Answer:

playwright

Answer	Crossword Clue
PLAYWRIGHT	Coward, for one
PLAYWRIGHT	Dramatist
PLAYWRIGHT	Wilde or Wilder, at times

PLAYWRIGHT	Neil Simon, e.g.
PLAYWRIGHT	Scene maker
PLAYWRIGHT	Shaw or Pinter, among others
PLAYWRIGHT	Wilde or Wilder

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.