CCCWC July competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 26

A clue to PEAR (Printer’s Devilry).
3 comments refer to this clue (from 3 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue

1.	Quite amusing, but the solution is a bit unnaturally worded
2.	The devilled version is nonsense and the punctuation in the undevilled version seems forced.
3.	It might just be me, but I don't understand the deviled version