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Jorum

Jorum (noun)
An unlikely word that a crossword solver constructs from the wordplay and crossing letters only to discover that it actually exists in the dictionary.

I’ve never come across “flibbertygibit” before. That’s a JORUM for me

by Fifteensquared February 18, 2025

Nina

In a crossword, particularly a British cryptic crossword, A Nina is a message (or theme words etc) hidden in the grid, sometimes round the perimeter, sometimes along a diagonal or sometimes in the unchecked squares in a particular row or column (or more than one of each). Its name is derived from the American cartoonist Al Hirschfeld’s habit of hiding his daughter’s name, Nina, in his cartoons.

I spotted the Nina "HYENA" in the unchecked letters in the middle row

by Fifteensquared February 20, 2025