Quote Originally Posted by Ash View Post
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.