A word?

[chickenfeet]

There ought to be a word for things one knows only because of crossword puzzles. Perhaps there is. Crucisignifier or crypteme perhaps?

Comments

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see what you mean. Cruciscience?

And, well, the answer was "CASSEROLE" (usually reached after everyone exhaust their stocks of lewd double- and simple-entendres.)

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Well all my feeble attempts began C-U-L so I can see how that might happen