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Cast in a devilish form (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satanic

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'cast in a devilish form' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'cast in a devilish' is the wordplay.
'devilish' indicates anagramming the letters (a devious or devilish spelling).
'cast'+'in'+'a'='castina'
'castina' anagrammed gives 'SATANIC'.

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(Other definitions for satanic that I've seen before include "Devil-like" , "Demonic" , "Hellish" , "Fiendish" , "Devilish (as Blake's 18)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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