Literary technique used by Austen and others (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Literary technique used by Austen and others (5) featured in Guardian Weekend puzzle on March 14, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is IRONY.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IRONY Literary technique used by Austen and others (5) (5) The Guardian Weekend Mar 14, 2026
6% EMMA Austen heroine (4) Eugene Sheffer Mar 13, 2026
5% SENTENCES "No." and others (9) LA Times Daily Mar 14, 2026
5% SLAPBASS Guitar player's percussive technique (8) New York Times Mar 13, 2026
5% ONE __ or the other (3) Commuter Mar 7, 2026
5% TERRACEDHOUSE Did career supply other use cases for property? (13) The Times Cryptic Mar 6, 2026
5% SALTS NH4NO3 and others (5) New York Times Mar 6, 2026
5% TROPE Literary cliché (5) Commuter Mar 5, 2026
5% SLOMO Replay technique, informally (5) New York Times Mar 5, 2026
5% THEY Unnamed others (4) Newsday Mar 5, 2026

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