Author Archives: David Stickley

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 STAPLE Principal is to join paper (6) Double definition 4 REVERSAL Odd bits of rust appearing in display switch (8) (R)u(S)t inside REVEAL 10 BUILDING SOCIETY Barrister’s first guilty decision ruined prominent lender (8,7) … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 CLERIC Divine relic excited head of church (6) Anagram of RELIC + (C)hurch 5 HABITAT Natural environment is rather active in Panama possibly (7) (A BIT) inside HAT 9 FORTUNE-TELLERS Timber gatherers collecting erratically … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 INCISE Cut segments from CSI, NCIS etc (6) csI NCIS Etc 4 ACADEMIC A person studying a rat and mutated mice (8) A + CAD + anagram of MICE 9 SAMOA Small NZ bird … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 LOG CABIN Register when taxi returns home (3,5) LOG CAB IN 5 UTTERS Speaks total sense at the start (6) UTTER + (S)ense 10 TRAPEZE Swing part pulled back with ease by the sound … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 CORRESPOND Run in hearts added to pool tally (10) R inside CORES + POND 6 CHIT Leading member of choir reached note (4) (C)hoir + HIT 10 RADICAL Basic form of carbon used in … Continue reading →