DEVICE D:  THE SUBTRACTWORDS
A word(s) is to be subtracted from a given word.
eg. Carton loses its skill to study = CARTON-ART=CON
"Skill" is a synonym for "art".
These three letters "art" can be removed (or lost) from "carton" to leave "con" which means "to study".

Or: Carton gives away study for culture = CARTON-CON=ART.
In this case the letters "con" are removed.
It matters not that the letters are not actually placed together in the word. It doesn't even matter if they are out of order.
eg. Carton loses it's bronze shade to reveal a backward whale =CARTON-TAN=CRO=ORC.
Here the letters "tan" have been removed to reveal "cro" which is "orc" backwards.

Device D and E are often coupled so that individual letters (fragments) can be subtracted from a word to reveal the answer as:
Fighter loses queen and cuts off head and tail of goliath, being athletic = FIGHTER-ER-GH=FIT
"queen" = "ER", "goliath" has a "G" and "H" as first and last letter. The letters "FIT" remain.
  Suspect subtraction device when you see words like, cut, loses, removes, gives away, leaves and so on.
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