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 78 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 77 Solution
Most of my crossword career has been dedicated to producing top-quality cryptic crosswords, always remembering that the solver is much more important than me. To this end, and with the help of the right web tools that allow solvers to … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 77
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 77 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 77 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 77 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 77 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 76 Solution
Some weeks ago, a NZ setter, David Tossman, wrote on his weekly blog about purging “anachronisms” from his setter’s toolset. (David writes a cryptic for The Listener in NZ and his blog format for solutions inspired my weekly ramblings). David … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 76
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 76 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 76 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 76 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 76 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 75 Solution
Last week I ran an introduction to cryptic crosswords through a Sydney and Melbourne based group called Laneway Learning. Their aim is to get (mostly) innercity folk to try new things and they make use of cafes that would normally … Continue reading
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