Pedant (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pedant</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(a pedant is a stickler for detail)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for stickler that I've seen before include "Trickles for someone who insists" , "Purist" , "Punctilious, insistent person" , "Perfectionist" , "One's less than flexible" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pedant</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(purist is a kind of pedant)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for purist that I've seen before include "Pedantic type" , "Over-fastidious person" , "scrupulous" , "One who insists on precision and correctness" , "Fastidious person" .)
(Other definitions for nitpicker that I've seen before include "Particular person" , "Knocker" , "pedantic fault-finder" , "Petty finder of errors" , "critic" .)