printer's devilry
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Printer's Devilry¹
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of printer's devilry (“crossword puzzle”). In addition, based on a British form called "Printer's Devilry," each answer word has been " stolen" from its clue, wherein it was originally hidden as consecutive letters.
printer's devilry²
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Formed by printer's devil + -ry or blend of printer's devil + devilry. As a crosswording term, coined by British crossword setter Alistair Ferguson Ritchie (Afrit).
noun printer's devilries · printers' devilries · Printer's Devilry
- A type of crossword puzzle where solvers have to identify the string of letters, spelling out a word, that has been removed from a sentence. Remember: a Printer's Devilry clue need not make real sense in the “deviled” form offered as clue.
- A typographical error. This was not a printer's devilry, for taffetas, sugar, mats are similarly misstated.
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title = {printer's devilry},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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