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 148 Solution
23-across in last week’s crossword is a little “out of character” for a Stickler puzzle. I put it in there on purpose to give me something to write about this week (sort of). The clue, A clock, one with a … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly – Help Wanted
The Stickler Weekly continues, but… Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 148
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 148 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 148 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 148 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 148 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 147 Solution
Last week I mentioned that the medically-themed weekly cryptic I did for a medical publication was the hardest regular cryptic I’ve had to write due to the specific nature of medical words. The hardest non-cryptic I’ve written on a regular … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 147
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 147 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 147 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 147 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 147 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 146 Solution
In 2006 I was contacted by a weekly medical publication about doing a medically-themed cryptic. I’ve always had problems setting a price for crosswords of all kinds – it’s not totally about the time taken to set a crossword, it’s … Continue reading
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