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 71 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 70 Solution
I bet if I asked you for your favourite cryptic clue, or you were asked for an example of a cryptic clue, it would either be a cryptic definition (where there’s a disguised definition and no wordplay) or an &lit … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 70
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 70 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 70 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 70 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 70 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly – One Week Break
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The Stickler Weekly 69 Solution
I can’t really remember my first steps when I decided to try to compile a cryptic crossword, however, I do know lots of things I DIDN’T do before attempting to do so. It’s a common mistake for an amateur to … Continue reading
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The Stickler Holiday Special #1 Solution
Answer: JANUARY TWENTY-SIX, AUSTRALIA DAY Across 7 JOY-RIDE Joey excited about free pleasure trip (3-4) Anagram of JOEY outside RID 8 ANNULET Small ring sabotaged a tunnel (7) Anagram of A TUNNEL 10 NAVY BLUE Argument in one of the … Continue reading
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The Stickler Holiday Special #1
Here’s a crossword I put together about 5 years ago as a holiday special. I couldn’t convince any paper to run it so it’s been sitting around on my old website all this time. It is possible that you may … Continue reading
The Stickler Weekly 69
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 69 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 69 Solution … Continue reading
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