
Jack Dee checks a tyre with a weary sigh in a Frankfurt car park, holding a pint of lager in the other hand.
Location
Sixth across, between a noodle cart and a bin on Soi 38, Bangkok
Currently
Seven-letter clue, 'Unimpressed comedian (4,3)', awaiting a bored solver
Last confirmed sighting
Seven letters, second letter L, beside a pad thai wok on Soi 38
Observations
Sighs in a frequency that makes pencils lose interest in the answer.

Jack Dee is now a crossword clue, printed in a puzzle that nobody in Bangkok can finish. The grid is pinned to the side of a street food stall on Soi 38, where the vendor, Somchai, has stopped asking for help. Mr Dee is fine and describes the arrangement as 'a bit much'.

His famous deadpan is keeping the clue unsolved: every solver who reads it sighs, puts the pencil down and says 'Oh, never mind'. He still refuses to be cheered up by the correct letters, and pours a lukewarm lager over any fill-in that looks pleased with itself. A grudging 'Hello, nice to see you' appears in the margin at noon.

Monday, 9am: clue appears at 6 Across. Tuesday, 1pm: a tourist named Linda writes 'Hmm' in the squares and leaves. Thursday, 11:40am: Somchai's cat solves two letters and is ignored. Friday, 4pm: the clue reads 'not impressed' in four languages. Saturday, 3am: nothing, which he calls 'about right'.

Guidance for the public

Do not offer cheerful answers; he will only sigh and wait for the next solver.

Actual status (not satire) No death recorded as of 25 October 2026. Born 24 September 1961. Source: Wikidata

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