Crossword Puzzle Master Gifts

"Hardscrabble"

"Evidence suggests she was working on the puzzle, got up to make tea, husband enters and puts last piece in..."

"He conquered the known world - now all he's got is sudoku."

The practical psychopath

"What's a nine-letter word for biotechnology?"

"This is our most difficult escape room. In here, you're a mother of 4 unruly children, tons of overdue bills and a lazy husband."

In an unprecedented occurrence, Noah Webster fails his vocabulary test.

"Compare Calculate Contrast Before you make a move"

Crossword Dictionary Bookstore

'Sorry, I can't come: Young Master has joined the scouts and tied me up with a fancy knot I can't work out...'

Challenge and solution

Thinking Cap (a hat in the form of a brain).

'They say my tests are too hard. Maybe I should switch from Essay to Connect-the-Dot.'

"Very few people are aware that the 'New York Times' Sunday crossword puzzle is contagious."

'A xebec and fluyt passed a heptad of shilpit grugrus.'

King completes rubik's cube.

"The result of our last meeting are impressive: 3 completely solved crossword puzzles, 7 battleship matches, 5 shopping lists, and 26 really funny doodles."

'You seem very confident this morning.'

'Whatever, crosswords are stupid.'

'If I got the job as a sales manager here at Zenadine, I would probably straggle in around 10, then surf the Net for a while, do a crossword...'

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"It's a puzzle to me"

Coffee Time Crossword

'Bad dog, stop doing the crossword.'

Baby Crossword Puzzle.

How does it feel to always be the smartest guy in the room, Dr. Kapuchnik? Usually, it feels pretty good. In this particular case, it feels like I'm cheating.

'Decoding is often 1, 14, 20, 9, 3, 12, 9, 13, 1, 3, 20, 9, 3.'

'Hey, boss, what's a 7 letter work starting with 'w' that represents what I should be doing rather than solving crossword puzzles?'

"A three letter word. . . all powerful colloquially known as 'the man upstairs'."

'Caroline goes to her crossword compiling class on Thursdays.'

Brains

"Any clues?"

Laboratory mouse in a maze with directions.

Game Addiction

"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this stuff out, but..."