Eggheaded Show Offs Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
	33%	5		Eggheaded experts
	noun • an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
	33%	5		Eggheaded sorts
	noun • an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious • an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession

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	Clue	Source
1	Calisthenics for show-offs New York Times - 13 Nov 2010	New York Times / 13 Nov 2010
2	Eggheaded experts New York Times - 01 Aug 2008	New York Times / 01 Aug 2008
3	Eggheaded sorts New York Times - 26 Aug 2014	New York Times / 26 Aug 2014
4	Leaders in fashion or pretentious show-offs? The Guardian Cryptic - 27 Mar 2020	The Guardian Cryptic / 27 Mar 2020
5	Show-offs New York Times - 28 Jul 1987	New York Times / 28 Jul 1987
6	Show-offs
7	Verbal show-offs

Doctrinaires' kin
Ostentatious scholars
Hairsplitters
They split hairs
Know-it-alls
They're out of step and overfussy
Sticklers
Nitpicking types
Rigorists would see opposition leader in underwear

9 and rebels among their favourites?
Balls trapped in underwear — they split hairs
Inferior education's received by those insisting on strict adherence to rules
Good fact-checking types
Nitpickers
Fussy people with power biting insect's head off!
Journalist admitted to bloomers for nitpickers
Bookish types

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