About the Setter
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.
Monthly Archives: September 2023
AFR Cryptic, Saturday 30/9/2023, Clue Hints
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AFR Cryptic (23/9/2023) Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 FORECAST Prophecy supporting a sect experiencing conversion (8) FOR + anagram of A SECT 5 GROTTO Source of glow-worms possibly reached crossing river (6) GOT TO outside R 10 SECOND-IN-COMMAND Deputy condemns nomadic wandering … Continue reading
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AFR Cryptic, Saturday 23/9/2023, Clue Hints
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AFR Cryptic (16/9/2023) Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 HIPPODROME Fashionable school located next to Rome’s music hall (10) HIP + POD + ROME 6 LEWD Substance retrieved from contaminated well is blue (4) contaminateD WELl reversed 10 THEFT Stealing from the vacated … Continue reading
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AFR Cryptic, Saturday 16/9/2023, Clue Hints
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AFR Cryptic (9/9/2023) Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 PECANS Open unsealed containers with nuts? (6) o)PE(n + CANS 5 PRO TEM Habitual routine adopted by cabinetmaker for the time being? (3,3) ROTE inside PM 11 UNDERDONE Rare sort of dune, one formed … Continue reading
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