The angry officer, in Grevenbroich, Germany, spelled out that clueless caller Petra Hirsch would be facing a charge of wasting police time if she didn't clear the line. Hirsch said: "I had finished the crossword except for this one answer and I was totally stumped. I had looked all over the internet and asked friends. It was really bothering me. The clue was for the full name of a police border protection unit so I thought they would not mind helping and I called the hotline - but they were really rude.  All I wanted was a bit of help and it would only have taken them a second to tell me the answer but instead I got told to get off the line."

A police spokesman said: "It is called an emergency number for a reason - to deal with emergencies. Crossword solutions are not an emergency."

Crosswords - leave them in the toilet where they belong!

Well can I order a pizza then?

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