Printer's Devilry

English

Etymology

Pun on printer's devil and devilry.

Noun

Printer's Devilry

  1. Alternative letter-case form of printer's devilry (crossword puzzle)
    • 1968, Albert Ross Eckler, Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics
      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.
    • 1971, New York Magazine, page 65
      Solvers must not only complete the diagram but also send in a "Printer's Devilry" clue to the Keyword in the Playfair Square.
    • 2013, Alan Connor, Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword, Penguin UK →ISBN
      He set frequently for the Listener between 1932 and 1948, concocting such exoticisms as Printer's Devilry, Playfair and Word Ladder.
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