Clues for the word "PURIST"
We've had 25 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 35 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 09, 2025.
Definition of purist
- n. - One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.
- n. - One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek.
Referring Clues
- Noncompromiser
- Precisionist
- Uncompromising sort
- One intolerant of deviation
- Strict adherent
- One unlikely to compromise
- Stickler
- Stickler for correctness
- Punctilious professor, e.g.
- One insistent on perfection
- Stickler, of a sort
- Stickler for details
- One resistant to change
- Strict grammarian
- Type not susceptible to compromise
- Stickler for perfection
- One unlikely to experiment
- Not one to try new ideas
- Stir up (anag) - pedant
- Agitatedly stir up a pedant
- Strict observer
- Pedant
- Might his clean thinking stir up change?
- Person for whom it's all or nothing
- Very precise sort
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 13, 2025
- New York Times - January 12, 2025
- USA Today - March 06, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - December 27, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 22, 2018
- Guardian Quick - August 01, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 12, 2017
- Universal - February 24, 2017
- LA Times - February 03, 2017
- Universal - January 24, 2017
- New York Times - October 13, 2016
- Netword - November 10, 2015
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 11, 2015
- New York Times - January 28, 2015
- Wall Street Journal - November 21, 2014
- Jonesin - April 01, 2014
- Netword - May 01, 2013
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 03, 2012
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 13, 2011
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 28, 2011
- Netword - August 14, 2011
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 10, 2010
- Washington Post - April 22, 2010
- New York Times - December 15, 2009
- USA Today - August 26, 2009
- Universal - September 28, 2008
- USA Today - April 29, 2008
- New York Times - April 01, 2008
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 31, 2007
- And in 5 more crossword puzzles...