Crossword Clue: Literary surprise
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Matching Crossword Puzzle Answers for "Literary surprise"
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Possibly related crossword clues for "Literary surprise"
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- A car thief's car getting stolen, e.g.
- A fire station burning down, e.g.
- A form of wry humor.
- A literary incongruity
- Antonym of "earnestness"
- Apt twist of fate, in literature
- Asteism
- Adolph Coors III's allergy to beer, e.g.
- Biting wit
- Bitter humor
- Alkaline Trio "Agony & ___"
- All Time Low "The ___ of Choking on a Lifesaver"
- Dry humor
- "Hipster Handbook" subject
- Hipster's sartorial tool
- Caustic remark
- Common literary device
- Certain humor
- Certain literary device
- IRS agent committing tax fraud, e.g.
- Feature of many fables
- It can be dramatic or situational
- It can feature a twist
- It features a twist
- Ferric
- Ferrous
- Ferruginous
- "Gulliver's Travels" feature
- It has a twist
- It involves a twist
- Cheating on an ethics exam, e.g.
- It may be dramatic
- It may be poetic
- Figure of speech employed in ridicule.
- It may be tragic
- Device common on "Seinfeld"
- Device commonly used in "The Twilight Zone"
- Device of the wryly humorous
- It may feature a twist
- Employment agency layoff, e.g.
- Cop committing a crime, e.g.
- Firehouse catching fire, e.g.
- Humor element
- Humor not for dummies
- Humor with a twist, perhaps
- Humor with a twist
- Humorist's tool
- Humorous literary technique
- Choking on a Life Saver, e.g.
- Gentle sarcasm
- It's lost on some people
- It's not to be taken literally
- It's not what you'd expect
- Dissimulation of a sort
- Dissimulation
- "Gift of the Magi" device
- Jane Austen specialty
- Double-edged humor
- Double-edged literary device
- Double-edged plot device
- Incongruousness
- Form of sarcasm, e.g.
- Jonathan Swift specialty
- Dramatic __
- Dramatic ___ (type of literary twist)
- Dramatic device
- Dramatic technique
- Hidden humor
- Forte of O. Henry
- Tongue-in-cheek humor
- Tongue-in-cheek quality
- Ridicule
- Socratic ___ (feigned ignorance in a discussion)
- Socratic ___ (pretended ignorance)
- Socratic approach
- Man bites dog e.g.
- Man bites dog, e.g.
- Stinging surprise
- Like hematite
- Robbery at a police station, e.g.
- Overused humor technique
- O. Henry could see it in things
- O. Henry device
- O. Henry-esque twist
- O. Henry forte
- O. Henry hallmark
- O. Henry literary device
- O. Henry specialty
- O. Henry technique
- O. Henry trademark
- O. Henry twist
- O. Henry's favorite device
- O. Henry's forte
- O. Henry's pet device
- O. Henry's specialty
- The fire station burned down, e.g.
- "The gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom," per Anatole France
- "The Gift of the Magi" device
- "The Gift of the Magi" feature
- "The Gift of the Magi" plot device
- "The Gift of the Magi" quality
- Much-misunderstood writing
- Kind of writing
- Quality that Alanis didn't quite hit in a hit song
- "Oedipus Rex" literary device
- Subject of an Alanis Morissette tune
- Sometimes tricky-to-spot humor
- Plot twist
- Subtle humor
- Subtle sarcasm
- Subtle satire
- Subtle twist, in literature
- Subtle twist
- Wit of a sort
- Vonnegut device
- Vonnegut literary device
- Paradoxical sarcasm
- Sophocles skill
- Poetic justice
- Often-missed humor
- Parking enforcement vehicle getting towed, e.g.
- O'Henry forte
- Literary device in "The Gift of the Magi"
- Literary device much used by O. Henry
- Literary device
- Literary effect in O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi"
- Literary element
- Literary form
- Literary incongruity
- Literary sarcasm
- "The Twilight Zone" plot device, often
- "The Twilight Zone" plot device
- Literary style
- Literary surprise
- Literary technique involving incongruity
- Literary technique
- Literary twist that might be "dramatic"
- Literary twist using opposites
- Literary twist
- Mockery of a sort
- Onion ingredient?
- Nonliteral humor
- Light sarcasm
- "The Wizard of Oz" device
- Word from the Greek for "feigned ignorance"
- Speaker's device
- Twist at the end
- Twist ending feature
- Twist from O. Henry
- Twist in a tale
- Twist in O. Henry stories
- Twist in "Oliver Twist"
- Twist of a sort
- Twist of fate
- Twist onstage
- Twist
- Twisted humor
- Twisted wit
- Spelling mistake on a spelling bee trophy, e.g.
- Twisty writing?
- Two-sided humor
- Swift device
- Swift quality
- Swift specialty
- Swift strength
- Swiftian device
- Swiftian humor
- Swift's forte
- Sarcasm
- Sarcasm, e.g.
- Sarcasm of a sort
- Sarcastic tone
- Sardonic form of humor
- Sardonic humor, e.g.
- Sardonic humor
- Sardonic literary device
- Sardonic literary style
- Sardonic literary tactic
- Sardonic style
- Sardonic wit
- Sardonic writing
- Satire
- Satire device
- Satire feature
- Satire, perhaps
- Satiric twist
- Satiric wit
- Satirist's device
- Satirist's literary device
- Satirist's specialty
- Satirist's tool
- Type of twisted wit
- Type of wit
- Writing device, of a sort
- Writing device
- Writing style with a twist?
- Writing that features a twist
- Writing with a wry twist
- What air quotes sometimes indicate
- Wry humor
- Wry literary twist
- Wry twist
- Unexpected outcome
- Ungenuine tone
- Slice of wry
- Slice of wry?
- Seinfeld specialty
- "Seinfeld" specialty
- Use of words to convey the opposite of what they normally mean
- Stephen Colbert forte
- Sense of the absurd
Recent Usage of Literary surprise in Crossword Puzzles
We track a lot of different crossword puzzle providers to see where clues like "Literary surprise" have been used in the past.
Here are all of the places we know of that have used Literary surprise in their crossword puzzles recently:
- Newsday - June 6, 2018
- USA Today - Oct. 4, 2017
- Newsday - July 28, 2009
- Washington Post - May 31, 2009
