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. In 2024 David and his wife Linda secured a weekly cryptic and quick slot in The SMH and The Age. David has also been published in the NYT, the UK's FT and Church Times.-
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The Stickler Weekly 155 Solution
It’s much easier for me to predict that a clue is going to prove difficult for solver than it is to say that it’s going to be easy to solve. I know as I write a clue whether an element … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 155
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 155 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 155 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 155 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 155 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 154 Solution
Some cryptic crossword blogs ask readers to come up a clues for a given word. This is a good thing, giving readers to opportunity to channel their inner setter. Most crossword blogs are attached to a particular crossword or group … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 155 Delayed Just One Day
Problems out of my control with WordPress, the software I use to create this blog, and Optus, my service provider, have caused just one day delay in the publishing of The Stickler Weekly 155 and the solution to 154. Please … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 154
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 154 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 154 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 154 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 154 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 153 Solution
I’m heading off on a tangent this week. The Oxford English dictionary announced its word of the year recently. It came from a shortlist of a “wide range of words which have had an impact on 2016, for better or … Continue reading
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