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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 95 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 94 Solution
Clue-writing competitions are common on the internet. There are a number of different types like the public ones run through the Google group, rec.puzzles.crosswords, or club ones like the Times or in the ACC’s magazine, CroZworld. Sometimes they are impromptu, … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 94
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 94 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 94 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 94 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 94 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 93 Solution
Crossword blogs are a great source of information regarding particular crosswords, but more, they provide insight into the psyche of crossword solvers. I have taken many comments from crossword blogs and used them as a basis for cryptic comment of … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 93
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 93 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 93 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 93 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 93 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 92 Solution
When I’m looking for something to say about cryptic crosswords, it’s easy to end up in the area of the technicalities that sometimes arise in cryptic blogs like use of capitalisation, nounal anagram indicators or what a “?” means. Recently, … Continue reading
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