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Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 SOURCE Author’s cheekiness apparent in speech (6) Sounds like SAUCE 4 EDUCATES Schools see about collecting old gold coin (8) SEE reversed outside DUCAT 9 PITON Lean back on a mountaineering support (5) TIP … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 CARD GAME Came across a road close to swing bridge, for example (4,4) CAME outside [A + RD + SWIN(G)] 5 PLEDGE Guarantee place with slight advantage (6) PL + EDGE 9 RIGHTED Repaired … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 RESPONSIVE Sympathetic person is treated by beastly doctor before the end (10) Anagram of PERSON IS + (VE)T 6 SPED A group of serious pedestrians moved quickly (4) seriouS PEDestrians 10 COUNTERPROPOSAL Token support … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 IN-DEPTH Thorough detective engaged by bungling hospital (2-5) D inside INEPT + H 5 NIBLICK Garbage collector brought back top golf club (7) BIN reversed + LICK 9 DISCO Dancing group from Ireland is … Continue reading →

Many years ago during a regular crossword-related search of the internet, I came across an article written by a fellow from Bowral, NSW, called Dick Honor. The article interested me, and since he was a cryptic man who taught people … Continue reading →

I recently helped a friend drive to Alice Springs to go on a spirit journey. He needed his 4WD, so we drove from Sydney for three days through Mildura and Port Augusta. My role was to get him there safely … Continue reading →

I’ve been steadily losing crossword work since the GFC. Two big chunks were puzzle-book work for APC (now Bauer Media) and then, of course, all my News Ltd work which included The Stickler. Various online puzzles have come and gone, … Continue reading →

I’m not a big reader, in fact, I rarely read novels, unlike my wife and friends who always have a book on the go. It hasn’t always been that way. As a youngster I lived in the school library, working … Continue reading →

As a professional setter, nothing is more important to me in a clue than the definition. Let’s face it, a clue without a reasonable definition is no clue at all. Even if a wordplay is clunky or convoluted, having an … Continue reading →

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 →