The Stickler Weekly 232

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The solution to this puzzle will appear next week.

  Clue Hints for The Stickler Weekly 232
  Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 232
  Solution to The Stickler No. 3024
  Invest in the Future of The Stickler

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It’s a weekly crossword, so please don’t give/discuss any full answers until the solution is posted (such posts will be deleted/edited).

Enjoy!

The Stickler

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The Stickler Weekly 232 Clue Hints

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Click on underlined text for explanation of terms.

Need more hints for these or other clues? Just leave a reply below.


1-across


12-across

13-across

16-across

17-across

21-across

25-across

28-across

1-down

3-down

5-down

7-down


17-down

18-down

20-down


Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
A pointer that signifies the placing of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents) on the INSIDE of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents).

Examples: held by, kept by, embraced by - anything that creates the image of being contained.

A word or series of words that signify the removal of a letter, letters, word or words (or their equivalents) from other parts of the clue (or their equivalents).

Examples: taken from, decreased by, less.

A pointer that signifies the placing of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents) around the OUTSIDE of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents).

Examples: holding, keeping, embracing - anything that creates the image of containment.

A pointer that signifies the placing of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents) around the OUTSIDE of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents).

Examples: holding, keeping, embracing - anything that creates the image of containment.

A word or series of words that signify a mixing-up of letters.

Examples: changed, at sea, confused, all over the place - anything that indicates change or jumbling.

Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
A type of clue that involves the mixing up of letters without the inclusion of a letter or letters. This clue will have an anagram indicator to signify jumbling and a subtraction indicator to signify the removal of a letter or letters.

A removed letter may be as seen in the clue, an abbreviation for a word in the clue, or the result of another cryptic device like taking the initial letter from a word. Removed letters may be a whole word as seen in a clue, the synonym of a word in the clue (if that synonym is contiguous within the anagram fodder), or the result of another cryptic device like taking the middle two letters from a word.

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The Stickler Weekly 232 Overseas Help

Welcome all cryptic crossword solvers.

Some cryptic crosswords are tough purely because local lingo is used and not understood by all, especially those living outside of Australia. This post seeks to fill this vernacular gap.

The clues listed here may contain a component not familiar to all outside of Australia.

(click on the clue number to see the inside information)


12-across

Like to add something I’ve missed to help others, or comment on a meaning, term or expression? Please leave a reply below.

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The Stickler Revisited No. 3024, 1/12/2007

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The solution to this puzzle will appear next week.

Solution to The Stickler No. 3023
Invest in the Future of The Stickler

Enjoy!

The Stickler

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The Stickler Revisited

I’m having a couple of weeks off attending to matters that just have to be done. So this week and next week I’ll be publishing some regular Sticklers that appeared in The Daily Telegraph in late 2007. These are “warts and all”, that is, they have Australian clues and clues of the time, that may slow some of you down. Remember these crosswords were created for a daily audience and so won’t be at the same level as The Stickler Weekly. I’m also not publishing any clue hints and the solutions will be newspaper-style (no workings).

Good luck!

The Stickler

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The Stickler Revisited No. 3023, 30/11/2007

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  Solution to The Stickler Weekly 231
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Enjoy!

The Stickler

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The Stickler Weekly 231 Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 ROBUSTNESS
Fracture in sensor adversely impacted health (10) BUST inside anagram of SENSOR
6 ICED
Slices of liquorice dessert should be kept cool (4) liquorICE Dessert
9 TUBES
Pipes are finally put inside cleaning units (5) AR(E) inside TUBS
10 CHRISTMAS
Monarchists abroad missing out on holiday (9) Anagram of MONARCHISTS minus ON
12 ILLITERATE
One lacking education is threatening to repeat (10) ILL + ITERATE
13 SEE
Recognise letter read out (3) Sounds like C
15 RENNET
Apple extract used in making cheese (6) Double Definition
16 DEADENED
A study in legal documentation may be toned down (8) (A + DEN) inside DEED
18 MARSH GAS
Methane from planet Mercury, for instance (5,3) MARS + HG + AS
20 UNISON
Tertiary institution’s operating with complete agreement (6) UNIS + ON
23 TUN
Large quantity of beer and fruitcake knocked back (3) NUT reversed
24 PERMISSION
Leave retired agent with high-level assignment (10) REP reversed + MISSION
26 CAVALCADE
Train a large rat captured in cave (9) (A + L + CAD) inside CAVE
27 REACH
Come to a head after end of semester (5) EACH after SEMESTE(R)
28 SURE
Stable land by the sea by the sound of it (4) Sounds like SHORE
29 DENOUEMENT
Outstanding people, holding one, turned back time in final act (10) (DUE + MEN) outside (ONE reversed) + T
 Down  Answers and Clues Explanations
1 RATS
Principal recalled an exclamation of annoyance (4) STAR reversed
2 BABYLON
Child left working in historic city in Iraq (7) BABY + L + ON
3 SISTINE CHAPEL
Sister reserved place in the Vatican building? (7,6) SIS + anagram of PLACE IN THE
4 NICKEL
Steal centrepiece of bell metal (6) NICK + B(EL)L
5 SERRATED
River rat tucked into kernel with sharp, forward-pointing teeth (8) (R + RAT) inside SEED
7 COMES ON
Carbon combined with oxygen particle develops (5,2) C + O + MESON
8 DISTENDING
Doctor initially is looking after swelling (10) (D)OCTOR + IS + TENDING
11 SPENDING SPREE
Special resolutions altered peer’s extravagant use of money (8,5) SP + ENDINGS + anagram of PEER
14 DRUMSTICKS
Last drop of methylated spirit penetrates beaters (10) METHYLATE(D) + RUM + STICKS
17 FAIR GAME
Golf following broadcast hosted by celebrity is sport (4,4) (G after AIR) inside FAME
19 RAN OVER
Denial admitted by party animal should be reviewed (3,4) NO inside RAVER
21 STORAGE
Space for keeping stuff held by publicist or agent (7) publiciST OR AGEnt
22 DINERO
One who eats nothing with American bread (6) DINER + O
25 CHAT
Informal talk has not finished in court (4) (HA)S inside CT

 

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The Stickler Weekly 231

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 231
  Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 231
  Solution to The Stickler Weekly 230
Insights for this week
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Please include comments or discussion about this crossword below.
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It’s a weekly crossword, so please don’t give/discuss any full answers until the solution is posted (such posts will be deleted/edited).

Enjoy!

The Stickler

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The Stickler Weekly 231 Clue Hints

(click on the clue number to see the hint)

Click on underlined text for explanation of terms.

Need more hints for these or other clues? Just leave a reply below.





12-across



23-across

24-across


27-across

29-across

2-down

3-down





17-down


Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
The answer is hidden among the words of the clue. No spare words should be present. A suitable hidden indicator will point to the buried text.

Examples: part of, associated with, types of.

A type of clue that involves the mixing up of letters without the inclusion of a letter or letters. This clue will have an anagram indicator to signify jumbling and a subtraction indicator to signify the removal of a letter or letters.

A removed letter may be as seen in the clue, an abbreviation for a word in the clue, or the result of another cryptic device like taking the initial letter from a word. Removed letters may be a whole word as seen in a clue, the synonym of a word in the clue (if that synonym is contiguous within the anagram fodder), or the result of another cryptic device like taking the middle two letters from a word.

The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
A question mark has been used to indicate "language abuse", that is, a word or words in a clue are used in a technically incorrect way, but the meaning can be still inferred.

Example: A indeed (?) could mean to insert A inside deed.

A word or series of words that signify a mixing-up of letters.

Examples: changed, at sea, confused, all over the place - anything that indicates change or jumbling.

The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The answer is hidden among the words of the clue. No spare words should be present. A suitable hidden indicator will point to the buried text.

Examples: part of, associated with, types of.

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The Stickler Weekly 231 Overseas Help

Welcome all cryptic crossword solvers.

Some cryptic crosswords are tough purely because local lingo is used and not understood by all, especially those living outside of Australia. This post seeks to fill this vernacular gap.

There aren’t any extra hints needed this week.

Like to add something I’ve missed to help others, or comment on a meaning, term or expression? Please leave a reply below.

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