puzzle master

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A puzzle master is someone with exceptional skill at creating or solving puzzles—crosswords, logic problems, riddles, or similar challenges.

The term often describes professional puzzle constructors or competition champions: The puzzle master designed the newspaper's Sunday crossword for thirty years.

It can also be used loosely for anyone notably good at puzzles.

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Inexperienced newcomer to field

beginner · amateur · neophyte · incompetent · bumbler

role in puzzle activity

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solver · contestant · participant · player · competitor

cognitive approach

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Absentminded, disorganized person

muddlehead · simpleton · dullard · airhead

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G