Pedant's delight during summer on vacation |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
31 Aug 2025 |
Very precise individual line in adhesive label |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
06 Aug 2025 |
Obstinately demanding person |
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Second feather, say, one splitting hairs? (8) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
25 Jul 2025 |
Pedant (8) |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Jul 2025 |
Purist |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jul 2025 |
Perfectionist staff left Keir regularly |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
24 Jun 2025 |
He's fussy, as the label carrying the number will show (8) |
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Punctilious individual beginning to solve tricky puzzle |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Apr 2025 |
One who insists on a bit of rhubarb with some celery? (8) |
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One who keeps going on about a learner being a punctilious type (8) |
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It is brought up by newly-appointed clerk, one who's 25? (8) |
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Person who insists on a certain quality |
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Dogmatist left label on the outside (8) |
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Pedantic and demanding person |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
16 Dec 2024 |
A person who insists on a certain quality or type of behaviour (8) |
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One's particular about how things are done (8) |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Nov 2024 |
Perfectionist's make-up trickles (8) |
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Demanding person (8) |
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Pedant noted label worn by leading lady |
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Label length took in pedant (8) |
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One wanting great precision in line in display material |
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Being 21ac, Rod gets the back half of an antler (8) |
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Punctilious contender from left loading weapon |
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Fusspot |
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Pernickety person (8) |
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Pedant, fusspot |
The Times Concise |
11 May 2024 |
He keeps going on about a learner being a punctilious type (8) |
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One less than flexible pole and feather duster? |
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One who's determined to preserve rules essentially? |
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Criticism over clerk removing jacket, a punctilious sort (8) |
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Perfectionist finding swab originally left inside heart (8) |
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Fusspot wrapped adhesive label around letterhead (8) |
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Martinet succeeded overseeing trout fisherman? |
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Singular person who amuses perfectionist |
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Singular person who amuses perfectionist (8) |
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Head of school, teaser and martinet? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Dec 2022 |
Small chap manually catching fish, a particular type |
The Times Cryptic |
31 Oct 2022 |
Perfectionist provided ultimately faultless puzzle |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Jul 2022 |
Someone who fastidiously insists on something |
Irish Times Simplex |
15 Feb 2022 |
Disciplinarian, martinet |
Irish Times Simplex |
03 Feb 2022 |
Fussy type covers front of ledger with adhesive label |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Nov 2021 |
Perfectionist left in label |
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Authoritarian abuse over the French right |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Aug 2021 |
Large adhesive label covers disciplinarian |
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Label describing lecturer as pedant? |
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Pedant needs to stay alert in the middle |
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Student's prime requirement – someone to amuse or disciplinarian? |
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Disciplinarian |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jan 2021 |
Insert line in notice for pedant |
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Exacting sort |
The Washington Post |
08 Feb 2020 |
Exacting sort |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2020 |
Punctilious type left in gummed label |
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Precise sort of knife left cuts |
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Singular problem for punctilious person |
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Disciplinarian, martinet |
Irish Times Simplex |
24 Jul 2019 |
There's no pleasing purist nun with a frog in her throat |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 Jul 2019 |
Disciplinarian left adhesive label outside |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 May 2019 |
Pedant |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 May 2019 |
Stamp perhaps left inside by perfectionist |
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Nit-picker |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 May 2018 |
Special, tricky puzzle for pernickety individual |
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Perfectionist |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Jan 2018 |
Fussy person glued label about learner |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Oct 2017 |
Demanding individual senior nurses apply light touch |
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Label outlining conclusion of anal pedant |
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Perfectionist beginning to sob, heart broken by learner |
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Fusspot's second difficult problem |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Mar 2017 |
Perfectionist inserting line in attachable notice |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Jan 2017 |
Perfectionist beginning to sob, heart broken by learner |
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Baton Rouge's first to welcome the French martinet |
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There's no pleasing purist nun swallowing frog in her throat |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Jun 2016 |
One fastidiously insists on something |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 May 2016 |
One hard to budge |
Family Time |
10 Jan 2016 |
Unyieldingly insistent type |
Premier Sunday |
10 Jan 2016 |
Martinet |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Oct 2015 |
Pedant succeeded with puzzle |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Oct 2015 |
Left wearing label 'pedantic type' |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Jul 2015 |
Perfectionist gives son a problem |
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Label's left inside for perfectionist |
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Line taken by persistent sort (fusspot) |
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Pedant has left in the price tag |
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Perfectionist |
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One hard to budge |
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Person not easily budged |
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Perfectionist |
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Perfectionist |
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Perfectionist |
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Slave to detail |
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Difficult problem |
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Purist |
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Strict disciplinarian. |
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