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  • - Pretense of ignorance
  • - press for it? why? satirical use of words will suffice
  • - Some memoir on Yeltsin as a form of satire
  • - "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" being the fear of long words, e.g.
  • - A flight attendant scared of heights, e.g.
  • - focus of an alanis morissette song
  • - Figure of speech in which the literal meaning is the opposite of that intended
  • - Satirical use of words
  • - ... of the situation (dramatic twist)
  • - smooth, yet to be ascertained form of wit
  • - ... of the situation
  • - "The ... of the situation..." (humorist's line)
  • - Opposite of meaning intended
  • - What cheating in an ethics class is an example of
  • - Device of the wryly humorous
  • - Twist of fate
  • - Type of wit
  • - Subject of an Alanis Morissette tune
  • - Writing device, of a sort
  • - Use of words to convey the opposite of what they normally mean
  • - Twist of a sort
  • - Sense of the absurd
  • - Sardonic form of humor
  • - Sarcasm of a sort
  • - Literary device in "The Gift of the Magi"
  • - Forte of O. Henry
  • - Form of sarcasm, e.g.
  • - Figure of speech employed in ridicule.
  • - Feature of many fables
  • - Dramatic ...... (type of literary twist)
  • - Dissimulation of a sort
  • - All Time Low "The ...... of Choking on a Lifesaver"
  • - A form of wry humor.
  • - "The Wizard of Oz" device
  • - "The Gift of the Magi" quality
  • - "The gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom," per Anatole France
  • - Wit of a sort
  • - Humorous literary twist
  • - Literary device employed by O Henry
  • - "Honesty with the volume cranked up," per George Saunders
  • - Doctor going to work sick, e.g.
  • - metal unknown – that's the paradox
  • - Drama's incongruity
  • - sarcasm from the yankee at the golf club
  • - Might Smithy work with this wry literary device?
  • - sarcasm unknown to press at first
  • - Subtle humour cryptically "Fey"?
  • - Subtle humour fey perhaps?
  • - "oh, the ......!"
  • - twist ending feature, sometimes
  • - story twist
  • - sarcasm in press? unknown
  • - a ballerina stumbling on the sidewalk, e.g.
  • - Press gallery's close to mocking literary style
  • - Complaining about social media on Facebook, say
  • - a billionaire not having change for the parking meter, e.g.
  • - humour with a twist
  • - Dramatic ... (literary device in which something unexpected occurs)
  • - Tongue-in-cheek literary twist
  • - Rhetorical literary device
  • - much-debated literary device
  • - Literary technique that involves incongruous elements
  • - Unexpected twist, like in O. Henry stories
  • - Muted - or refined - sarcasm
  • - oft-debated literary device
  • - Dramatic ... (wry literary twist)
  • - The fact that the Bible is the most shoplifted book in America, e.g.
  • - Sarcasm from the club youth leader
  • - dramatic literary device
  • - dry humour
  • - Clever sarcasm
  • - Novelist's device
  • - Satirist's device
  • - Subtle sarcasm
  • - Sardonic literary style
  • - Satiric twist
  • - O. Henry forte
  • - Literary sarcasm
  • - What air quotes sometimes indicate
  • - Tongue-in-cheek quality
  • - The fire station burned down, e.g.
  • - Sardonic writing
  • - It features a twist
  • - Humorous literary technique
  • - Double-edged humor
  • - "Hipster Handbook" subject
  • - Swiftian humor
  • - Swift strength
  • - Stinging surprise
  • - Satirist's tool
  • - Sardonic wit
  • - Sardonic literary tactic
  • - Sardonic literary device
  • - Sardonic humor
  • - O. Henry's forte
  • - O. Henry trademark
  • - O. Henry technique
  • - Like hematite
  • - Light sarcasm
  • - It may be dramatic
  • - Humor with a twist, perhaps
  • - Biting wit
  • - A literary incongruity
  • - "Gulliver's Travels" feature
  • - Writing device
  • - Vonnegut device
  • - Twist onstage
  • - Twist in "Oliver Twist"
  • - Twist at the end
  • - Swiftian device
  • - Swift device
  • - Speaker's device
  • - Sophocles skill
  • - Socratic approach
  • - Socratic ...... (pretended ignorance)
  • - Socratic ...... (feigned ignorance in a discussion)
  • - Satiric wit
  • - Satire, perhaps
  • - Sardonic style
  • - Sardonic humor, e.g.
  • - Sarcasm, e.g.
  • - Quality that Alanis didn't quite hit in a hit song
  • - Poetic justice
  • - Parking enforcement vehicle getting towed, e.g.
  • - Paradoxical sarcasm
  • - Overused humor technique
  • - Onion ingredient?
  • - O. Henry's pet device
  • - O. Henry's favorite device
  • - O. Henry could see it in things
  • - Nonliteral humor
  • - Much-misunderstood writing
  • - Man bites dog, e.g.
  • - Literary twist that might be "dramatic"
  • - Literary technique involving incongruity
  • - Literary incongruity
  • - Literary device much used by O. Henry
  • - It's not to be taken literally
  • - It's lost on some people
  • - It may feature a twist
  • - It can feature a twist
  • - Incongruousness
  • - Humorist's tool
  • - Humor not for dummies
  • - Hipster's sartorial tool
  • - Hidden humor
  • - Gentle sarcasm
  • - Ferruginous
  • - Employment agency layoff, e.g.
  • - Double-edged plot device
  • - Device commonly used in "The Twilight Zone"
  • - Certain literary device
  • - Asteism
  • - Alkaline Trio "Agony & ......"
  • - Adolph Coors III's allergy to beer, e.g.
  • - "The Twilight Zone" plot device
  • - "Oedipus Rex" literary device
  • - Ferric ......
  • - Literary element
  • - Ferrous
  • - Certain humor
  • - Dry humor
  • - Wry humor
  • - Unexpected outcome
  • - Swift's forte.
  • - A fire station burning down, e.g
  • - They help the judge reach a verdict
  • - Expects to hear all the evidence from both sides of Just War Theory
  • - Just half found writing something on the ballot paper affects the verdict
  • - "The Runaway ......" (John Grisham book)
  • - Body of people sworn to give a verdict in legal cases
  • - dozen at a trial
  • - Twelve people in court
  • - Verdict-giving panel
  • - 12 people assembled in a courtroom
  • - Body of 12 deliberators
  • - Judge, ......, and executioner
  • - Group that delivers a courtroom verdict
  • - Group of twelve, often
  • - Group of people who decide on a verdict
  • - Committee of examiners
  • - Courtroom group
  • - Trial group
  • - Legal panel
  • - Verdict deliverers
  • - Court panel
  • - Box of twelve?
  • - Dozen in a box
  • - Box of 12?
  • - Verdict-delivering group
  • - Verdict deliverer
  • - Boxed dozen
  • - Peer group that's judgy?
  • - "12 Angry Men" title characters
  • - Awards panel
  • - "Law & Order" panel
  • - With 1-Across, fix à la MacGyver
  • - With 1-Across, fix la MacGyver
  • - Trial twelvesome
  • - "12 angry men," e.g.
  • - Courtroom dozen
  • - Group with a foreman
  • - "Boston Legal" panel
  • - "12 Angry Men" group
  • - Group of 12, maybe
  • - Competition prize determiners
  • - It may be hung
  • - Twelve in a box?
  • - Courtroom panel
  • - Foreman's group
  • - Grand or petty group
  • - Makeshift, as a naval rig
  • - Veniremen.
  • - Prize-awarding group.
  • - Decision- making group
  • - Decision-makers
  • - .... panel
  • - Court group
  • - Peer group?
  • - See 22-Down
  • - City Hall executive
  • - elected leader of a city or town
  • - leading city official
  • - he's right behind "8 across", and that's official!
  • - City's chief citizen
  • - Head municipal officer of a city
  • - Michael Henchard's position
  • - XTC "I may be the ...... of Simpleton, but I know one thing, and that's I love you"
  • - Musician is sometimes given key to city by this person
  • - Michael Bloomberg's title in New York, until 1/1/2014
  • - City leader such as Michael Bloomberg
  • - City job that pays Michael Bloomberg $1 per year
  • - City head
  • - City Hall tenant
  • - City government head
  • - City leader
  • - City boss
  • - Big city big shot
  • - City hall bigwig
  • - "Key to the city" emcee
  • - Person presenting a key to the city
  • - City VIP
  • - City manager
  • - Head of a city council
  • - With 87-Across, soon-to-be-inducted city official
  • - Head of a city government
  • - "Key to the city" presenter
  • - City Hall leader
  • - City chief
  • - Office in the city
  • - Keys-to-the-city giver
  • - Job title never held by any U.S. President
  • - City bigwig
  • - Dispenser of city keys
  • - City official.
  • - sacked moray city's manager
  • - Elected city executive
  • - City Hall VIP
  • - may, or may not include city's manager
  • - Government leader of a city
  • - A cat named Stubbs once served as ..... of Talkeetna, Alaska; the head of a town
  • - is mary mad with love for this official?
  • - council leader from rotherham, a yorkshireman
  • - Drunken Mary traps old civic leader
  • - Civic leader from Irish county? Right
  • - Civic dignitary initially respected by Irish county
  • - Might organiser have been disheartened by civic leader?
  • - Local leader could strike gold
  • - Ex-PM: alternatively, former role of Boris
  • - officer receiving nothing in rejoining the army
  • - Civic dignitary for a month – or more?
  • - Officer showing a stout heart in the army, perhaps
  • - Town's senior official
  • - Local leader's awful experience on the radio
  • - Council dignitary
  • - for this civic officer, there's nothing in rejoining the army
  • - Officially, he takes a month over a piece of work
  • - Ma brings Roy up to town official
  • - chicago's lori lightfoot, e.g.
  • - Irish county has right person heading council
  • - Hartsfield, Jackson or La Guardia
  • - Month with other ranks for council official
  • - Senior citizen upsets Mary about nothing
  • - Municipal chief
  • - XTC "...... of Simpleton"
  • - Urban official.
  • - Town's ceremonial head
  • - Town-chief
  • - Politician in charge of a town
  • - Municipal leader
  • - Local V.I.P.
  • - Local politician
  • - Local government head
  • - Joe Quimby's government position on "The Simpsons"
  • - Joe Quimby on "The Simpsons"
  • - Eric Garcetti's title in Los Angeles
  • - Casterbridge official
  • - Civic dignitary
  • - Municipal boss
  • - Senior citizen.
  • - Urban honcho
  • - Head of old corporation is after April, Oscar and Regina
  • - Municipal official
  • - Mad Mary traps old civic leader
  • - Army trained to protect old civic leader
  • - Head of council, stable occupant it's said
  • - Lori Lightfoot, for one
  • - '...... Pete' (Buttigieg nickname)
  • - Local bigwig
  • - Key presenter
  • - Head of corporation's serious, undergoing change of heart
  • - Town council head
  • - Local politician's goal, perhaps
  • - Official dressing king
  • - Koch or Giuliani, once
  • - Chicago's Rahm Emanuel, e.g
  • - '80s role for Eastwood
  • - Town official from Irish county, right?
  • - Civic head
  • - Town dignitary
  • - Ceremonial ribbon cutter, often
  • - Onetime title for Bernie Sanders
  • - Rahm Emanuel's post-White House title
  • - La Guardia was one
  • - Council leader runs one of 20's counties first
  • - New York's Fiorello La Guardia, once
  • - Winner of an Indianapolis race, e.g.
  • - Joe Quimby on "The Simpsons," e.g.
  • - Cleveland was one in Buffalo
  • - Rahm Emanuel, vis-à-vis Chicago
  • - Municipal ribbon cutter, often
  • - Jerry Springer title, once
  • - XTC "The ...... of Simpleton"
  • - 1984 best-selling Ed Koch memoir
  • - Title once held by Clint Eastwood
  • - Joe Quimby, e.g.
  • - One called "hizzoner"
  • - ...... McCheese (former fast-food character)
  • - Hizzoner
  • - Munchkin official
  • - Koch autobio
  • - Ossie Davis role in "Do the Right Thing"
  • - Clint Eastwood's onetime role in Carmel-by-the-Sea
  • - Houston honcho, e.g.
  • - Borough boss
  • - Hizzoner's office
  • - Oakland's is Jerry Brown
  • - Boston boss, for example
  • - Hardy's 'The -- of Casterbridge'
  • - Gracie Mansion resident
  • - Ed Koch memoir
  • - Giuliani, once
  • - Koch memoir
  • - 1984 Ed Koch best seller
  • - Politician called "Hizzoner"
  • - Local boss
  • - Rudy and Ed, once
  • - Koch title
  • - New York's Giuliani, e.g.
  • - Municipal muck-a-muck
  • - Council chief
  • - Giuliani, e.g.
  • - Atlanta's Bill Campbell, e.g.
  • - John Lindsay, once
  • - Book by 10 Across
  • - Koch book
  • - Ed Koch's book
  • - Burgomaster
  • - Offical in 41 Across
  • - Koch or Byrne
  • - Koch of New York
  • - Bradley of L.A.
  • - Public official.
  • - Town leader
  • - Civic leader?
  • - elected leader of a town
  • - Head of a town
  • - Local government leader
  • - London Breed, for one
  • - Chain-wearing town chief
  • - mare spoken of by dick whittington, say
  • - Flat carrier
  • - Serving platform for food and drinks
  • - Carrier for cafeteria food
  • - A flat dish for carrying plates or cups
  • - Flat-bottomed rack for carrying plates or cups
  • - Flat surface on a baby's high chair
  • - Meal carrier
  • - Server
  • - Seatback airline feature
  • - Cafeteria carry-all
  • - Fare carrier
  • - See 20 Down
  • - Platter
  • - See 42-Down
  • - Food serving need in the restaurant
  • - Fast-food discard
  • - Cafeteria platter
  • - Waiter's serving aid
  • - Airplane food holder