Meaning of printer's devilry | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of printer's devilry (“crossword puzzle”).
   alt-of
2. 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.
   countable, uncountable
3. A typographical error.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“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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