English Explanatory Dictionary

Printer's Devilry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of printer's devilry (“crossword puzzle”).
noun
  1. 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.
  2. A typographical error.

Word forms

Printer's Devilry printer's devilries printers' devilries

Etymology

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).

Related words

Titivillus
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