Solvers should start by solving the crossword clues. After looking at a few and considering the title and flavor text, they should realize that each answer can have a single letter removed to make a Python keyword.
| Clue | Answer | Python Keyword | Extra Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peace agreement | TRUCE | TRUE |
C |
| Beethoven wrote a song for her | ELISE | ELSE |
I |
| Proficient or adept | DEFT | DEF |
T |
| A passage from a book | EXCERPT | EXCEPT |
R |
| This answer's length | FOUR | FOR |
U |
| Something that might come out of your nose | SNOT | NOT |
S |
| Former Japanese currency | RIN | IN |
R |
| Place to get a sandwich | DELI | DEL |
I |
| His first album was illmatic | NAS | AS |
N |
| Multiplied by height, it gives area | WIDTH | WITH |
D |
Reading the extra letters in order gives the clue CITRUS RIND - along with the enumeration at the bottom, this clues ORANGE PEEL.
I realize it's a bit confusing to have the enumerations of both the final clue and the final answer be (6 4) - this hopefully helped more than it hurt, though if I had to do it again I might reconsider (6 4) -> (6 4) or similar. The underlying dataset is sadly fairly constrained beyond what is seen here.