Answer: TWIST
TWIST is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 104 times.
Referring Clues:
- Chubby Checker's dance
 - Murder mystery plot device
 - 60's dance craze
 - Checker's move?
 - Peel in a drink
 - O. Henry plot specialty
 - See 101-Down
 - It's a surprise
 - O. Henry specialty
 - Dance for Chubby Checker
 - Dance for Joey Dee
 - '60s dance craze
 - Chubby Checker dance
 - Plot device
 - New wrinkle
 - '60s dance
 - Bit of citrus rind in a drink
 - Literary surprise
 - Typical O. Henry ending
 - Citrus peel in a mixed drink
 - Chubby Checker's dance craze
 - Checker's specialty
 - Unexpected climax
 - Novel-plot surprise
 - Something different
 - Film-plot surprise
 - Plot surprise
 - __ of lemon (drink garnish)
 - Something surprising
 - Unexpected ending
 - Remove a jar lid
 - Unexpected turn, as in a novel
 - Checker's dance
 - Checker move?
 - Surprise development
 - Dramatic turn
 - Wrench
 - Novel approach
 - With 41- and 42-Across, 1964 Beatles hit
 - Surprise in the plot
 - Drink garnish
 - Plot shocker
 - Difficulty increaser in diving
 - O. Henry tale feature
 - Surprise at the end
 - ___ of lemon (drink garnish)
 - Cap-removal motion
 - Shyamalan specialty
 - Plot element
 - Unexpected change
 - Dance craze of the '60s
 - Contort
 - Surprise in a story
 - Bar garnish
 - O. Henry story feature
 - Distort
 - Lime quantity
 - Unexpected plot piece
 - "___ and Shout" (1964 Beatles hit)
 - Be snaky
 - Plot feature
 - 1950s dance
 - Instruction on a cap
 - "___ and Shout"
 - Corkscrew
 - Little wrench
 - Plot suprise
 - Pretzel feature
 - "American Bandstand" move
 - Intertwine
 - Different take
 - Diving rotation, and the clue for four puzzle answers
 - Whodunit plot device
 - Story surprise
 - See 52-Across
 - Bit of irony
 - Craze started by Chubby Checker
 - Whodunit surprise
 - Unexpected plot turn
 - Plot thickener
 - Misconstrue, as words
 - Turn
 - Splash of citrus
 - 1960s dance craze
 - Surprise ending
 - Wind spirally
 - "Oliver ___"
 - Turn into a pretzel
 - Work a wrench
 - Jackie Coogan: 1922
 - End of an O. Henry tale
 - Surprising plot development
 - Entwine
 - Checker move of old?
 - ___ tie
 - Story-line surprise
 - Unexpected story ending
 - Citrus garnish in a mixed drink
 - Story's surprise
 - Dramatic plot turn
 - Unexpected plot development
 - Chocolate-and-vanilla soft serve
 - Checker's move
 - Surprise in a plot
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - March 10, 2025
 - USA Today - December 06, 2024
 - New York Times - December 06, 2024
 - LA Times - June 09, 2024
 - LA Times - April 03, 2024
 - New York Times - December 18, 2023
 - USA Today - February 02, 2023
 - USA Today - October 24, 2022
 - LA Times - February 20, 2022
 - New York Times - September 05, 2021
 - USA Today - October 16, 2020
 - Netword - October 05, 2020
 - USA Today - December 17, 2019
 - USA Today - November 19, 2019
 - New York Times - July 02, 2019
 - LA Times - May 05, 2019
 - Netword - February 27, 2019
 - LA Times - January 06, 2019
 - Universal - June 25, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 14, 2018
 
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