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

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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 novel (4) Eugene Sheffer May 19, 2026
6% BATIK Printing technique that uses wax (5) New York Times May 17, 2026
5% OLIVER Literary Twist (6) Premier Sunday May 31, 2026
5% AHAB Literary forerunner of Captain Hook (4) New York Times May 31, 2026
5% ETAL And others: Abbr. (4) Universal May 28, 2026
5% DIPDYE Technique whereby a shirt is lowered into a pigmented bath (6) New York Times May 26, 2026
5% IPHONEAPPS Safari and others (10) LA Times Daily May 23, 2026
5% OTRA Other, in Spanish (4) The Atlantic May 22, 2026
5% BUT On the other hand (3) Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

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