Answer to Puzzle Contest (from the winner):

"Intransigent

The word refers to someone or something that is not capable of being diverted from a course, in other words, someone or something that is uncompromising. The last four letters, gent, refer, somewhat archaically, to a man of noble or gentle birth."

Winner: Conway Redding, La Mesa, CA

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