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The Stickler Weekly 147 Solution

Last week I mentioned that the medically-themed weekly cryptic I did for a medical publication was the hardest regular cryptic I’ve had to write due to the specific nature of medical words. The hardest non-cryptic I’ve written on a regular … Continue reading

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The Stickler Weekly 147

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 147   Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 147   Solution … Continue reading

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The Stickler Weekly 146 Solution

In 2006 I was contacted by a weekly medical publication about doing a medically-themed cryptic. I’ve always had problems setting a price for crosswords of all kinds – it’s not totally about the time taken to set a crossword, it’s … Continue reading

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The Stickler Weekly 146

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 146   Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 146   Solution … Continue reading

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The Stickler Weekly 145 Solution

A few weeks ago I saw a themed cryptic (of sorts) that was quite unusual: it had the “theme” (a set of related items) hidden in the solution squares, yet the crossword itself had nothing to do with the theme. … Continue reading

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The Stickler Weekly 145

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 145   Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 145   Solution … Continue reading

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The Stickler Weekly 144 Solution

1-across, Convener’s primary problem at talk (8), reminded me of a clue for the same word back in 2005. No my memory isn’t that good, but the clue raised an issue with at least one solver at the time and … Continue reading

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The Stickler Weekly 144

The Stickler for this week is now available. A gross puzzle this time. Please select your preferred solving format. The solution to this puzzle will appear next week.   Clue Hints for The Stickler Weekly 144   Overseas Help for … Continue reading

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The Stickler Weekly 143 Solution

A short time back I did a piece on what I knew of the NZ crossword industry. As a part of preparing the item, I contacted some of the people mentioned to double-check I had my facts straight. Two of … Continue reading

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The Stickler Weekly 143

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 143   Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 143   Solution … Continue reading

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