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David Stickley has been writing crosswords professionally since 1995. His cryptic puzzle, The Stickler, reached number 4786 before being axed in July 2013 due to cutbacks. David has been published in the NYT and the UK's FT.-
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Monthly Archives: December 2014
The Stickler Weekly 65
The Stickler for this week is now available. Please select your preferred solving format. The solution to this puzzle will appear next week. Clue Hints for The Stickler Weekly 65 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 65 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 65 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 65 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 64 Solution
It’s amazing out of the thousands of possible words that can fit into a grid, how often words could end up being related in some way. It’s not uncommon to have two words that are synonymous or a few words … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 64
The Stickler for this week is now available. Please select your preferred solving format. The solution to this puzzle will appear next week. Clue Hints for The Stickler Weekly 64 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 64 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 64 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 64 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 63 Solution
I was alerted by the rec.puzzles.crosswords newsgroup to an editing mistake in a recent Times crossword, and thought I’d talk about it briefly as I think it highlights a couple of interesting things. Here’s the faulty clue: Disturbance in field … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 63
The Stickler for this week is now available. Please select your preferred solving format. The solution to this puzzle will appear next week. Clue Hints for The Stickler Weekly 63 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 63 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 63 Clue Hints
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