Pulled painfully ill-made curtains in here (8)
I believe the answer is:
sprained
'pulled painfully' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to bodily activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'ill-made curtains in here' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sprained that I've seen before include "Ricked" , "Wrenched a ligament, causing pain and swelling" .)