A person who enjoys or is skilled at solving crosswords.
纵横填字游戏爱好者；纵横填字游戏高手
Example sentencesExamples
For those cruciverbalists craving more, the American Crossword Federation will be host of a week-long Alaskan cruise in August with daily instructional seminars on puzzle-solving strategy.
In the idiom of the trade, Adams is a cruciverbalist.
According to Hinman, each year, about 500 amateur, professional, and generally interested cruciverbalists show up at the tournament to compete in one of the five divisions designated A through E, five more divisions separated by age group, and eleven geographical breakdowns.
So, cat was ‘aaa’ (not to be confused with that bird beloved of Scrabble players and cruciverbalists, the a'a).
He is a well-respected cruciverbalist, whose puzzles have appeared in just about every major U.S. newspaper.
Origin
1970s: from Latin crux, cruci- 'cross' and verbalist.