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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. David has been published in the NYT and the UK's FT.-
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Monthly Archives: April 2015
The Stickler Weekly 81
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 81 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 81 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 81 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 81 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 80 Solution
Last week I talked a little about cryptic definitions and comments made by Braze on his blog. Basically, like the rest of the world, North America struggles to really embrace cryptics but this isn’t a current phenomenon, it’s always been … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 80
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 80 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 80 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 80 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 80 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 79 Solution
I think most know that I’m not a big fan of “cryptic definitions”, not because they aren’t (in most cases) clever once solved, but because I find it hard to slot them into a standard cryptic template. I’m not a … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 79
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 79 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 79 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 79 Clue Hints
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