| Sarcastic (6) |
Mirror Quick |
24 Aug 2025 |
| Caustic - like metal? (6) |
Mirror Cryptic |
24 Aug 2025 |
| Like a pilot with a fear of flying |
Universal |
06 Aug 2025 |
| Paradoxical |
Puzzler Backwords |
03 Aug 2025 |
| Wry |
The Times Sunday Concise |
13 Jul 2025 |
| Endless frostiness after element of sarcastic humour |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
05 Jul 2025 |
| Caustic - like metal? (6) |
Mirror Cryptic |
02 Jul 2025 |
| Sarcastic press in charge |
|
|
| Sarcastic (6) |
Mirror Quick |
02 Jul 2025 |
| Meaning the opposite of what is expressed |
|
|
| Unexpectedly funny |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jun 2025 |
| Caustic - like metal? (6) |
Mirror Cryptic |
22 Jun 2025 |
| Sarcastic (6) |
Mirror Quick |
22 Jun 2025 |
| Funny in a twisted way |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Wry |
The Sun Mini |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Darkly humorous |
Thomas Joseph |
27 May 2025 |
| Like an ecologist working from home |
USA Today |
22 May 2025 |
| What asterisked clues and their answers are, according to 49 Down |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 May 2025 |
| Like rain on your wedding day, according to Alanis Morissette |
|
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| Alanis Morissette hit featuring the line: "It's like rain on your wedding day" |
The Times Specialist |
21 Apr 2025 |
| Wryly incongruous |
|
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| '24' in charge of being sarcastic (6) |
|
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| Satirical press in charge (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Like O. Henry stories |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Funny in a twisted way |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Mar 2025 |
| Alanis Morissette song about events that are actually merely unfortunate |
|
|
| Paradoxical |
Puzzler Backwords |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Mildly sarcastic press in charge (6) |
|
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| Alanis Morissette track from No. 1 album Jagged Little Pill (6) |
|
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| At the club, I see I'm mocked - or it seems like it! (6) |
|
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| Wry metal in charge (6) |
|
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| Satirical press uncovered vice |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Paradoxical (6) |
Puzzler |
20 Feb 2025 |
| Metal and frozen water almost dry (6) |
|
|
| Wry |
The Times Concise |
15 Feb 2025 |
| Appears to be mocked in the club, I see! (6) |
|
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| Alanis Morissette song |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Jan 2025 |
| 1996 Alanis Morissette song (6) |
Puzzler |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Being sarcastic gets one right ahead, I see (6) |
|
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| Press in charge? How unexpectedly appropriate! (6) |
|
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| Like rain on your wedding day, per Alanis Morissette |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Mocking press report I see |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Seemingly mocked because of metal carried, I see! |
|
|
| Alanis Morissette song |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Dec 2024 |
| Sarcastic element in charge |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Dec 2024 |
| Seemingly mocking fate (6) |
|
|
| Paradoxical |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
05 Dec 2024 |
| Amusingly unexpected |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Oddly unexpected |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2024 |
| Unexpectedly apt |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Like a drowning fish, for example |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Nov 2024 |
| I see at the club, one is seemingly mocked! |
|
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| Put in charge after press became perverse (6) |
|
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| Of the use of words to express the opposite of the literal meaning (6) |
|
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| Double-edged golfclub - one offered by clubs (6) |
|
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| Wryly humorous |
Newsday |
16 Oct 2024 |
| Perversely coincidental |
|
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| Poignantly different from what was expected |
|
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| Sarcastic about metal? (6) |
|
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| Sarcastic |
Mirror Tea Time |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Wittily sarcastic |
|
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| I join Ron and I see that he appears to be mocked |
|
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| 1996 hit for Alanis Morissette (6) |
|
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| Sarcastic, very hard piece of advice |
|
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| Alanis Morissette single (6) |
|
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| "It's a black fly in your Chardonnay" song |
|
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| Wry or incongruous |
|
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| This metal, I see, is seemingly mocked |
|
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| Perversely humorous right in the ancient Greek (6) |
|
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| Unexpected, as a plot twist |
|
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| Like some hipster T-shirts |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2024 |
| Paradoxical |
Puzzler Backwords |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Wryly appropriate |
|
|
| Like some phrases in scare quotes |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Sneering at one boy in charge (6) |
|
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| Sarcastic |
Mirror Tea Time |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Iron I see (and hear) to be satirical (6) |
|
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| How perversely apt that I put Ron in charge! (6) |
|
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| Alanis Morissette hit with the lyric "It's like rain on your wedding day" |
Universal |
29 May 2024 |
| Like a free ride when you've already paid |
|
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| Sarcastic about unyieldingness when in charge? (6) |
|
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| Dry Fe(III)? |
|
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| Like the NSA being hacked, say |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Wry form of stage direction not gestated (6) |
|
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| 1996 Alanis Morissette track (6) |
|
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| Amusing, unexpected turn of events (6) |
|
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| Satirically incongruous (6) |
|
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| Mildly sarcastic (6) |
|
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| Of language implying an opposite meaning |
The Times Concise |
18 Mar 2024 |
| Like a big dog named Tiny |
LA Times Daily |
13 Mar 2024 |
| Using irony (6) |
|
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| Cairo nice? That's somewhat cynical (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Golf club in charge? How paradoxical! (6) |
|
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| Wryly amusing |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Mar 2024 |
| Irish forged coin that's ridiculous |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Mar 2024 |
| Paradoxical, like a metal |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Sarcastic |
Mirror Quick |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Cruelly coincidental (6) |
|
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| Like a librarian getting shushed by a visitor |
USA Today |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Wry droll |
|
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| I see, at the club, it's known as being mocked by fate |
|
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| Sarcastic or cynical (6) |
|
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| Unexpected yet fitting |
Universal |
01 Jan 2024 |
| Like a shorn sheep wearing a wool sweater for warmth |
Universal |
05 Nov 2023 |
| Sly, in a way |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Sep 2023 |
| Like O. Henry's 'The Gift of the Magi' |
New York Times |
13 Aug 2023 |
| Wry |
The Times Concise |
10 Aug 2023 |
| Like a hairdresser with a bad haircut, e.g. |
|
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| Humorously sarcastic |
|
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| Like a free ride when you've already paid, per a 1996 hit |
New York Times |
28 Jun 2023 |
| Expressing the opposite, implicitly? |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Jun 2023 |
| Wryly unexpected |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2023 |
| Sly, in a way |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Dec 2022 |
| Sly, in a way |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Dec 2022 |
| Like a driving instructor running a red light |
USA Today |
13 Dec 2022 |
| Unyielding in charge, like the Screwtape Letters? |
|
|
| Humorously sarcastic |
The Guardian Quick |
24 Nov 2022 |
| Like the Bible being the most shoplifted book |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Rich club in charge |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Oct 2022 |
| Amusingly unexpected |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2022 |
| Having a twist |
Universal |
17 Aug 2022 |
| Like some humour found in Cairo, nice |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Aug 2022 |
| Amusingly unexpected |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2022 |
| Sarcastic; wry |
The Times Concise |
22 Jul 2022 |
| Mocking extract from memoir on icon |
|
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| Amusingly unexpected |
Newsday |
09 May 2022 |
| Wry, incongruous |
Irish Times Simplex |
02 May 2022 |
| Like a pilot with a fear of heights |
Universal |
23 Feb 2022 |
| Tongue-in-cheek |
The Guardian Quick |
10 Feb 2022 |
| Between two, neither partner's backing conservative — that's funny |
|
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| The lyrics of this 1996 Alanis Morissette single have been seen as contradicting its title |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
09 Jan 2022 |
| Like naming a fish Fluffy |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2021 |
| Amusingly unexpected |
Newsday |
08 Oct 2021 |
| Humorously sarcastic or mocking |
Irish Times Simplex |
22 Sep 2021 |
| Rhetorician loses heart for what's sarcastic |
Irish Times Crosaire |
02 Sep 2021 |
| Having a twist |
The Washington Post |
29 Aug 2021 |
| Having a twist |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2021 |
| Creationist has no taste for what's sarcastic |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 Jul 2021 |
| Like some writing devices |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Creationist has no taste for what's sarcastic |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 May 2021 |
| Wry, incongruous |
Irish Times Simplex |
12 May 2021 |
| Like O. Henry tales |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Apr 2021 |
| Rich Irish forged coin |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Wryly amusing |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Press pitch regularly ignored, which is funny |
|
|
| Unexpected metal I see on the radio |
|
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| Like a twist of fate |
|
|
| Not what one would expect |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2021 |
| Not what one would expect |
The Washington Post |
14 Jan 2021 |
| Humorously sarcastic or mocking |
Irish Times Simplex |
23 Dec 2020 |
| Like the Who's opening lyric 'The song is over' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
20 Dec 2020 |
| Wryly funny |
Newsday |
12 Nov 2020 |
| Funny press pitch — not regular |
|
|
| Dry |
Canadiana |
12 Oct 2020 |
| Dramatically twisty |
LA Times Daily |
06 Oct 2020 |
| Dramatically twisty |
The Washington Post |
06 Oct 2020 |
| Alanis Morissette song about unfortunate situations |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2020 |
| Funny in a twisted manner |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Aug 2020 |
| Rich one, Conservative joining club |
|
|
| Like some twists of fate |
Jonesin |
21 Jul 2020 |
| Wry, sarcastic |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Jul 2020 |
| Like much humor |
The Washington Post |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Like much humor |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Amusingly unexpected |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2020 |
| 1996 hit with the lyric 'It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife' |
New York Times |
21 May 2020 |
| Funny in a twisted way |
Premier Sunday |
26 Apr 2020 |
| Humorously mocking |
The Guardian Quick |
18 Mar 2020 |
| Wryly funny |
The Times Concise |
08 Mar 2020 |
| Setter rolling in money mostly keeps working — not being serious! |
|
|
| Press piece regularly seen as sarcastic |
|
|
| Sarcastically humorous |
The Times Concise |
28 Nov 2019 |
| Against expectations, say |
|
|
| Against expectations, say |
New York Times |
31 Oct 2019 |
| Like O. Henry stories |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Oct 2019 |
| Amusingly twisted |
|
|
| Satirical press about to take over Independent |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 Sep 2019 |
| Rich Irish forged coin |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Aug 2019 |
| Alanis Morissette single which begins “An old man turned ninety-eight / He won the lottery and died the next day” |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
04 Aug 2019 |
| Having a twist |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Apr 2019 |
| Unexpected but appropriate |
Newsday |
23 Mar 2019 |
| Twisty, as some 39 Across |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2019 |
| Sarcastic |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Mar 2019 |
| Like an O. Henry ending |
USA Today |
03 Feb 2019 |
| Alanis Morissette song from the album "Jagged Little Pill" |
|
|
| Surprisingly contradictory |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2019 |
| Like an O. Henry ending |
|
|
| Having a twist |
|
|
| Like a typical O. Henry story |
The Washington Post |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Like a typical O. Henry story |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Irish forged coin that's ridiculous |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Oct 2018 |
| Like cheating in an ethics class |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Sep 2018 |
| 1996 single by Alanis Morissette |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Sly, in a way |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jul 2018 |
| Wryly amusing |
The Times Concise |
18 Jul 2018 |
| Paradoxical |
Premier Sunday |
06 May 2018 |
| Like life in Death Valley |
The Washington Post Sunday |
29 Apr 2018 |
| In charge, undermining club? That's somehow incongruous |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Mar 2018 |
| Sarcastic, smooth and in charge |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Mar 2018 |
| Satirical |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Mar 2018 |
| Having a twist |
The Washington Post |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Having a twist |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Press ninety-nine when dry |
|
|
| Not in earnest, in a way |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
19 Jan 2018 |
| Wryly amusing |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2018 |
| Like a typical O. Henry story |
|
|
| Not in earnest, in a way |
|
|
| Amusingly twisted |
|
|
| Having a twist |
|
|
| Wry |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Nov 2017 |
| Wry, sardonic |
Irish Times Simplex |
08 Nov 2017 |
| Wry |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Nov 2017 |
| Metal discs regularly go missing, it's strange |
|
|
| Like many O. Henry endings |
USA Today |
13 Sep 2017 |
| Wry |
Universal |
30 Jun 2017 |
| Sarcastic |
Canadiana |
26 Jun 2017 |
| Alanis Morissette hit |
Universal |
19 Jun 2017 |
| Mocking one 'Reagan' in charge |
|
|
| Satirical press report I see |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Feb 2017 |
| Wry |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Feb 2017 |
| Wryly humorous |
The Times Concise |
20 Jan 2017 |
| Like many O. Henry endings |
|
|
| Wry |
|
|
| Alanis Morissette hit |
|
|
| Like much humor |
|
|
| Like a break-in at a police station |
Universal |
27 Nov 2016 |
| Like an O. Henry story |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Oct 2016 |
| Having a twist |
Family Time |
17 Oct 2016 |
| Wryly amusing press piece oddly ignored |
|
|
| Like rain on your wedding day, as per a certain song |
Universal |
19 Jun 2016 |
| Like some surprise endings |
LA Times Daily |
29 May 2016 |
| Press endlessly hostile and sarcastic |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Apr 2016 |
| Morissette smash hit |
USA Today |
25 Feb 2016 |
| Funny girl cons rich couples at the centre |
|
|
| Having a twist |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2016 |
| Like some surprise endings |
|
|
| Having a twist |
|
|
| Like rain on your wedding day, as per a certain song |
|
|
| Oddly funny |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Oct 2015 |
| Having a 13-Down |
LA Times Daily |
19 Sep 2015 |
| Like a broker going broke? |
Universal |
11 Sep 2015 |
| Perversely apt |
Universal |
08 Aug 2015 |
| Sarcastic morticians drop mast |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Aug 2015 |
| Like a fire in a firehouse |
USA Today |
27 Jul 2015 |
| Wry |
Canadiana |
08 Jun 2015 |
| Sarcastic? It's somewhat unfair on Icelanders |
|
|
| Like a fire in a firehouse |
|
|
| Having a 13-Down |
|
|
| Like a broker going broke? |
|
|
| Unexpected, literally |
|
|
| Amusingly unexpected |
|
|
| Wryly funny |
|
|
| Like some humor |
|
|
| Perversely apt |
|
|
| Self-contradictory, in a way |
|
|
| Like some humor |
|
|
| Sarcastically humorous |
|
|
| Like a firehouse burning down? |
|
|
| Wryly humorous |
|
|
| Unexpected |
|
|
| Like rain on your wedding day, per Morissette |
|
|
| Double-edged weapon, pre 1st century |
|
|
| Sarcastic driver on course put in charge |
|
|
| Darkly humorous |
|
|
| Double-edged |
|
|
| Like many a "Twilight Zone" ending |
|
|
| Having an unexpected twist |
|
|
| Morissette hit |
|
|
| Twisted, in a way |
|
|
| With a bit of a twist |
|
|
| Having a twist |
|
|
| Like dirty soap |
|
|
| Wryly humorous |
|
|
| Morissette song that, by failing to give examples of things that are its title, becomes said title |
|
|
| Like "Big deal!" |
|
|
| Like "Big deal!" |
|
|
| Having an obliquely conveyed meaning |
|
|
| Paradoxical |
|
|
| Said tongue in cheek |
|
|
| With a twist in one's tale |
|
|
| Unexpected, as some endings |
|
|
| It's paradoxical that one club backs another |
|
|
| Like some hipsters' T-shirts |
|
|
| Alanis Morissette hit |
|
|
| Like many "Twilight Zone" episodes |
|
|
| Like a fire at the firehouse |
|
|
| Like many "Twilight Zone" episodes |
|
|
| Like wry humor |
|
|
| Having a twist |
|
|
| Like some unexpected endings |
|
|
| Like a broker going broke |
|
|
| Wry |
|
|
| Cynically humorous |
|
|
| Funny in a twisted way |
|
|
| Like Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" |
|
|
| Like some unexpected endings |
|
|
| Not what you'd expect |
|
|
| Like O. Henry stories |
|
|
| Like some Swift writing |
|
|
| Double-edged |
|
|
| Like "as clear as mud" |
|
|
| Dramatically twisty |
|
|
| Like "as clear as mud" |
|
|
| Dramatically twisty |
|
|
| Twisted at the end? |
|
|
| Tongue-in-cheek |
|
|
| Like many Rod Serling works |
|
|
| Twisty? |
|
|
| Like many Rod Serling works |
|
|
| Like many O. Henry stories |
|
|
| Twisty? |
|
|
| Expressing a dramatic reversal |
|
|
| Like many O. Henry stories |
|
|
| Poignantly contrary |
|
|
| Unexpectedly appropriate |
|
|
| Like an O. Henry ending |
|
|
| Having an unexpected twist |
|
|
| Like some humor |
|
|
| Having an unexpected twist |
|
|
| Wry |
|
|
| Twisted? |
|
|
| Twisted, in a way |
|
|
| Unexpected, in a way |
|
|
| Alanis Morissette song |
|
|
| Said tongue in cheek |
|
|
| Alanis Morissette's first Top 10 hit |
|
|
| Twisted? |
|
|
| Humorously sarcastic |
|
|
| Like many episodes of "The Twilight Zone" |
|
|
| Like "The Gift of the Magi" |
|
|
| Humorously sarcastic |
|
|
| Like a twist of fate |
|
|
| Double-edged |
|
|
| Hit song from Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" album |
|
|
| Poignantly wry |
|
|
| Like many an O. Henry story |
|
|
| Having a surprise ending |
|
|
| Humorously sarcastic |
|
|
| Worthy of O. Henry |
|
|
| Like some satire |
|
|
| Paradoxical |
|
|
| Like calling telemarketers at home |
|
|
| Like an O. Henry story |
|
|
| Like Austen's work |
|
|
| Like an O. Henry story |
|
|
| Arch |
|
|
| Like a fire at a fireman's house |
|
|
| Like O'Henry's endings |
|
|
| 1996 Alanis Morissette hit |
|
|
| Having an unexpected twist, in fiction |
|
|
| Sarcastic |
|
|
| "Isn't it ___?" |
|
|
| Sarcastic |
|
|
| Having an unexpected twist, in fiction |
|
|
| Poignantly contrary |
|
|
| Incongruous |
|
|
| Like twists in tales |
|
|
| Like some satire |
|
|
| Incongruous |
|
|
| Like many Rod Serling works |
|
|
| Morissette hit |
|
|
| Unexpected, in a way |
|
|
| Sarcastic |
|
|
| Like a break-in at a burglar's house |
|
|
| Song by Alanis Morissette |
|
|
| Alanis Morissette hit |
|
|
| Like some of Chekhov's writings |
|
|
| Unexpectedly appropriate, maybe |
|
|
| Morissette smash hit |
|
|
| Morissette hit |
|
|
| Like the works of O. Henry |
|
|
| Double-edged |
|
|
| Like man O. Henry stories |
|
|
| Having hidden humor |
|
|
| Satirical, maybe |
|
|
| Like poetic justice |
|
|
| Like some twists of fate |
|
|
| Subtly sarcastic |
|
|
| Sarcastic |
|
|
| Like wry humor |
|
|
| Sarcastic, in a way |
|
|
| Wry |
|
|
| Wryly humorous |
|
|
| Meaning the contrary of what is expressed |
|
|
| Satirical |
|
|
| Rabelaisian |
|
|
| Directly opposite to what is. |
|
|
| Satirical. |
|
|
| Meaning the contrary of what is expressed. |
|
|
| Bitter, Sneering, Sarcastic. |
|
|
| Like some writing. |
|
|
| Using a sort of humor. |
|
|
| Bitterly sarcastic. |
|
|
| Wry. |
|
|
| Like the twist of fate. |
|
|
| Socratic. |
|
|
| Describing O. Henry stories. |
|
|
| Bitingly unexpected. |
|
|
| Like hipster humor |
|
|
| Bitter. |
|
|
| Implying the opposite. |
|
|
| Satiric. |
|
|
| Directly opposite to what is expected. |
|
|
| Sarcastic. |
|
|
| Directly opposite to what might be expected. |
|
|