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Other crossword clues for answer "PURISTS"

PURISTS
They frown on slang
Uncompromising types
Grammar police, e.g.
Sticklers
Tampering opponents
They don't compromise
Grammar police, for instance
Sticklers for perfection
Overparticular persons.
Meticulous grammarians.
Advocates of precise usage in language.
Careful speakers.
Precise persons.
Particular ones
Precisionists
Language conservatives
Fanatics of a sort
They go by the book
Strict observers of the rules
Pedants
Strict rule-observers
Ones not likely to break the rules
Sticklers for the rules
French Academy members, e.g.