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You think that's fucked?
The inability to pronounce "R" is called Rhotacism.
If you have it you're literally unable to say the name of it
Relevant XKCD
18 across says “every third letter in the word for “inability to visualise””.
You'd need to figure out what word this is, and then visualise every third letter of it. Which you can't do if you have it!
The word is
AphantasiaSo the answer for 18 across was aaaa?
Yep, the whole crossword puzzle is like that.
The fear of long words is called "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia."
That's awefull and hilarious at the same time!