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.
| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | YELLOW STREAK | |
| Quality of chicken store well treated in talk (6,6) | Anagram of STORE WELL inside YAK | |
| 9 | DIGITAL | |
| Really like it all largely available in electronic form (7) | DIG + IT + (AL)L | |
| 10 | BAR NONE | |
| To a man a farm building must be next to one (3,4) | BARN + ONE | |
| 11 | THEORY | |
| Helium forming minor part of conservative hypothesis (6) | HE inside TORY | |
| 12 | IRONCLAD | |
| Very strict club (and clubs) dealt with youngster (8) | IRON + C + LAD | |
| 14 | DONER KEBAB | |
| Accomplished baker cooked starter of brilliant Middle Eastern food (5,5) | DONE + anagram of BAKER + (B)RILLIANT | |
| 16 | EDEN | |
| Residents of NZ entered paradise? (4) | enzED ENtered | |
| 18 | RARE | |
| Bloody exceptional (4) | Double Definition | |
| 19 | FIELD EVENT | |
| Shot put, say, lifted awkwardly across square (5,5) | Anagram of LIFTED outside EVEN | |
| 22 | PRESENTS | |
| Leading member of parish is offended by offerings (8) | (P)ARISH + RESENTS | |
| 23 | AT EASE | |
| A drink, followed by sex, mostly is relaxed (2,4) | A + TEA + (SE)X | |
| 26 | CRIMSON | |
| Crook family member is flushed (7) | CRIM + SON | |
| 27 | IN A WORD | |
| One on ward suffering disorder briefly (2,1,4) | I + anagram of ON WARD | |
| 28 | SPACE BLANKET | |
| Step clear wearing regular warm clothing (5,7) | (PACE + BLANK) inside SET | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 2 | EAGLE | |
| Each golfer regularly recorded shot on course (5) | EA + (G)o(L)f(E)r | |
| 3 | LITERARY | |
| Learned final part of testimony after ordering of retrial (8) | TESTIMON(Y) after anagram of RETRIAL | |
| 4 | WOLF | |
| Playboy issue turned up (4) | FLOW reversed | |
| 5 | TABERNACLE | |
| Celebrant prepared outside a place of worship (10) | Anagram of CELEBRANT outside A | |
| 6 | ERRING | |
| Sleeper, say, with a piece missing, is slipping (6) | EARRING minus A | |
| 7 | KNOWLEDGE | |
| King immediately left border with specific information (9) | K + NOW + L + EDGE | |
| 8 | SEND ON | |
| Forward’s goal guarded by local lad (4,2) | END inside SON | |
| 9 | DATED | |
| Square is late getting up, taking time (5) | DEAD reversed outside T | |
| 13 | RESISTANCE | |
| Opposition’s rise changed a point of view (10) | Anagram of RISE + STANCE | |
| 15 | NURSERIES | |
| Plant growers run back and forth? (9) | RUN reversed + SERIES (synonym for RUN) | |
| 17 | RESTRAIN | |
| Check wet weather after time of little activity (8) | RAIN after REST | |
| 18 | REPACK | |
| Restore music collection kept in stand (6) | EP inside RACK | |
| 20 | TREND | |
| Fashion centres in Britain and Australia close (5) | BRI(T)AIN + AUST(R)ALIA + END | |
| 21 | PERSIA | |
| Is agent withdrawn by a division in Asia once? (6) | (IS + REP) reversed + A | |
| 24 | ADORE | |
| Really like a means of access provided by auditor (5) | A + sounds like DOOR | |
| 25 | TILL | |
| Turn over store for money (4) | Double Definition |
A while back, prominent Stickler blog contributor, Arthur, responded to my story regarding a crossword that proved to be too popular for its own good. Continue reading
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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.
Examples: held by, kept by, embraced by - anything that creates the image of being contained.
Example: A indeed (?) could mean to insert A inside deed.
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)
Like to add something I’ve missed to help others, or comment on a meaning, term or expression? Please leave a reply below.
| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SOURCE | |
| Author’s cheekiness apparent in speech (6) | Sounds like SAUCE | |
| 4 | EDUCATES | |
| Schools see about collecting old gold coin (8) | SEE reversed outside DUCAT | |
| 9 | PITON | |
| Lean back on a mountaineering support (5) | TIP reversed + ON | |
| 10 | DALLIANCE | |
| Everyone I put together in social event is flirting (9) | (ALL + I) inside DANCE | |
| 11 | RANGERS | |
| Conclusion of professor greatly annoys park officers (7) | PROFESSO(R) + ANGERS | |
| 12 | COPYCAT | |
| Policeman prepared factory except for one likely to take off (7) | COP + (anagram of FACTORY minus FOR) | |
| 13 | TOLL | |
| Cost to start from London doubled (4) | TO + [(L)ONDON two times] | |
| 14 | HEATHROW | |
| International terminal’s manager curtailed launch (8) | (HEA)D + THROW | |
| 17 | DEFOREST | |
| Take away woods and land’s final lot of trees for development (8) | LAN(D) + anagram of OF TREES | |
| 19 | FADE | |
| Decline an ironclad promotion? (4) | AD inside FE | |
| 22 | ISOLATE | |
| Quarantine is slow absorbing oxygen (7) | (IS + LATE) outside O | |
| 24 | EARNING | |
| Getting scholarship after the end of school (7) | LEARNING after the letter SCHOO(L) | |
| 25 | SPECIFIES | |
| Defines condition contracted by taxonomic group (9) | IF inside SPECIES | |
| 26 | AROMA | |
| A tomato’s smell (5) | A + ROMA | |
| 27 | SPACE-AGE | |
| Ultra-modern speed popped by smart man (5-3) | PACE inside SAGE | |
| 28 | RECENT | |
| New CEO greatly involved in disunity (6) | (CE)O inside RENT | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SEPARATE | |
| What a golfer might shoot at in view is distinct (8) | (PAR + AT) inside SEE | |
| 2 | UNTANGLED | |
| Nut twisted and bent should be straightened out (9) | Anagram of NUT + ANGLED | |
| 3 | CANNED | |
| Digitally captured image with no header is scrapped (6) | S(CANNED) | |
| 5 | DELICATESSENS | |
| Had food, two courses, in a variety of licensed food shops (13) | (ATE + S+S) inside anagram of LICENSED | |
| 6 | CHIPPER | |
| Machine that processes potatoes well (7) | Double Definition | |
| 7 | TONIC | |
| Shot in the arm not brought up by one with cold (5) | NOT reversed + I + C | |
| 8 | SLEUTH | |
| Hustler nearly butchered private investigator (6) | Anagram of (HUSTLE)R | |
| 10 | DISHEARTENING | |
| Putting a damper on plate with pureed tangerine (13) | DISH + anagram of TANGERINE | |
| 15 | WEARISOME | |
| Trying to have on one a little (9) | WEAR + I + SOME | |
| 16 | SERGEANT | |
| Sort of anger contained by hardened officer (8) | Anagram of ANGER inside SET | |
| 18 | FRAGILE | |
| Delicate piece of material found in dossier (7) | RAG inside FILE | |
| 20 | MISSES | |
| Battleship calls women with detachment (6) | Double Definition | |
| 21 | CREATE | |
| Coin and euros found in strongbox (6) | E inside CRATE | |
| 23 | OPERA | |
| Section in media report sent up a musical performance (5) | mediA REPOrt reversed |
I mentioned a while ago about the different types of publications I’ve had crosswords in. There have also been one-offs like advertising, special birthday cards, and the one I’m going to talk about today, a dynamic crossword published in a specialist Sydney newspaper. Continue reading
The Stickler for this week is now available. Please select your preferred solving format.
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The solution to this puzzle will appear next week.
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Clue Hints for The Stickler Weekly 190 |
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Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 190 |
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Solution to The Stickler Weekly 189 |
|
Insights for this week |
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Invest in the Future of The Stickler |
Please include comments or discussion about this crossword below.
Request help in the Clue Hints blog entry so all can see.
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!
(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.
Examples: taken from, decreased by, less.
Example: A indeed (?) could mean to insert A inside deed.
Examples: held by, kept by, embraced by - anything that creates the image of being contained.
Examples: changed, at sea, confused, all over the place - anything that indicates change or jumbling.
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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