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The Stickler Weekly 115

Posted on January 27, 2016 by David Stickley

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 115   Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 115   Solution … Continue reading →

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The Stickler Weekly 114 Solution

Posted on January 27, 2016 by David Stickley

The Christmas/New Year/School holiday period is often a time when people take a break from work or normal activities and get together with family and friends. There’s a really good chance that you’ll meet some new people over this time … Continue reading →

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The Stickler Weekly 114

Posted on January 20, 2016 by David Stickley

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 114   Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 114   Solution … Continue reading →

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The Stickler Weekly 113 Solution

Posted on January 20, 2016 by David Stickley

A few weeks ago George queried my use of BUSINESS = COMPANY = co, stating that it was an indirect reference. It’s true, this sort of thing is very common in all cryptic puzzles, so is it a valid device … Continue reading →

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The Stickler Weekly 113

Posted on January 13, 2016 by David Stickley

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 113   Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 113   Solution … Continue reading →

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The Stickler Weekly 112 Solution

Posted on January 13, 2016 by David Stickley

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned theme crosswords that were about to appear in the Australian Financial Review. The first one included an Australian “Christmas carol”, How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly, and included the artist, song and … Continue reading →

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The Stickler Weekly 112

Posted on January 6, 2016 by David Stickley

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 112   Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 112   Solution … Continue reading →

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The Stickler Weekly 111 Solution

Posted on January 6, 2016 by David Stickley

The concept of “double duty” is an easy one to understand: part or parts of a cryptic clue have more than one role, that is, to be truely technically correct the double duty element(s) would have to be repeated for … Continue reading →

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The Stickler Weekly 111

Posted on December 30, 2015 by David Stickley

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 111   Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 111   Solution … Continue reading →

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The Stickler Weekly 110 Solution

Posted on December 30, 2015 by David Stickley

Over the years I’ve written just about every kind of crossword you can imagine, from the 3-minute, heavily-interlocked quick to the Y2K monster history puzzle that contained at least one clue for each year of the preceding century. Every puzzle … Continue reading →

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