Printer's Devilry

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   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.
   • Solvers must not only complete the diagram but also send in a "Printer's Devilry" clue to the Keyword in the Playfair Square.
   • He set frequently for the Listener between 1932 and 1948, concocting such exoticisms as Printer's Devilry, Playfair and Word Ladder.
2. 2

   A type of crossword puzzle where solvers have to identify the string of letters, spelling…

   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.
   • I hope that devotees of our plain puzzles will forgive my offering prizes for Apex's Mrs Printer's Devilry Theme
   • Numbered down clues are printer's devilry passages from which the light to be entered has been removed and the gap closed, leaving the remaining letters in their original order.
3. 3

   A typographical error.

   • This was not a printer's devilry, for taffetas, sugar, mats are similarly misstated.
   • The writer adopted the initials after his nom de plume, Aeon, was once shortened accidentally through printer's devilry.
   • A word of caution! The Bengali as well as the translated texts are not free from Printer's devilry.

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