cruciverbalist
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cru·ci·ver·bal·ist
(krū'sə-vûr'bə-lĭst) 
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n.
- A constructor of crosswords.
- An enthusiast of word games, especially of crosswords.
[From Latin crux, cruc-, cross + Latin verbum, word (translation of EnglishCROSSWORD).]
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How appropriate that in the world of crossword puzzles, where people are always trying to think of different and unusual ways to say things, a crossword puzzler — one who constructs or solves these challenges — is called a cruciverbalist (from the Latin words for "cross" and "word"):
"This week's guest wordsmith Dr. Vincent de Luise is... a lifelong spelling bee participant, scrabbler, and cruciverbalist"
Link: A.Word.A.Day -- iris
Posted July 11, 2006.
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