Bloodletting—the healing process of removing a bunch of blood—is not as big as it once was. And yet modern medicine still recognizes three bloodletters (of a certain type).
Before (in alphabetical order) (parentheses indicate answer length)
The way in which Steely Dan will "Do It," or Britney Spears "Did It" (5)
Ill-natured in crustacean manner (6)
Sevastopol's peninsula (6)
Doppelgänger (6)
Employ lips in sulking (4)
Sidekick and Pebbles thief Barney (6)
End of Solomon Grundy's life (8)
As milk ignor'd, or movies' plots reveal'd (6)
Puberty can make it crack (5)
After [brackets indicate letter to extract]
Partner of punishment [4]
As milk o'erturn'd, or gossip unconceal'd [3]
Partner of tonic [3]
Actor Hill [2]
Durable [1]
Weep [1]
Place [2]
Comedians and Wiccans recognize one of Three [3]
Foible [4]
Answer Checker:
Hints: If we wanted to be more direct, we could say "modern medicine still recognizes three blood letters (of certain types)."The three "blood letters" are A, B, and O.Try "bloodletting" the Before answers.Delete all the As, Bs, and Os from the "before" answers.......And you should get the "after" answers!