Answer: IRONY
IRONY is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 172 times.
Referring Clues:
- Humor not for dummies
- Nonliteral humor
- O. Henry specialty
- "The Gift of the Magi" feature
- Certain humor
- Often-missed humor
- Slice of wry?
- Humor with a twist
- It may feature a twist
- "Gulliver's Travels" feature
- Much-misunderstood writing
- 15-Across with a twist
- Swiftian device
- O. Henry device
- Overused humor technique
- Twisted humor
- Literary device
- Stinging surprise
- It may be tragic
- O. Henry literary device
- It may be poetic
- Wry twist
- Double-edged literary device
- Wry toast?
- Something said with the opposite implied
- Swift forte
- Socratic ___
- "The Gift of the Magi" device
- Tongue-in-cheek quality
- Poetic justice
- Satire feature
- Double-edged humor
- Literary twist
- Subtle sarcasm
- O. Henry technique
- Literary device in "The Gift of the Magi"
- It's not to be taken literally
- It may be dramatic
- Socratic ___ (feigned ignorance in a discussion)
- Humorous literary technique
- Sarcasm, e.g.
- Swift strength
- Humorist's tool
- Employment agency layoff, e.g.
- Twist onstage
- Unexpected outcome
- Twist at the end
- O. Henry's forte
- Adolph Coors III's allergy to beer, e.g.
- "Oedipus Rex" literary device
- Swift specialty
- Literary surprise
- Literary sarcasm
- Sardonic literary device
- It features a twist
- O. Henry forte
- Literary technique
- Certain literary device
- Literary style
- A literary incongruity
- Humor with a twist, perhaps
- Dramatic device
- The fire station burned down, e.g.
- Sardonic literary tactic
- Sardonic literary style
- Sardonic humor, e.g.
- Literary incongruity
- Sophocles skill
- Satirist's device
- "Seinfeld" specialty
- Sardonic humor
- Tongue-in-cheek humor
- Vonnegut device
- Device of the wryly humorous
- Feature of many fables
- Twist of fate
- Common literary device
- Socrates' forte
- O. Henry's specialty
- Bitter humor
- Satirist's specialty
- 'Bitter' humor
- Arch writing
- O. Henry's twist
- Sarcastic humor
- Satirist's tool
- Twisted wit
- Wry humor
- "The Gift of the Magi" quality
- It's lost on some people
- Swiftian humor
- What air quotes sometimes indicate
- Twist of a sort
- Twist in a tale
- Device commonly used in "The Twilight Zone"
- Literary device much used by O. Henry
- "The Wizard of Oz" device
- Jonathon Swift's forte
- Dramatic ___
- Paradox
- A fire station burning down, e.g.
- Apt twist of fate, in literature
- "The Twilight Zone" plot device
- Literary technique involving incongruity
- Subtle satire
- Double-edged plot device
- Humor based on contradiction
- Satire, perhaps
- Humor element
- Firehouse catching fire, e.g.
- Twisty writing?
- Form of sarcasm, e.g.
- Writing that features a twist
- Satire
- Sardonic wit
- Subtle twist, in literature
- "Gift of the Magi" device
- Choking on a Life Saver, e.g.
- Subtle twist
- Robbery at a police station, e.g.
- Left-handed humor
- Satire device
- Word from the Greek for "feigned ignorance"
- O. Henry-esque twist
- Writing style with a twist?
- Jane Austen specialty
- O. Henry twist
- Stephen Colbert forte
- Plot twist
- Writing with a wry twist
- Vonnegut literary device
- Wry literary twist
- Ferruginous
- It involves a twist
- Two-sided humor
- It has a twist
- Ferric
- Twist from O. Henry
- Satiric twist
- Twist in O. Henry stories
- Swift quality
- IRS agent committing tax fraud, e.g.
- Sometimes tricky-to-spot humor
- Twist
- Device common on "Seinfeld"
- Cheating on an ethics exam, e.g.
- Jonathan Swift specialty
- Cop committing a crime, e.g.
- Antonym of "earnestness"
- Ungenuine tone
- Dramatic technique
- Sarcastic tone
- It can be dramatic or situational
- Literary effect in O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi"
- O. Henry hallmark
- Proofreader introducing an error, e.g.
- Dramatic literary device
- The fact that the Bible is the most shoplifted book in America, e.g.
- Complaining about social media on Facebook, say
- Dripping with ___ (very sarcastic)
- It can be dramatic
- "Honesty with the volume cranked up," per George Saunders
- "___ is wasted on the stupid": Oscar Wilde
- "The Twilight Zone" specialty
- Dolly Parton losing a Dolly Parton lookalike contest, e.g.
- It might be verbal, dramatic or situational
- "Dramatic" literary device
- Twisted humor?
- "At a time like this, scorching ___, not convincing argument, is needed": Frederick Douglass
- Dramatic ___ (storytelling device)
- "The ___ is not lost on me"
- Hallmark of a typical Greek tragedy
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - September 10, 2025
- New York Times - July 29, 2025
- USA Today - July 14, 2025
- USA Today - March 13, 2025
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- New York Times - November 24, 2024
- New York Times - April 02, 2024
- USA Today - November 28, 2023
- USA Today - November 03, 2023
- LA Times - September 04, 2023
- LA Times - August 03, 2023
- New York Times - July 26, 2023
- New York Times - June 22, 2023
- USA Today - February 24, 2023
- USA Today - October 24, 2022
- LA Times - June 14, 2022
- New York Times - February 16, 2022
- New York Times - August 23, 2021
- LA Times - July 16, 2021
- LA Times - April 24, 2021
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