A Devil of a Time
By teamcrazymatt
This is a Printer's Devilry puzzle with a twist.
In Printer's Devilry, consecutive letters forming a word are taken out of a sentence, with the remaining letters forming a sentence of their own. In this new sentence, spacing and punctuation may be changed, but the letters are still in order. The solution to each clue is the word that was taken out of the sentence.
For example:
A food taster may, on the jot, wine in plentifuls. (6)
The solution to this clue is BINGES, which when inserted into the sentence produces
A food taster may, on the job, ingest wine in plentifuls.
Ordinarily, Printer's Devilry puzzles include no definitional hint, only the stripped-down sentence. But in this puzzle, the definition is included as a superfluous word or two somewhere in the clue; the definition word(s) must be removed before the solution word is inserted.
For example:
When playing, can Evita Bly try to swindle you for swimsuit resources? (7)
The solution is TANKINI. The definition, "swimsuit," is removed, and the solution word inserted, resulting in:
When playing Catan, kin inevitably try to swindle you for resources.
One additional note: The solution word is always inserted in the middle of a word, never at a break between words, though hyphens and apostrophes are fair game.
Good luck.
In Printer's Devilry, consecutive letters forming a word are taken out of a sentence, with the remaining letters forming a sentence of their own. In this new sentence, spacing and punctuation may be changed, but the letters are still in order. The solution to each clue is the word that was taken out of the sentence.
For example:
A food taster may, on the jot, wine in plentifuls. (6)
The solution to this clue is BINGES, which when inserted into the sentence produces
A food taster may, on the job, ingest wine in plentifuls.
Ordinarily, Printer's Devilry puzzles include no definitional hint, only the stripped-down sentence. But in this puzzle, the definition is included as a superfluous word or two somewhere in the clue; the definition word(s) must be removed before the solution word is inserted.
For example:
When playing, can Evita Bly try to swindle you for swimsuit resources? (7)
The solution is TANKINI. The definition, "swimsuit," is removed, and the solution word inserted, resulting in:
When playing Catan, kin inevitably try to swindle you for resources.
One additional note: The solution word is always inserted in the middle of a word, never at a break between words, though hyphens and apostrophes are fair game.
Good luck.
Across
| 1 | I can look? No! Ten, do retypes of racially-insensitive characters in stories. (6) |
| 4 | He plays: the sound separates, effects die, phrases in the speech to increase tension. (8) |
| 10 | The first rule of frightening phenomenon: plumbing is a super-sin to the sewer. (5,4) |
| 11 | It is Brut - a kingdom lifted, students are lost in the crowd. (5) |
| 12 | To get bottled water to Ohio, we came, Weng: land and Pennsylvania. (5) |
| 13 | Sucking up, Wren? Ada knows the island's history. (9) |
| 14 | With so much exporting, do notice, Saul, the oil. (9) |
| 16 | Though you call ISS weak, it's my room and I know where everything is. (4) |
| 20 | The court prayer's conclusion will sub Poe now to the witness stand. (4) |
| 21 | The coronavirus pandemic may set peoples' gods of the next generation. (9) |
| 24 | Muscle weakness, maybe? A plant container mar koas. Si? Um... (9) |
| 27 | In poker, one can always relish beady hand - will win a large pot. (5) |
| 28 | Wise-arse toric step - annoy herself for a serious relationship. (5) |
| 29 | The struggling actor taking off won a tailor Mao'd spell. (9) |
| 30 | Why did I buy stoners a L.A. ID? My dog would like it. (8) |
| 31 | If it's "very BS, Shoemaker, U mean": incident has happened. (6) |
Down
| 1 | It's in - give forest mammals a family of my own. (6) |
| 2 | Of all native Australian car companies' starts, the sax cites me most. (9) |
| 3 | Taxi Can restaurant, alias "In Australia," closed in the 1980s. (4,4) |
| 5 | The devout Catholic place, "Die Chamber," walls X, perhaps. (9) |
| 6 | Don't go into the tiger pit due to the threading oneself to the sweet animals. (6) |
| 7 | As kids, my brother and I had boredom with much adobes. Ancestor? Ick, our father! (5) |
| 8 | While in more tight-fisted celebration, we were feared by not guarding the outer gate. (8) |
| 9 | If there's any tub, Joan'd do it for the experience. (4) |
| 15 | My old teacher Alex charged them OUCA to revere Xi: TED academia after 40 years. (9) |
| 17 | To afford my Drew Elling I want more than anything pardoned, I started budgeting for the house. (9) |
| 18 | I can. No twat, Cid, attempts small interval at humour. (4,4) |
| 19 | Regarding homework, I.T. frequently mended (boo!) an assignment. (8) |
| 22 | In our fan-made Star Wars spoof, Vader "KI-A!" in the stomach before kidnapping her prick. (6) |
| 23 | The royal subject crowds made a nature of respect when the king approached. (6) |
| 25 | Encourage the wild clog "row," and it will open. (5) |
| 26 | Them? Rams on a Lisa turned a ride down. (4) |
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