According to EB White, someone who “knows more about writing than writers do, but who has escaped the terrible desire to write” Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EDITOR According to EB White, someone who “knows more about writing than writers do, but who has escaped the terrible desire to write” (6) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 22, 2020
5% PEN Write (3) LA Times Daily Dec 24, 2025
5% GEEKY Like someone who knows everything about a niche subject, maybe (5) New York Times Dec 16, 2025
5% CURSIVE Loopy writing (7) New York Times Dec 14, 2025
5% GHOST ___ writers, "invisible" authors who might write spooky wordplay (5)
5% ENCODE Write cryptograms (6) Eugene Sheffer Dec 13, 2025
5% NIB The point of writing? (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 13, 2025
5% ESSAY Writing class writing assignment (5) LA Times Daily Dec 8, 2025
5% PROSE Much writing (5) Thomas Joseph Dec 6, 2025
5% SCRAWL Poor writing (6) Puzzler Backwords Dec 2, 2025

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