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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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AFR Cryptic, Saturday 18/8/2018, Clue Hints
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AFR Cryptic (11/8/2018) Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 CONSTELLATION Company people, outside front of store, make out group of stars (13) (CO + NATION) outside [(S)TORE + TELL] 9 RAMPAGING Memory management running out of control (9) RAM PAGING 10 TOUCH End … Continue reading
The Stickler Weekly 237
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 237 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 237 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 237 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 237 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 236 Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 REDUNDANT Surplus wine and nuts mostly repackaged (9) RED + anagram of (AND NUT)S 6 PACT Agreement is solid, according to auditor (4) Sounds like PACKED 10 HAVEN Get close to Anderson shelter (5) … Continue reading
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AFR Cryptic, Saturday 11/8/2018, Clue Hints
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AFR Cryptic (4/8/2018) Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 ROLLER COASTER Local restorer restored playground equipment? (6,7) Anagram of LOCAL RESTORER 9 ALPHA Representative of a political group has not finished (5) ALP + (HA)s 10 REVOLTING Dreadful fan returned sound as a … Continue reading
The Stickler Weekly 236
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 236 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 236 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 236 Clue Hints
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