- IRONIC
- Like a twist of fate
- Poignantly contrary
- Like some satire
- Like hipster humor
- Like humor that's not humor
- Like a lot of 90s humor
- Like stories with twist endings
- Like a twisted writing style
- Alanis Morissette hit
- Like dirty soap
- Unexpected
- Wry
- Self-contradictory, in a way
- Not in earnest, in a way
- Like the works of O. Henry
- Song by Alanis Morissette
- Like "The Gift of the Magi"
- Like many O. Henry stories
- Double-edged
- Like calling telemarketers at home
- Humorously sarcastic
- Worthy of O. Henry
- Having an obliquely conveyed meaning
- Paradoxical
- Said tongue in cheek
- With a twist in one's tale
- Twisted, in a way
- With a bit of a twist
- Wryly humorous
- Like some humor
- Unexpected, literally
- Not what you'd expect
- Having an unexpected twist, in fiction
- Sarcastic
- Like an O. Henry story
- Having a twist
- Twisted?
- Having an unexpected twist
- Like many "Twilight Zone" episodes
- Twisty?
- Dramatically twisty
- Like "as clear as mud"
- Like some unexpected endings
- Like "Big deal!"
- Having a 13-Down
- Like some surprise endings
- Like much humor
- Like a typical O. Henry story
- Not what one would expect
- Like a big dog named Tiny
- Unexpectedly apt
- Poignantly wry
- Like O. Henry stories
- Unexpected, as some endings
- Amusingly unexpected
- Wryly funny
- Wryly amusing
- Surprisingly contradictory
- Twisty, as some 39 Across
- Unexpected but appropriate
- Wryly unexpected
- 1996 Alanis Morissette hit
- Hit song from Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" album
- Alanis Morissette's first Top 10 hit
- Bitingly unexpected.
- Satiric.
- Describing O. Henry stories.
- Socratic.
- Like the twist of fate.
- Bitterly sarcastic.
- Directly opposite to what is expected.
- Using a sort of humor.
- Bitter, Sneering, Sarcastic.
- Meaning the contrary of what is expressed.
- Satirical.
- Directly opposite to what is.
- Implying the opposite.
- Directly opposite to what might be expected.
- Like some writing.
- Bitter.
- Rabelaisian
- Subtly sarcastic
- Like some twists of fate
- Like poetic justice
- Sarcastic, in a way
- Like wry humor
- Satirical, maybe
- Having hidden humor
- Like man O. Henry stories
- Like some Swift writing
- Like a break-in at a burglar's house
- Like some of Chekhov's writings
- Unexpectedly appropriate, maybe
- Like many Rod Serling works
- Unexpected, in a way
- Isn't it ___?
- Like many an O. Henry story
- Funny in a twisted way
- Like Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard"
- Like a firehouse burning down?
- 1996 hit for Alanis Morissette
- Against expectations, say
- 1996 hit with the lyric "It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife"
- Alanis Morissette song about unfortunate situations
- Like naming a fish Fluffy
- Like O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi"
- Like a free ride when you've already paid, per a 1996 hit
- Like some hipster T-shirts
- Like some hipsters' T-shirts
- Morissette song that, by failing to give examples of things that are its title, becomes said title
- Tongue-in-cheek
- Cynically humorous
- Morissette smash hit
- Morissette hit
- Incongruous
- Like an O. Henry ending
- Like a fire at a fireman's house
- Twisted at the end?
- Unexpectedly appropriate
- Like a fire at the firehouse
- Like a broker going broke?
- Perversely apt
- Sarcastically humorous
- Like rain on your wedding day, as per a certain song
- Like a pilot with a fear of heights
- Like a shorn sheep wearing a wool sweater for warmth
- Alanis Morissette hit with the lyric "It's like rain on your wedding day"
- Unexpected yet fitting
- Like O'Henry's endings
- Expressing a dramatic reversal
- Like rain on your wedding day, per Morissette
- Like a fire in a firehouse
- Like many O. Henry endings
- Like a driving instructor running a red light
- Like a librarian getting shushed by a visitor
- Like some phrases in scare quotes
- Like Austen's work
- Like twists in tales
- Arch
- Darkly humorous
- Alanis Morissette song
- Like many a "Twilight Zone" ending
- Amusingly twisted
- Funny in a twisted manner
- Like the Bible being the most shoplifted book
- Like a drowning fish, for example
- Like the NSA being hacked, say
