Crossword clue complaint

[Sir C]

Wait... let me guess; he’s reading Ancient Greek at Magdelin, Oxford?

Magdalen, for God's sake.

[Ash]

Magdalen, for God's sake.

No need to get all maudlin about it.

Actually that doesn't really work, but more importantly, how have we got this far in a thread about crosswords without someone pointing to the fact that crossword buffs tend to be pompous, arrogant, aloof, sneering, self-aggrandising and condescending snobs like MORSE?

[Sir C]

No need to get all maudlin about it.

Actually that doesn't really work, but more importantly, how have we got this far in a thread about crosswords without someone pointing to the fact that crossword buffs tend to be pompous, arrogant, aloof, sneering, self-aggrandising and condescending snobs like MORSE?

You make a good point, a. Dear Endeavour did have his faults, and like all great men he was capable of acknowledging them.

wd em.

[WES]

No need to get all maudlin about it.

Actually that doesn't really work, but more importantly, how have we got this far in a thread about crosswords without someone pointing to the fact that crossword buffs tend to be pompous, arrogant, aloof, sneering, self-aggrandising and condescending snobs like MORSE?

You seem to have misspelt 'Burney' there, Ash.

And yes, anyone that equates being good at puzzles like crosswords with intellect is probably by definition a bit thick. I've become much better at them just by trying them most days and getting used to them

Which has nothing to do with intellect whatsoever, of course.

[Ash]

You seem to have misspelt 'Burney' there, Ash.

And yes, anyone that equates being good at puzzles like crosswords with intellect is probably by definition a bit thick. I've become much better at them just by trying them most days and getting used to them

Which has nothing to do with intellect whatsoever, of course.

Now, now, WES. No need to start stirring up trouble.

I like puzzles tbh. Getting paid to solve puzzles can be even more fun.