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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. 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 112 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 112 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 111 Solution
The concept of “double duty” is an easy one to understand: part or parts of a cryptic clue have more than one role, that is, to be truely technically correct the double duty element(s) would have to be repeated for … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 111
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 111 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 111 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 111 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 110 Solution
Over the years I’ve written just about every kind of crossword you can imagine, from the 3-minute, heavily-interlocked quick to the Y2K monster history puzzle that contained at least one clue for each year of the preceding century. Every puzzle … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 110
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 110 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 110 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 110 Clue Hints
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