..or, if you prefer, just any old puzzle. I think mine comes pretty close to your meaning, too, actually.

re ahead: "ahead" usually has to do with position in space, literal or figurative (one runner is ahead of another, or a team is ahead in the score) but often implies that the front is better than the back. With evil/devil and good/God the betterness isn't there, and with defy/deify there is contrast but no statement of preference, so it's arbitrary which is "better." That was the source of my objection quibble.