Does time, very short one inside, at risk from the Devil? (8)
I believe the answer is:
hindmost
'at risk from the devil?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'does time very short one inside' is the wordplay.
'does' becomes 'hinds' (hind can mean a female deer, a doe).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'very short' becomes 'mo' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'one inside' is an insertion indicator.
'hinds'+'t'='hindst'
'hindst' enclosing 'mo' is 'HINDMOST'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hindmost that I've seen before include "The one who is furthest behind - devil take him" , "Like a tail-ender" , "One at the back (devil take him!)" , "after all the others" , "Last" .)