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Title: Words too obscure? DINGES and GRIGRI
Post by: robgonsalves on December 05, 2017, 12:01:47 AM

Greetings, I'm putting together a 15x15 puzzle that has the difficulty of a NYT Saturday.

I'm happy with the long across words and phrases. The fill is good in general, but I have two words that may be too obscure:

DINGES - (singular) South African slang for thingamabob

GRIGRI - Assisted braking device to help secure rock-climbers

I tried to replace these two words, but I end up nuking most of the puzzle. Thoughts?

Title: Re: Words too obscure? DINGES and GRIGRI
Post by: Glenn9999 on December 06, 2017, 01:13:06 AM

In my view they are too obscure.

Title: Re: Words too obscure? DINGES and GRIGRI
Post by: cranberry44 on December 07, 2017, 05:28:19 PM

I don't know if this helps any; but "grigri," per Wikipedia, is an alternate spelling of "gris-gris," which is a Voodoo amulet.
In New Orleans, I have heard people use this word in re: some so-called Voodoo trinkets they sell down there.