Answer: IRONIC
IRONIC is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 115 times.
Referring Clues:
- Double-edged
- Like some Swift writing
- Like a break-in at a burglar's house
- Unexpectedly appropriate, maybe
- Like some of Chekhov's writings
- Like many Rod Serling works
- Unexpected, in a way
- "Isn't it ___?"
- Like many an O. Henry story
- Twisted, in a way
- Like many O. Henry stories
- Song by Alanis Morissette
- Like "The Gift of the Magi"
- Like calling telemarketers at home
- Humorously sarcastic
- Worthy of O. Henry
- Like many episodes of "The Twilight Zone"
- Hit song from Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" album
- Having a twist
- Like Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard"
- Like some unexpected endings
- Alanis Morissette's first Top 10 hit
- Like some humor
- Dramatically twisty
- Like "as clear as mud"
- Twisty?
- Having an unexpected twist
- Like many "Twilight Zone" episodes
- Twisted?
- Like O. Henry stories
- Twisted at the end?
- Like an O. Henry ending
- Expressing a dramatic reversal
- Like a broker going broke
- Wry
- Funny in a twisted way
- Like a fire at the firehouse
- With a twist
- Like some hipsters' T-shirts
- Like wry humor
- Paradoxical
- Oddly funny
- Incongruous
- Arch
- Like O. Henry tales
- Kinda funny
- Funny in an odd way
- Funny, in a way
- Kind of funny
- O. Henry-esque
- Evoking O. Henry
- Sly, in a way
- Alanis Morissette song
- Cynically humorous
- Tongue-in-cheek
- With a twist in one's tale
- Funny, in an O. Henry sort of way
- "Ain't that ___!"
- Darkly humorous
- Wryly appropriate
- Morissette song that, by failing to give examples of things that are its title, becomes said title
- Said tongue in cheek
- Like "Big deal!"
- Having an obliquely conveyed meaning
- Unexpected, as some endings
- With a bit of a twist
- Like many a "Twilight Zone" ending
- Wryly humorous
- Like some modern mustaches
- Like rain on your wedding day, per Morissette
- Dry
- Perversely funny
- Wryly funny
- Like a firehouse burning down?
- Sarcastically humorous
- Like a broker going broke, e.g.
- Satirical, maybe
- Like a fire in a firehouse
- Perversely apt
- Like a broker going broke?
- Having a 13-Down
- Satiric
- Sarcastic
- Mocked by fate
- Morissette smash hit
- Amusingly unexpected
- Bittersweet, perhaps
- Like some surprise endings
- Like rain on your wedding day, as per a certain song
- Like an O. Henry story
- Like a break-in at a police station
- Alanis Morissette hit
- Like much humor
- Like many O. Henry endings
- Wryly amusing
- Like a typical O. Henry story
- Surprisingly contradictory
- Twisty, as some 39 Across
- Unexpected but appropriate
- Against expectations, say
- 1996 hit with the lyric "It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife"
- Alanis Morissette song about unfortunate situations
- Not what one would expect
- Like a hungry chef
- Like naming a fish Fluffy
- Coincidental
- Like a driving instructor running a red light
- Like a free ride when you've already paid, per a 1996 hit
- Like O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi"
- Like a librarian getting shushed by a visitor
- Like a big dog named Tiny
- Like some phrases in scare quotes
- Like some hipster T-shirts
- Unexpectedly apt
- Like an ecologist working from home
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - May 22, 2025
- LA Times - November 17, 2024
- New York Times - July 07, 2024
- USA Today - June 20, 2024
- LA Times - March 13, 2024
- USA Today - January 23, 2024
- New York Times - August 13, 2023
- New York Times - June 28, 2023
- USA Today - December 13, 2022
- USA Today - December 06, 2021
- LA Times - August 29, 2021
- LA Times - January 14, 2021
- Netword - November 12, 2020
- LA Times - October 06, 2020
- New York Times - August 18, 2020
- LA Times - July 09, 2020
- Netword - June 17, 2020
- New York Times - May 21, 2020
- New York Times - October 31, 2019
- Netword - March 23, 2019
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