Cryptic Crossword Fan Gifts

Celebrity anagrams: I'll roar keenly (Answer: Lorraine Kelly)

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

'They might look sexy and seductive but all I want to do is the crossword.'

Crossword Dictionary Bookstore

"First they came for the horoscope and the crossword and I did nothing. Then they came for the cartoonists and there was no-one left to satirise it."

'Scientists say that crosswords activate brain...'

Suddenly Paul realised that HE had been the odd one out all along.

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

'You seem very confident this morning.'

'Whatever, crosswords are stupid.'

"It's a puzzle to me"

Coffee Time Crossword

'Bad dog, stop doing the crossword.'

Answers to last week's brain-teasers

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

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

Crossword bathroom tiles.

'Grog would never be able to finish a cross pictograph without his thesaurus.'

'Sorry, I can't help you: I'm very good at mazes, but not crosswords...'

"The thing with Sudoku is I can never find the right words to fit."

Edwina momentarily considered sarcasm. . .

'Oh yes, Steve is very smart. . . he even does the crossword puzzles in ink.'

'Tiling a Bathroom for a Crossword Puzzle Editor.'

'I'm just not sure he fits in.'

"We think your one down - thats what's giving you a headache"

"How come people die in alphabetical order...?"

Quick Crossword.

"Making up words to fit the puzzle is almost as hard as using the clues."

'It's the first ever crossword. . . taken him 100 years to do.'