Crossword Genius

Diabolical cast in a play (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satanic

'diabolical' is the definition.
(I know that diabolical can be written as satanic)

'cast in a play' is the wordplay.
'play' is an anagram indicator.
'cast'+'in'+'a'='castina'
'castina' is an anagram of 'SATANIC'.

(Other definitions for satanic that I've seen before include "wicked" , "Devil-like" , "Hellish" , "like Mephisto" , "Bad" .)

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