Crossword Jokes / Recent Jokes

Touring Ireland's countryside with a group of travel writers, we passed an immaculate cemetery with hundreds of beautiful headstones set in a field of emerald-green grass. Everyone reached for their cameras when the tour guide said the inventor of the crossword puzzle was buried there. He pointed out the location, "Three down and four across."

A man was sitting next to the Pope on a cross-country flight. The Pope was doing a crossword puzzle. He turned to the man and asked "Do you know a four-letter word for 'woman' that ends in U-N-T?"
The man thought for a minute and said "Aunt."
"Oh yes, of course," the Pope replied. "Do you have an eraser?"

The Pope was working on a crossword puzzle. He thoughtand thought about one clue, finally gave up and asked the Cardinal next to him, "What's a four letter word, ending in U - N - T that means' woman'?" The Cardinal was working on his own puzzle and didn't even bother to look up. "*A*unt, your Holiness." The Pope didn't speak for a second. "Oh." He paused. "Do you have an eraser?"

The Pope was working on a crossword puzzle. He thoughtand thought about one clue, finally gave up and asked the Cardinal next to him, "What's a four letter word, ending in U - N - T that means 'woman'?"The Cardinal was working on his own puzzle and didn't even bother to look up. "*A*unt, your Holiness."The Pope didn't speak for a second. "Oh." He paused. "Do you have an eraser?"

The Pope was working on a crossword puzzle. He thoughtand thought about one clue, finally gave up and asked the Cardinal next to him, "What's a four letter word, ending in U - N - T that means' woman'?"The Cardinal was working on his own puzzle and didn't even bother to look up. "*A*unt, your Holiness."The Pope didn't speak for a second. "Oh." He paused. "Do you have an eraser?"