Solution to VII, 2

WE NICELY ALLOWED JUST ONE LITHE YOUNG HANDYMAN HIS CHANCE TO MISBEHAVE FOR AROUND THIRTY SECONDS WITH ONLY TWO ABSOLUTE CONDITIONS - THE DI|RTY CON MAN W|RO|NG|LY AB|S|CONDS WITH TE|N TO|Y|S AND A CHA|LI|CE I OWE HIS H|ON|O|R JUST|ICE BE|N|T|LY A|MIS.

Okay, what do we do with this?

The title is subtraction, so let's assume that dash is a minus sign.

WE NICELY ALLOWED JUST ONE LITHE YOUNG HANDYMAN HIS CHANCE TO MISBEHAVE FOR AROUND THIRTY SECONDS WITH ONLY TWO ABSOLUTE CONDITIONS 

minus

 THE DI|RTY CON MAN W|RO|NG|LY AB|S|CONDS WITH TE|N TO|Y|S AND A CHA|LI|CE I OWE HIS H|ON|O|R JUST|ICE BE|N|T|LY A|MIS.

Start crossing out.  Shall we begin with the three and four-letter elements?

WE NICELY ALLOWED JUST ONE LITHE YOUNG HANDYMAN HIS CHANCE TO MISBEHAVE FOR AROUND THIRTY SECONDS WITH ONLY TWO ABSOLUTE CONDITIONS 

minus

 THE DI|RTY CON MAN W|RO|NG|LY AB|S|CONDS WITH TE|N TO|Y|S AND A CHA|LI|CE I OWE HIS H|ON|O|R JUST|ICE BE|N|T|LY A|MIS.

Remove those, then take out the pairs.


WE NLY ALLD ONE LI YOUNG H Y N TO BEHAVE FOR AROUND THI SE ONLY TWO ABSOLUTE DITIONS 

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 DI |W|RO|NG|LY AB|S|TE|N TO|Y|A LI I H|ON|O|R  BE|N|T|LY A|.


 What's left?


WE N ALLD ONE YOU HY N TO HAVE FOR AUND THI SE  TWO SOLU TIONS 

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 |W||||S|N |Y A|I H||O|R  |N|T|A|.



WE LL D ONE YOU HAVE FO UND THE SOLU TION