| Distort meaning of (5) |
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| "Oliver ___," famous Dickens novel |
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| Contort |
Mirror Quick |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Turn to dance |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Remove a bottle top |
Family Time |
14 Apr 2024 |
| Move or turn with a circular motion (5) |
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| Don't stick a hero in a Victorian novel (5) |
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| Oliver's surname in a Dickens novel (5) |
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| 2021 Charles Dickens adaptation with Rita Ora and Sir Michael Caine (5) |
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| Unexpected ending |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Oliver ____ |
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| Swindle in a tortuous way? (5) |
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| A bit wistful about once-popular dance (5) |
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| Distort a dance (5) |
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| A dance can sprain the ankle! (5) |
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| Misuse (5) |
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| I wanted something additional to eat and something additional to drink (5) |
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| Unexpected ending in Oliver? |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Feb 2024 |
| 1960s dance |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Famous Dickensian dance? (5) |
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| Oliver ___, Dickens novel (5) |
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| Swindle couple, nothing taken initially |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Swindle couple, nothing taken initially (5) |
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| 10 Down's unexpected event in a plot? (5) |
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| Unexpected outcome of dance |
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| Cheat in turn (5) |
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| Coil, spin (5) |
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| Coil |
Mirror Tea Time |
11 Feb 2024 |
| Oliver's turn (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
05 Feb 2024 |
| Coil or spin |
Mirror Classic |
26 Jan 2024 |
| Mug holding seconds - it risks getting bust |
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| Do screw it up (5) |
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| Dance, Oliver! |
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| "Oliver ___," Charles Dickens novel |
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| Unexpected development starts for this wildly inappropriate suburban tower (5) |
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| Plot ___ (surprise TV show development) |
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| Oliver succeeded to punch idiot (5) |
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| *Lemon or orange piece |
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| Unexpected plot development |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2023 |
| "Let's ___ again!" Chubby Checker (5) |
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| That Oliver wanting more dance! |
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| The dance is something you didn't expect (5) |
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| Turn or wring sharply |
The Times Concise |
20 Nov 2023 |
| Unexpected plot turn |
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| Fool accepting second unexpected development |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Sep 2023 |
| "Oliver ___," novel by Charles Dickens |
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| Fool pinching small wrench |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Aug 2023 |
| Plot ___ (unexpected story ending) |
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| Distort |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Jul 2023 |
| Piece of coiled hair |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2023 |
| Instruction on a bottle cap, maybe |
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| Pervert |
The Guardian Quick |
07 Mar 2023 |
| Dramatic plot turn |
USA Today |
02 Feb 2023 |
| Plot surprise |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Jan 2023 |
| Misrepresent women's groups in Times |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Oct 2022 |
| Plot surprise |
USA Today |
24 Oct 2022 |
| Plot surprise |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2022 |
| Dance for Oliver, perhaps |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Sep 2022 |
| Literary surprise |
Newsday |
04 Sep 2022 |
| Unexpected turn in the story |
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| Spiral-cut drink garnish |
USA Today |
06 Aug 2022 |
| Foolish person going around society dance |
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| Swivel; distort |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Plot ___ (unexpected turn) |
|
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| Coil up some rampant wisteria |
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| Coil up some rampant wisteria |
The Guardian Cryptic |
23 May 2022 |
| What you wouldn’t expect for a quid? |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Mar 2022 |
| Surprise ending |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2022 |
| Surprise ending |
The Washington Post |
20 Feb 2022 |
| French ___ (hairstyle) |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 Feb 2022 |
| Turn, as a cap |
Universal |
23 Dec 2021 |
| Turn into a distorted shape |
Irish Times Simplex |
09 Nov 2021 |
| Sudden change in a plot? |
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| Time to join a card game after missing husband's turn |
|
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| Unexpected plot development |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Oct 2021 |
| Surprising part of a story? |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Oct 2021 |
| Bartender’s garnish |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Sep 2021 |
| Story line surprise |
Newsday |
08 Sep 2021 |
| Surprise ending |
New York Times |
05 Sep 2021 |
| Oliver —; dance |
The Times Concise |
10 Jul 2021 |
| __ of lemon (drink garnish) |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2021 |
| What's added to drink, dry, weak one with dash of soda in? |
|
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| Sudden turn in the story |
|
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| Nelly catches second wind |
|
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| Idiot grabbing soprano for a dance |
|
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| Young fellow requesting extra dance |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Apr 2021 |
| Wring and crumple useless wet suits |
|
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| Story line surprise |
Newsday |
06 Apr 2021 |
| Idiot handling small, unexpected development |
|
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| Oliver's dance? |
|
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| Wind, distort |
Irish Times Simplex |
28 Dec 2020 |
| Roll dope, have a little smoke |
|
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| Contort |
USA Today |
16 Oct 2020 |
| Citrus peel in a mixed drink |
Jonesin |
06 Oct 2020 |
| Story's surprise |
Newsday |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Unexpected plot turn |
|
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| Be snaky |
Premier Sunday |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Famous Dickensian turn of events |
|
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| Rotate |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Dance that's unexpected |
|
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| Dickensian character's unexpected turn of events? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Twirl |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Dec 2019 |
| Surprise ending |
USA Today |
17 Dec 2019 |
| Contort |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Dec 2019 |
| Bar garnish |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Dec 2019 |
| Son stops fool making turn |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Nov 2019 |
| 1960s dance |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Nov 2019 |
| Sudden turn in the story |
|
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| Swindle Wally holding spades |
|
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| Checker's favourite plot device |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Jul 2019 |
| Citrus garnish in a mixed drink |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2019 |
| Unexpected story ending |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2019 |
| Unexpected story ending |
The Washington Post |
05 May 2019 |
| Playing whist, void of hearts, trump's opening: another card, please |
|
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| Character demanding more surprising plot development |
|
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| Fools succeeded being promoted, that's an unexpected development |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Change in time, women first |
|
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| A Dickensian quirk? |
|
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| Plot ___ (unexpected development in a movie) |
|
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| Chubby Checker's dance |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2019 |
| Unexpected event in second part of Dickens novel |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Mar 2019 |
| Story-line surprise |
Newsday |
27 Feb 2019 |
| Dickensian hero in plot development |
|
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| __ tie |
The Washington Post |
06 Jan 2019 |
| __ tie |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jan 2019 |
| Chubby Checker's dance |
|
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| __ tie |
|
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| Unexpected story ending |
|
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| Citrus garnish in a mixed drink |
|
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| Turn into a distorted shape |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Unexpected ending in Oliver? |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Dec 2018 |
| Early 1960s dance move popularized by rock and roll singer and dancer Chubby Checker |
|
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| Cocktail garnish |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Early 1960s dance craze |
USA Today |
09 Sep 2018 |
| Oliver — |
The Times Concise |
07 Aug 2018 |
| Checker move |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jul 2018 |
| Checker move of old? |
Universal |
25 Jun 2018 |
| Form into a distorted shape |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Jun 2018 |
| Plot surprise |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Jun 2018 |
| Literary surprise |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2018 |
| Spiral |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 May 2018 |
| Dickensian plot's unexpected turn |
|
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| Surprising plot development |
The Washington Post |
01 May 2018 |
| Surprising plot development |
LA Times Daily |
01 May 2018 |
| Contort |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Apr 2018 |
| Dance like Chubby Checker |
USA Today |
31 Mar 2018 |
| Knot |
|
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| Fool putting away seconds gets wind |
|
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| Martini option |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Feb 2018 |
| Unexpected development for Oliver? |
|
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| Surprising plot development |
|
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| Cocktail garnish |
|
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| Checker move |
|
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| Checker move of old? |
|
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| Dance like Chubby Checker |
|
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| Early 1960s dance craze |
|
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| Mixed drink? Idiot imbibes second |
|
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| Work a wrench |
Universal |
12 Nov 2017 |
| Early Sixties dance craze |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
05 Nov 2017 |
| Distort |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Oct 2017 |
| Literary surprise |
USA Today |
04 Oct 2017 |
| Typical M. Night Shyamalan ending |
|
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| Turn into a pretzel |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2017 |
| Plot surprise |
LA Times Daily |
20 Mar 2017 |
| Plot surprise |
The Washington Post |
20 Mar 2017 |
| Fool imbibing second mixed drink |
|
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| Time card game when discarding hearts in turn |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 Jan 2017 |
| 1960s dance craze |
New York Times |
16 Jan 2017 |
| 1960s dance craze |
|
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| Surprise ending |
|
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| Turn into a pretzel |
|
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| Plot surprise |
|
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| Literary surprise |
|
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| Work a wrench |
|
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| Son tucked into goose; he sought seconds |
|
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| Rick and Oliver |
|
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| Unexpected development for Dickens character |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Nov 2016 |
| Dance; cheat |
The Times Concise |
11 Nov 2016 |
| Maybe Oliver's turn |
|
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| Pervert who was encouraged to pick pockets? |
|
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| Oliver's unfulfilled desire — featuring in Times... |
|
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| Nincompoop grabbing second dance |
|
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| Wring |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Jun 2016 |
| Idiot's succeeded in unexpected development |
|
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| Chubby Checker's dance |
Universal |
12 Mar 2016 |
| Dance that's literarily unexpected |
|
|
| Eponymous hero in plot development |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Dec 2015 |
| Bend, distort |
The Times Concise |
12 Oct 2015 |
| Misconstrue, as words |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2015 |
| Fool taking in second workhouse orphan |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Oct 2015 |
| Plot thickener |
LA Times Daily |
19 Sep 2015 |
| Fool accepting second surprising plot development |
|
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| Unexpected plot turn |
Newsday |
08 Sep 2015 |
| Plot development that will inevitably surprise theatregoers when introduced |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Sep 2015 |
| Dickens character who wanted more |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
30 Aug 2015 |
| __ of lemon (drink garnish) |
Newsday |
10 Aug 2015 |
| Bit of irony |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2015 |
| Turn by winding |
Family Time |
31 May 2015 |
| Martini garnish |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2015 |
| Whodunit surprise |
LA Times Daily |
18 Feb 2015 |
| Dance that will inspire some trendies for a start |
|
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| Unexpected plot turn |
|
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| Bit of irony |
|
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| Misconstrue, as words |
|
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| Plot thickener |
|
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| Whodunit surprise |
|
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| Something that makes it hard to get your story straight? |
|
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| Martini garnish |
|
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| __ of lemon (drink garnish) |
|
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| Dance for Oliver |
|
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| Unexpected event leads to trouble, with individuals suffering terribly |
|
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| Dance Uma and John did in "Pulp Fiction" |
|
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| Certain garnish |
|
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| What a pretzel displays |
|
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| See 52-Across |
|
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| Bit of irony |
|
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| Ironic plot piece |
|
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| Story surprise |
|
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| Story surprise |
|
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| Craze started by Chubby Checker |
|
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| Spoilable plot point |
|
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| Plot surprise |
|
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| "American Bandstand" move |
|
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| Different take |
|
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| Diving rotation, and the clue for four puzzle answers |
|
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| Intertwine |
|
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| Whodunit plot device |
|
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| Checker's dance |
|
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| Beatles "___ and Shout" |
|
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| Unexpected plot piece |
|
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| Pretzel feature |
|
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| Plot surprise |
|
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| "___ and Shout" (1964 Beatles hit) |
|
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| Little wrench |
|
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| Instruction on a cap |
|
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| Be snaky |
|
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| Little wrench |
|
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| Instruction on a cap |
|
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| "___ and Shout" |
|
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| Corkscrew |
|
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| Bit of citrus rind in a drink |
|
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| Chubby Checker's dance |
|
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| Plot feature |
|
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| Cap-removal motion |
|
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| Difficulty increaser in diving |
|
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| Unexpected change |
|
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| Dance craze of the '60s |
|
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| Surprise at the end |
|
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| O. Henry tale feature |
|
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| Surprise at the end |
|
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| O. Henry tale feature |
|
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| Checker's dance |
|
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| Plot element |
|
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| Cocktail garnish |
|
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| Shyamalan specialty |
|
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| Unexpected climax |
|
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| Drink garnish |
|
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| Typical O. Henry ending |
|
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| Novel approach |
|
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| Distort |
|
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| Surprise in the plot |
|
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| Plot shocker |
|
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| Wrench |
|
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| With 41- and 42-Across, 1964 Beatles hit |
|
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| Unexpected climax |
|
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| Typical O. Henry ending |
|
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| Drink garnish |
|
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| Checker's dance |
|
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| Chubby Checker dance |
|
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| Checker's dance |
|
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| Peel in a drink |
|
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| Chubby Checker's dance craze |
|
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| Peel in a drink |
|
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| Literary surprise |
|
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| Chubby Checker's dance craze |
|
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| Something surprising |
|
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| Dance for Chubby Checker |
|
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| O. Henry specialty |
|
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| Citrus peel in a mixed drink |
|
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| Unexpected turn, as in a novel |
|
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| Checker's move? |
|
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| 1960's dance |
|
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| Unexpected ending |
|
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| Film-plot surprise |
|
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| Oreo disassembly |
|
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| Checker move? |
|
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| Plot device |
|
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| Checker move |
|
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| Surprise development |
|
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| Unexpected turn |
|
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| '60s dance craze |
|
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| Checker's specialty |
|
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| Checker's specialty |
|
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| '60s dance |
|
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| '60s dance craze |
|
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| Dramatic turn |
|
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| Bit of citrus rind in a drink |
|
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| Checkers' move? |
|
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| Dickens' Oliver |
|
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| '60s dance craze |
|
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| Novel-plot surprise |
|
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| Something different |
|
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| It's a surprise |
|
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| O. Henry specialty |
|
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| Plot device |
|
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| New wrinkle |
|
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| O. Henry specialty |
|
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| See 101-Down |
|
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| Citrus peel in a mixed drink |
|
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| Remove a jar lid |
|
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| Dickens youngster |
|
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| Peel in a drink |
|
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| O. Henry plot specialty |
|
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| Chubby Checker innovation |
|
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| Olive alternative |
|
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| 1960's dance craze |
|
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| Dickens waif |
|
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| Peel in a drink |
|
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| 60's dance craze |
|
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| Checker's move? |
|
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| Martini option |
|
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| Plot surprise |
|
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| Chubby Checker dance |
|
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| Chubby Checker dance |
|
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| Rotary motion |
|
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| '60s dance craze |
|
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| Checker move? |
|
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| Dance for Joey Dee |
|
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| Chubby Checker's dance |
|
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| Dickens' Oliver |
|
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| Martini garnish |
|
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| What you wouldn't expect for a quid? |
|
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| Don't stick tip of spear into Josh |
|
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| Wind into strands |
|
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| Dramatic turn |
|
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| Sprain |
|
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| Surprise in the plot |
|
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| Murder mystery plot device |
|
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| Rotary motion |
|
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| Checker move? |
|
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| Unexpected development |
|
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| Chubby Checker's dance |
|
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| Turn partner |
|
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| Drink garnish |
|
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| O. Henry story feature |
|
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| Domino dance |
|
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| Dickens urchin |
|
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| Checker dance? |
|
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| 1961 fad, with "the" |
|
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| Warp |
|
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| Different slant |
|
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| End of an O. Henry tale |
|
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| Contort |
|
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| Dance craze of the 60's |
|
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| Checker's dance |
|
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| Jackie Coogan: 1922 |
|
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| Old Peppermint Lounge dance |
|
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| New approach |
|
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| Martini additive |
|
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| Dickens boy |
|
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| Dance |
|
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| Popular dance of early '60's. |
|
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| Recently popular dance. |
|
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| Dance. |
|
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| Quirk. |
|
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| Popular dance. |
|
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| Dickensian character. |
|
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| Example of 4 Down. |
|
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| Hula's cousin. |
|
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| Current craze. |
|
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| Turn to one side. |
|
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| Dickens hero. |
|
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| O. Henry story ending. |
|
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| End of an O. Henry story. |
|
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| Dickens character. |
|
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| Fagin's poor pupil. |
|
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| Misinterpret. |
|
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| Oliver who fell among thieves. |
|
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| Part of a Dickens title. |
|
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| Dickens' Oliver. |
|
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| Soft-serve option |
|
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