| Biting wit | 10 |
| A literary incongruity | 22 |
| "Seinfeld" specialty | 30 |
| "Gulliver's Travels" feature | 42 |
| Vonnegut device | 15 |
| Twist onstage | 13 |
| Twist of fate | 13 |
| Twist of a sort | 15 |
| Twist in a tale | 15 |
| Twist in "Oliver Twist" | 33 |
| Twist at the end | 16 |
| Swiftian device | 15 |
| Swift device | 12 |
| Subtle twist | 12 |
| Subtle humor | 12 |
| Speaker's device | 20 |
| Sophocles skill | 15 |
| Socratic approach | 17 |
| Socratic ___ (pretended ignorance) | 34 |
| Socratic ___ (feigned ignorance in a discussion) | 48 |
| Satiric wit | 11 |
| Satire, perhaps | 15 |
| Satire feature | 14 |
| Sardonic style | 14 |
| Sardonic humor, e.g. | 20 |
| Sardonic form of humor | 22 |
| Sarcasm, e.g. | 13 |
| Sarcasm of a sort | 17 |
| Quality that Alanis didn't quite hit in a hit song | 54 |
| Poetic justice | 14 |
| Overused humor technique | 24 |
| O'Henry forte | 17 |
| O. Henry's pet device | 25 |
| O. Henry's favorite device | 30 |
| O. Henry literary device | 24 |
| O. Henry could see it in things | 31 |
| Nonliteral humor | 16 |
| Much-misunderstood writing | 26 |
| Mockery of a sort | 17 |
| Man bites dog, e.g. | 19 |
| Man bites dog e.g. | 19 |
| Literary technique involving incongruity | 40 |
| Literary incongruity | 20 |
| Literary device much used by O. Henry | 37 |
| Literary device in "The Gift of the Magi" | 51 |
| Like hematite | 13 |
| Kind of writing | 15 |
| It's not to be taken literally | 34 |
| It's lost on some people | 28 |
| It may feature a twist | 22 |
| It may be tragic | 16 |
| It can feature a twist | 22 |
| Incongruousness | 15 |
| Humorist's tool | 19 |
| Humor not for dummies | 21 |
| Hipster's sartorial tool | 28 |
| Hidden humor | 12 |
| Gentle sarcasm | 14 |
| Forte of O. Henry | 17 |
| Form of sarcasm, e.g. | 21 |
| Ferruginous | 11 |
| Feature of many fables | 22 |
| Employment agency layoff, e.g. | 30 |
| Double-edged plot device | 24 |
| Dissimulation of a sort | 23 |
| Device commonly used in "The Twilight Zone" | 53 |
| Common literary device | 22 |
| Certain literary device | 23 |
| Asteism | 7 |
| Apt twist of fate, in literature | 32 |
| Adolph Coors III's allergy to beer, e.g. | 44 |
| A fire station burning down, e.g. | 33 |
| "The Wizard of Oz" device | 35 |
| "The Twilight Zone" plot device | 41 |
| "The Gift of the Magi" quality | 40 |
| "The Gift of the Magi" feature | 40 |
| "The gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom," per Anatole France | 78 |
| "Oedipus Rex" literary device | 39 |
| Like some vbs. | 14 |
| Discount rack abbr. | 19 |
| Like not-so-good gds. | 21 |
| Second-quality: Abbr. | 21 |
| Sale rack abbr. | 15 |
| Sale item abbr. | 15 |
| Not std. | 8 |
| Like some discounted mdse. | 26 |
| Flawed, as mdse. | 16 |
| Clearance rack abbr. | 20 |
| Bargain bin abbr. | 17 |
| Like some marked-down mdse. | 27 |
| Sale tag abbr. | 14 |
| Sale abbr. | 10 |
| Like seconds: Abbr. | 19 |
| Letters on seconds | 18 |
| Damaged, as mdse. | 17 |
| Bargain tag abbr. | 17 |
| Bargain basement abbr. | 22 |
| Uneven: Abbr. | 13 |
| Tag on damaged mdse. | 20 |
| Sale item, maybe: Abbr. | 23 |