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 82 Solution
I sometimes get asked about how I come up with clues like 15-across: Central feature of ice age? (8), a clue-type called an &lit (and literally). It must be remembered that a good setter will always approach the writing of … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 82
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 82 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 82 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 82 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 82 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly Taking a Week Off
The Stickler Weekly is taking a week off due to illness. I’m on a tight production schedule and a bout of sinusitis has provided no time to get it done. Thanks everyone for your continuing support. The Stickler Weekly will … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 81 Solution
I imagine most people at one stage have said “I wish I had a dollar for every time…”. There’s no doubt that I would be a rich man if the sentence ended with “…someone expressed the desire to learn how … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 81
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 81 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 81 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 81 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 81 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 80 Solution
Last week I talked a little about cryptic definitions and comments made by Braze on his blog. Basically, like the rest of the world, North America struggles to really embrace cryptics but this isn’t a current phenomenon, it’s always been … Continue reading
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