Ironic Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 16 Nov 2019

Showing 60 Matching Answers

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TONGUEINCHEEK
13 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Not meant seriouslyCrossword Clue
Perhaps English eke out small amount to be eaten: that's ironicCrossword Clue
JokinglyCrossword Clue
With ironic intentionCrossword Clue
IronicallyCrossword Clue
Get union involved with 10? It's not seriousCrossword Clue
Echt, genuine, OK? Possibly notCrossword Clue
Facetious language followed by creep with cry of mock horrorCrossword Clue

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WRY
3 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Like some humorCrossword Clue
Cleverly funnyCrossword Clue
Dryly humorousCrossword Clue
Ironically humorousCrossword Clue
TwistedCrossword Clue
Like dry humorCrossword Clue
DrollCrossword Clue
Dryly funnyCrossword Clue
Like a knowing smileCrossword Clue

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SATIRIC
7 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Mocking woman who’s educated about parting thusCrossword Clue
Mocking Tricias weavingCrossword Clue
Mocking luxurious hotel abandoned after located on islandCrossword Clue
Like mockumentariesCrossword Clue
Critics not initially upset about a comicCrossword Clue
Mockingly abusive, new act is enthralling IrelandCrossword Clue
Sitar played by one comedian primarily given to sarcasmCrossword Clue
Ridiculing racist I thumpedCrossword Clue
Like HBO's "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver"Crossword Clue

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AHA
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
___ momentCrossword Clue
"Now I get it!"Crossword Clue
"Now I've got it!"Crossword Clue
___ momentCrossword Clue
"I knew you were bluffing!"Crossword Clue
"I see now!"Crossword Clue
"Now I get it!"Crossword Clue
"It just clicked!"Crossword Clue
Cry after an epiphanyCrossword Clue
"I knew it!"Crossword Clue

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AHAS
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Epiphanic momentsCrossword Clue
Forehead-slapping momentsCrossword Clue
"I see now!" criesCrossword Clue
Exclamations of understandingCrossword Clue
Forehead-slapping shoutsCrossword Clue
Cries of discoveryCrossword Clue
Cries of understandingCrossword Clue
Clicking sounds?Crossword Clue
Knowing expressions?Crossword Clue
Light bulb momentsCrossword Clue

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POETICJUSTICE
13 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Morally suitable outcomeCrossword Clue
Janet Jackson movieCrossword Clue

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SAKI
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Small monkey – H. H. Munro’s pseudonymCrossword Clue
Munro pen nameCrossword Clue
H.H. Munro's pen nameCrossword Clue
Hector Hugh Munro - kind of monkeyCrossword Clue
“The Open Window” authorCrossword Clue
Monkeys Japanese fermented drinkCrossword Clue
Japanese drink made from fermented riceCrossword Clue
Everyman's after snack every so often, and wineCrossword Clue
H.H. Munro’s nom de plumeCrossword Clue
Foremost of storytelling authors, keenly ironicCrossword Clue

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SATIRES
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
SendupsCrossword Clue
Most articles in The OnionCrossword Clue
Some sketchesCrossword Clue
Biting writingsCrossword Clue
South America exhausts folly-ridiculing worksCrossword Clue
"After Saturday I sleep, missing the last ""SNL"" sketches, say "Crossword Clue
Send-upsCrossword Clue
Ironic literary worksCrossword Clue
LampoonsCrossword Clue
Many Dorothy Parker piecesCrossword Clue

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SOCRATES
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Who said "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance"Crossword Clue
Plato’s teacherCrossword Clue
Philosopher needs help to carry boxCrossword Clue
Plato's mentorCrossword Clue
Oscar received by actress cast as philosopherCrossword Clue
Old Greek coasters repairedCrossword Clue
Famous Greek cardinal makes speech about head of churchCrossword Clue
Philosopher's very cheap carsCrossword Clue
Philosophers very cheap carsCrossword Clue
Old Greeks distress message about containerCrossword Clue

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TWISTOFFATE
11 Letters

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TWISTS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Character asking for more special, unexpected eventsCrossword Clue
Unforeseen plot elementsCrossword Clue
Plot surprisesCrossword Clue
Surprising plot turnsCrossword Clue
Story surprisesCrossword Clue
Surprising plot developmentsCrossword Clue
Unexpected endingsCrossword Clue
Unforeseen developments as tornados destroyed hospital wardCrossword Clue
Literary orphan son doesnt go straightCrossword Clue
Hungry boy given starter of sausage rollsCrossword Clue

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LITOTES
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Literary understatement such as "not unhappy"Crossword Clue
Might such rhetoric be no great shakes?Crossword Clue
Figure of speech unusual in TS EliotCrossword Clue
Bit of rhetoric from student, one wholly using modern language?Crossword Clue
Figure of speech child found in stories — that's an understatementCrossword Clue
Small amount of drink mopped up by a tissue, falsely? That's an understatementCrossword Clue
It downplays setter getting eaten by 50 bearsCrossword Clue
It downplays setter getting eaten by 50 bearsCrossword Clue
Tall stories after consuming drink? Thats an understatementCrossword Clue
Toilets are shabby? Its an understatementCrossword Clue

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SATIRICAL
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Using humour to criticiseCrossword Clue
MockingCrossword Clue
Deans works are so absurdly racialistCrossword Clue
Mocking island state involved in sham trialsCrossword Clue
Like The Onion, CIA trials collapsedCrossword Clue
Mocking learner after Day One — car breaks down around lunchtimeCrossword Clue
Mocking learner after Day One - car breaks down around lunchtimeCrossword Clue
Ridiculing pathetic racialistCrossword Clue
Ridiculing pathetic racialistCrossword Clue
Style of humour that could become racialistCrossword Clue

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SUNSHINE
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Eternal ___of the Spotless Mind; starring Kate Winslet and Jim CarreyCrossword Clue
See 24Crossword Clue
Natural light and heatCrossword Clue
Warming raysCrossword Clue
First word of #1 titles by Donovan and John DenverCrossword Clue
Light busterCrossword Clue
Light oriental dish around noon, one without starterCrossword Clue
Pleasant forecast wordCrossword Clue
Susan occupied by northern climbs bright outlookCrossword Clue
Cheer as doctor in NHS impregnates girlCrossword Clue

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AWRY
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
AmissCrossword Clue
Off-kilterCrossword Clue
Not quite rightCrossword Clue
AskewCrossword Clue
AskewCrossword Clue
Wrong answer wittyCrossword Clue
OffCrossword Clue
WrongCrossword Clue
Off courseCrossword Clue
WaryCrossword Clue

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BREAKALEG
9 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Stage whisper?Crossword Clue
*"Godspeed" to the cast of "Godspell," sayCrossword Clue
Good luck!Crossword Clue
Traditional words before play interrupt each sessionCrossword Clue
Good luck to player from a supporter on holidayCrossword Clue
Theatrical "Good luck!"Crossword Clue
*Opening night "Best of luck!"Crossword Clue
"Good luck!"Crossword Clue

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LAUGHCLOWNLAUGH
15 Letters

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OHENRY
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"The Gift of the Magi" writerCrossword Clue
Famed short story writer behind "The Gift of the Magi"Crossword Clue
Another American author's way of addressing JamesCrossword Clue
The pen name of the short story writer William Sydney PorterCrossword Clue
Short-story writer famous for twist endingsCrossword Clue
Literary master of ironyCrossword Clue
Storywriter known for ironyCrossword Clue
Lines in support of love by female authorCrossword Clue
"The Gift of the Magi" authorCrossword Clue
"The Gift of the Magi" authorCrossword Clue

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SATONFRIDAY
11 Letters

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SUNONMONDAY
11 Letters

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TWIST
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Curled piece of citrus adornmentCrossword Clue
Surprise in a plotCrossword Clue
Checker's moveCrossword Clue
Surprise endingCrossword Clue
Dance – change in plotCrossword Clue
Chocolate-and-vanilla soft serveCrossword Clue
Unexpected endingCrossword Clue
Unexpected plot developmentCrossword Clue
Piece of coiled hairCrossword Clue
PervertCrossword Clue

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WEDONTHURSDAY
13 Letters

68%
ALARMS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Security devicesCrossword Clue
Early wake-up necessities, oftenCrossword Clue
ScaresCrossword Clue
They're set to go offCrossword Clue
DismaysCrossword Clue
Wake-up callsCrossword Clue
DistressesCrossword Clue
They can be snoozedCrossword Clue
Wake-up devicesCrossword Clue
Things most cars and many clocks haveCrossword Clue

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ANEWLYWASHEDCAR
15 Letters

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BIRDSOFAFEATHER
15 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Peas in a pod hard when served with roast beef, if out to lunchCrossword Clue
People like each other, conducting affairs — bothered?Crossword Clue
Ones that are alikeCrossword Clue
Ones that are alikeCrossword Clue
They have common interestsCrossword Clue
Proverbial flying companions?Crossword Clue
*The company one keeps, oftenCrossword Clue

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FLOCKTO
7 Letters

64%
IMSPEECHLESS
12 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
"You flabbergast me"Crossword Clue

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DRYAD
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Forest nymph in Greek mythologyCrossword Clue
Forest nymphCrossword Clue
A spirit? The old man imbibes rye, mostlyCrossword Clue
Forest spiritCrossword Clue
Old man crossing the line with nymph in the woodsCrossword Clue
Tree-dweller featuring in sundry advertisementsCrossword Clue
Wood nymphCrossword Clue
Wood spirit not on alcohol promotionCrossword Clue
Wood dweller boring flyer, sayCrossword Clue
Nymph of the woodsCrossword Clue

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GALLOWSHUMOUR
13 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Jokes about painful subjectsCrossword Clue
Very dark comedyCrossword Clue
Grim, sardonic jokesCrossword Clue
German leader grants time, without hesitation, for dry witCrossword Clue

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SLOWHANDCLAP
12 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Sign of impatience from audience had clowns blundering on stageCrossword Clue
Audience's show of disapprovalCrossword Clue

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STONECOLD
9 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Absolutely – freezingCrossword Clue
UtterlyCrossword Clue
Totally, as soberCrossword Clue
UtterlyCrossword Clue
UtterlyCrossword Clue
*Totally, as soberCrossword Clue

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SATIRE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Swift specialtyCrossword Clue
Swift work?Crossword Clue
Parody, sayCrossword Clue
“Animal Farm,” e.gCrossword Clue
Much political humorCrossword Clue
The Onion's genreCrossword Clue
BurlesqueCrossword Clue
Reductress genreCrossword Clue
ClickHole genreCrossword Clue
Much sketch comedyCrossword Clue

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SARCASM
7 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Cutting remarkCrossword Clue
Cutting remarkCrossword Clue
Cutting remarkCrossword Clue
Cutting remarkCrossword Clue
Cutting remarkCrossword Clue
Cutting remarkCrossword Clue
Cutting remarkCrossword Clue

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LOWRY
5 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Artist's line on the ground?Crossword Clue
Six-time N.B.A. All-Star KyleCrossword Clue
Deep line used by this painterCrossword Clue
Deep line used by this painterCrossword Clue
Painter humble with the second-hand exchange?Crossword Clue
Painter of industrial LancashireCrossword Clue
He painted blue linesCrossword Clue
Clarence Malcolm or L.SCrossword Clue

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NOLESS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
SurprisinglyCrossword Clue
"… if you can believe it"Crossword Clue
“...amazingly enough!”Crossword Clue
To bootCrossword Clue
Amazingly enoughCrossword Clue
Words of emphasisCrossword Clue
To bootCrossword Clue
Phrase used to emphasise admiration or surpriseCrossword Clue
Surprisingly enoughCrossword Clue
To bootCrossword Clue

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RUISLIP
7 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
One mistake at end of game in suburb of West LondonCrossword Clue
London area's one mistake? Chasing gameCrossword Clue
London areas one mistake? Chasing gameCrossword Clue
One mistake at the end of game somewhere in LondonCrossword Clue

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WISECRACK
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Zinger from the peanut galleryCrossword Clue
WitticismCrossword Clue
JokeCrossword Clue
Knowing excellent gagCrossword Clue
Ironically witty remarkCrossword Clue
Old comedian to attempt jokeCrossword Clue
Old comedian to attempt jokeCrossword Clue
With one second, frame funny remarkCrossword Clue
Sally is on drugs, after whiskeyCrossword Clue
Funny straight man splitCrossword Clue

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HOLY
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"What if the way you hold me is actually what's ___?"Crossword Clue
"___ cannoli!"Crossword Clue
Word with cow or CommunionCrossword Clue
Deified, sayCrossword Clue
ConsecratedCrossword Clue
"___ mackerel!"Crossword Clue
"___ smokes!"Crossword Clue
"___ cow!"Crossword Clue
SacredCrossword Clue
"___ guacamole!"Crossword Clue

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SPITTAKE
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Reaction to an unexpected bit of humorCrossword Clue
Classic bit of slapstickCrossword Clue
Messy reaction to something shockingCrossword Clue
Comedic reaction involving a sprayed beverageCrossword Clue
Reaction to an unexpected jokeCrossword Clue
Slapstick reactionCrossword Clue
Slapstick specialtyCrossword Clue
"You did WHAT?" reactionCrossword Clue
"You did WHAT?" reactionCrossword Clue
Result of upsetting a cup holder?Crossword Clue

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THINK
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
CogitateCrossword Clue
Use your noodleCrossword Clue
"Use your head!"Crossword Clue
BelieveCrossword Clue
Some growth in knowledge is deliberateCrossword Clue
Rack one's brainsCrossword Clue
Use your brainCrossword Clue
DeliberateCrossword Clue
Feeble king to use his brainCrossword Clue
RuminateCrossword Clue

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ALANIS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Ironic" singer MorissetteCrossword Clue
"Jagged Little Pill" singer MorissetteCrossword Clue
Singer MorissetteCrossword Clue
First name in 1990s alternative rockCrossword Clue
Morrissette who sang, "It's like rain on your wedding day / It's free ride when you've already paid"Crossword Clue
First name in the Canadian Songwriters Hall of FameCrossword Clue
Grammy winner MorissetteCrossword Clue
Seven-time Grammy winner MorissetteCrossword Clue
Debut album of 1991Crossword Clue
Singer MorissetteCrossword Clue

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CONSPIRATORIAL
14 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Irrational cops could be intriguingCrossword Clue
Undercover sting against criminal Paris tailorCrossword Clue
Conservative nosedive maybe involves a bit of intrigue after a party members endless plottingCrossword Clue
Criminal is in patrol car, admitting love for plottingCrossword Clue
Criminal is in patrol car, admitting love for plottingCrossword Clue

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INCISOR
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
One of a set with it is cutting wellCrossword Clue
Front toothCrossword Clue
Sharp front toothCrossword Clue
Sort of ironic about Stimpy's original canine companionCrossword Clue
Canine relativeCrossword Clue
Mouthy thing elected Conservative — is nothing right?Crossword Clue
Elected Conservative, one with interminably painful toothCrossword Clue
What may be biting and ironic satires beginning to be broadcastCrossword Clue
Something like a canine in size or soundCrossword Clue
I note canine is gold - and this?Crossword Clue

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PIGSMIGHTFLY
12 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
It's very unlikely!Crossword Clue

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WRITER
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Rice or Oates, e.gCrossword Clue
Author's more genuine in conversationCrossword Clue
Bookmaker?Crossword Clue
AuthorCrossword Clue
Bell hooks, for oneCrossword Clue
Word processor using right IT to fill in answer? Not halfCrossword Clue
Word processor using right IT to fill in answer? Not halfCrossword Clue
Movie critic or poetCrossword Clue
Jo, in "Little Women"Crossword Clue
Womens formal procedure meets resistance, author revealedCrossword Clue

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LIKEAFOX
8 Letters

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TINY
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
MicroscopicCrossword Clue
LilliputianCrossword Clue
PiddlingCrossword Clue
MinuteCrossword Clue
Nickname for N.B.A. great Nate Archibald (he was actually 6'1")Crossword Clue
LilliputianCrossword Clue
Very smallCrossword Clue
Itty-bittyCrossword Clue
WeeCrossword Clue
WeeCrossword Clue

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DRY
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Like butterless toastCrossword Clue
Word before "cleaner" or "martini"Crossword Clue
Like toast without butterCrossword Clue
DeadpanCrossword Clue
Like deserts and some humorCrossword Clue
Like some humorCrossword Clue
Like deadpan humorCrossword Clue
Free of moistureCrossword Clue
Not at all humidCrossword Clue
Not wetCrossword Clue

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AMODEST
7 Letters

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ANALYTIC
8 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
___ psychologyCrossword Clue
Rational, very meticulous mayors domain making a comebackCrossword Clue
Methodical, obsessive UK finance centre withdrawnCrossword Clue
Obsessive with unknown jerk breaking downCrossword Clue
Kind of geometryCrossword Clue
Broadcast action replay, rope removed on examinationCrossword Clue
Articles beginning to lament urban uprising, leading to resolutionCrossword Clue

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CONTRIBUTION
12 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Shame about tramp killing maiden in storyCrossword Clue
Regret accepting British universitys inputCrossword Clue
Gift of new tunic to RobinCrossword Clue
Endless praise by Tory over independents refusal to return donationCrossword Clue
In regret, almost buy giftCrossword Clue
Almost buy in remorse something to be givenCrossword Clue

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DRYROT
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Wood decayCrossword Clue
Timber decayCrossword Clue
Form of wood decay caused by fungiCrossword Clue
Say, Liam Fox and party colleague raised problem in the HouseCrossword Clue
Try rodCrossword Clue
Wood decay that, despite its name, requires moistureCrossword Clue
Fungal timber decayCrossword Clue
Wet wood woeCrossword Clue
Doctor, conservative, reversed disease affecting trees (3,3)Crossword Clue
Decay of politician with spin doctor at firstCrossword Clue

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HALFSMILINGLY
13 Letters

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NEWSFLASH
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
'Welsh fans upset' — it may interrupt a programmeCrossword Clue
Story just in Scandinavian folk literature initially remains alongside novelCrossword Clue
Story just in Scandinavian folk literature initially remains alongside novelCrossword Clue
"Hey, let me be the first to tell you ..."Crossword Clue
Ironic "This should come as no surprise ... "Crossword Clue
Brief report translated for Welsh fansCrossword Clue
Brief report translated for Welsh fansCrossword Clue
Novel with fantastic genre to flog in bulletinCrossword Clue
Novel and literary genre make fast breaking storyCrossword Clue
Ironic exclamation before an unsurprising announcementCrossword Clue

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FUNCITY
7 Letters

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AIRCONDITION
12 Letters

41%
BRUISER
7 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Prizefighter is sure rib is crackedCrossword Clue
Warship topped by British fighterCrossword Clue
Fighter — bullyCrossword Clue
Fighter — rues ribCrossword Clue
Big lugCrossword Clue
Pugilists rib sure to be injuredCrossword Clue

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TENDERMERCIES
13 Letters

33%
THEBESTOF
9 Letters

32%
BRAVENEWWORLD
13 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Dystopian classic whose title comes from "The Tempest"Crossword Clue
Dystopian classic whose title comes from "The Tempest"Crossword Clue
Dystopian novel from 1932Crossword Clue
Aldous Huxley's first venture into scifiCrossword Clue
Aldous Huxley's vision of a future dystopian societyCrossword Clue
*Dystopian novel set in the year 2540Crossword Clue
Learner in tangled web overdrawn in dystopian novelCrossword Clue
Huxley classic published in 1932Crossword Clue
Aldous Huxley novelCrossword Clue
1932 novel whose title comes from "The Tempest"Crossword Clue

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Showing 60 Matching Answers

TONGUEINCHEEK

8 RELATED CLUES

WRY

9 RELATED CLUES

SATIRIC

9 RELATED CLUES

AHA

10 RELATED CLUES

AHAS

10 RELATED CLUES

POETICJUSTICE

2 RELATED CLUES

SAKI

10 RELATED CLUES

SATIRES

10 RELATED CLUES

SOCRATES

10 RELATED CLUES

TWISTOFFATE

TWISTS

10 RELATED CLUES

LITOTES

10 RELATED CLUES

SATIRICAL

10 RELATED CLUES

SUNSHINE

10 RELATED CLUES

AWRY

10 RELATED CLUES

BREAKALEG

8 RELATED CLUES

LAUGHCLOWNLAUGH

OHENRY

10 RELATED CLUES

SATONFRIDAY

SUNONMONDAY

TWIST

10 RELATED CLUES

WEDONTHURSDAY

ALARMS

10 RELATED CLUES

ANEWLYWASHEDCAR

BIRDSOFAFEATHER

7 RELATED CLUES

FLOCKTO

IMSPEECHLESS

1 RELATED CLUES

DRYAD

10 RELATED CLUES

GALLOWSHUMOUR

4 RELATED CLUES

SLOWHANDCLAP

2 RELATED CLUES

STONECOLD

6 RELATED CLUES

SATIRE

10 RELATED CLUES

SARCASM

7 RELATED CLUES

LOWRY

8 RELATED CLUES

NOLESS

10 RELATED CLUES

RUISLIP

4 RELATED CLUES

WISECRACK

10 RELATED CLUES

HOLY

10 RELATED CLUES

SPITTAKE

10 RELATED CLUES

THINK

10 RELATED CLUES

ALANIS

10 RELATED CLUES

CONSPIRATORIAL

5 RELATED CLUES

INCISOR