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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: June 2017
The Stickler Weekly 182 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 181 Solution
The &lit type of clue, where the wordplay is also the definition, is a thing of beauty even if it’s not, per se, a typical cryptic clue. There’s usually no indication that everything is doing double duty (apart from a … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 181
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 181 Overseas Help for The Stickler Weekly 181 Solution … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 181 Clue Hints
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The Stickler Weekly 181 Overseas Help
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The Stickler Weekly 180 Solution
A few weeks ago, while constructing a grid of words for The Stickler Weekly, the phrase “one in a thousand” came up in the list as an option. Over the years my process of choosing words to clue has changed … Continue reading
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