In the Fall/24 issue of The Core, Benjamin Recchie, AB’03, wrote about a group of undergrads who create crossword puzzles that have been published in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and more.

But having a puzzle accepted by one of these prestigious publications is rare. The most dependable outlet is The Chicago Maroon, where Pravan Chakravarthy, Class of 2025, and Henry Josephson, Class of 2025, edit the crossword section.

The Maroon offers one thing the other outlets cannot: an audience that enjoys UChicago references and in-jokes. Chakravarthy and Josephson have created a UChicago-specific word list with more than a thousand entries. Among them:

AFRICANCIV 
BIGPROBLEMS
CANYOUSIGNMEIN
CHICAGOPRINCIPLES
DOLLARMILKSHAKEWEDNESDAY
DONTSTEPONTHESEAL
FUNDAMENTALS
HONORSANALYSIS
HYDEPARKPRODUCE
LIFEOFTHEMIND
MANSUETO
MAROONDOLLARS
METRAELECTRIC
MIDNIGHTSOCCER
MISHACOLLINS
ORIENTATIONWEEK
PROMONTORYPOINT
PSET
READINGPERIOD
THEREG
SNELLHITCHCOCK
SOSC
VITAEXCOLATUR
WHENHARRYMETSALLY
WOODLAWNTAP

What other words or phrases should be included? Submit your suggestions.