deviser

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But he remains the engaging, articulate and uncensored champion of artistic freedom and the ingenious deviser of “Midnight’s Children” and other lauded works of fiction.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Far more are employed only by the deviser and his partner.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2014

This is all catnip to Terry Gilliam, deviser of the Monty Python animations and co-director of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

From Time Magazine Archive

Charles Robert Morris, 67, deviser of the pellets-in-a-fishbowl process of drawing the first draft numbers; in Lebanon, N.J.

From Time Magazine Archive

The deviser of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes hit on a happy phrase when he declared that "the problem and its solution must form the theme."

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