- TIC
- Spasm
- Twitch
- Quirk
- Annoying facial movement
- Half a miniature mint?
- Jitter
- {/Tac/} preceder
- Can be facial
- Muscle spasm
- Muscular contraction
- Personal quirk
- Physical quirk
- Uncontrolled reaction
- Involuntary contraction
- Nervous reaction
- Quick contraction
- Slight jerk
- Uncontrollable spasm
- Facial squirm
- Uncomfortable movement
- Unintentional movement
- Uncontrolled action
- Involuntary movement
- Nervous movement?
- Jerk you hate to see in public
- Uncontrolled motion
- Twitching
- First X?
- Quirky habit
- Mannerism or spasm
- Nervous mannerism
- Idiosyncrasy
- Odd mannerism
- Eccentricity
- ___-tac-toe
- Personality quirk
- Behavioral oddity
- Repetitive throat-clearing, e.g.
- Involuntary wink, e.g.
- It might raise an eyebrow
- Eyebrow raising, maybe
- Shrug, say
- ___ Tac Dough
- ___ Tac Dough (quiz show)
- Involuntary spasm
- Recurrent twitch
- ___-Tacs (Certs competitor)
- First X, potentially
- Muscle problem
- Nervous twitch
- Habitual spasm
- Sign of nerves
- Muscle movement
- Sign of guilt, perhaps
- Start of a pencil-and-paper game
- Start of a simple game
- Recurring blink, say
- Behavioral aberration
- Game opener
- Little jerk
- Sign of nerves, perhaps
- Small throe
- Sudden contraction
- Behavioral quirk
- Quirk or jerk
- Unconscious quirk
- Jerk or quirk
- Start of a grid-based game
- Abrupt motion
- Sign of nervousness
- Facial spasm
- Sign of stress
- Start of a three-word game
- Recurring blink, maybe
- It can't be helped
- Foible
- Half a mint
- First X or O
- Small spasmodic reaction
- Bad liar's giveaway
- Contraction of a sort
- First O, say
- First X, say
- Mannerism
- Muscular twitch
- Involuntary sign of nerves
- Poker table tell, maybe
- Minor facial spasm, say
- Poker game tell, maybe
- Hold 'em tell, maybe
- __-Tac-Dough: TV game show
- It may be nervous
- One may be nervous
- Recurrent behavior
- Idiosyncratic contraction
- Sign of nerves, maybe (2)
- Involuntary habit
- Idiosyncratic twitch
- *Strategic maneuver
- Eye twitch, maybe
- It can precede or follow tac
- Third of a game?
- __-tac-toe
- Classic game opener
- Muscle twitch
- First of three O's
- Small spasm
- Little spasm
- __ Tac Dough
- Muscle phenomenon
- Quirky behavior
- Quirky trait
- First of three O's, perhaps
- Peculiarity
- Obsession
- Fixation
- Odd habit
- Personal hallmark
- Throat clearing, perhaps
- Sudden spasm
- With 3 Down, Certs alternative
- Check mark*
- First of three X's
- First of three game X's
- With 50 and 55 Across, the "central" theme
- Game's first X or O
- Signature move
- Eccentric behavior
- First of three X's or O's
- Personal peculiarity
- Habitual jerk
- Involuntary muscle movement
- Square one?
- The first X of XXX
- ___ Tac (breath freshener)
- Tourette's movement
- Neurotic spasm.
- Vellication.
- Twitch in a muscle.
- Muscular symptom.
- Neural symptom.
- Relative of a quirk.
- Habitual mental reaction.
- Neuralgic symptom.
- Habitual response: Colloq.
- Nervous affliction.
- Involuntary reaction.
- Muscular spasm.
- Nervous symptom.
- Obsession: Colloq.
- Adjective suffix.
- Minor spasm
- First of the toe trio
- Sign of stress, sometimes
- Minor facial malady
- Involuntary wink
- Contraction
- Start of O and X game
- Facial twitch
- One of a game trio
- Nerve spasm
- Facial problem
- Muscle contraction
- Jerk
- Oddity
- Little bit of personality
- Nervous habit
- Wrinkling one's nose, perhaps
- Particularity
- Start of a winning line
- _____-tac-toe
- Behavioral trait
- First of three-in-a-row
- Involuntary muscle spasm
- Opening in "Hollywood Squares"
- Certain X
- Facial movement
- The first X?
- An X could represent it
- One might be verbal
- Part of three-in-a-row
- The first O of O-O-O
- Certain X or O
- Start of a winning combination
- X-X-X part
- ___ Tacs (breath mints)
- First X or O, say
- One of the X's in X-X-X
- Starting O, maybe
- With 24- and 45-Across, game represented by this completed puzzle's grid
- Small jerk
- Not too big a jerk
- Constantly twirling a lock of hair, e.g.
- Part of X-X-X
- Constantly adjusting one's glasses, e.g.
- Tourette's symptom
- One might be nervous
- Periodically tugging on one's ear, say
- Idiosyncratic habit
- Poker game tell, perhaps
- Idiosyncratic behavior
- Start of X-X-X
- ___ Tac (mint)
- Game piece?
- Start of a winning row
- Twirling one's hair, e.g.
- A Nervous ___ Motion of the Head to the Left (Andrew Bird song)
- Habit, of a sort
- Nervous twinge
- '-- Tac Dough'
- -- -tac-toe
- -- Tac (breath mint)
- Muscle jerk
- -- Tac
- Involuntary wink, maybe
- Quirk of behavior
- Facial trouble
- Hitler's was facial
- Hitler had one
- Spasmodic movement
- Sign of anxiety, perhaps
- Syllable before "tac" in a game
- One of three "X"s or "O"s
- Quirky mannerism
- ___ Tac (mint brand)
- Movement that might be confused for a stim
- ___ Tacs
- First correct "Hollywood Squares" square
- Persistent personal quirk
- Square one of a child's game?
- Involuntary muscular contraction
- First of three in a pencil/paper game
- Uncontrolled contraction
- First O of O-O-O
- First correct Hollywood Square
- One X of XXX
- First O
- ___ Tac Dough (game show)
- A little jerk?
- Uncontrollable movement
- Opening in "Hollywood Squares," essentially
- Start of a grid game
- ___ Tac Dough (old game show)
- Tiny spasm
- First syllable of a simple game
- It can be an X or an O
- Part of O-O-O
- Breath mint word
- ___ Tac mints
- First syllable of a kids' menu game
- Involuntary jerk, e.g.
- What the odd letters in "twitch" spell
- Facial twitch, say
- Rapid blinking, for one
- Part of a child's game
- Tac toe starter
- Mini-spasm
- It could be represented by an "X"
- Nervous quirk
- First X, maybe
- Game name start
- First of a game trio
- One-third of a child's game
- Child's game opening
- First X in a game
- Rapid blinking, e.g.
- Rapid eye blinking, e.g.
- Constant grimacing, e.g.
- Constant knuckle-cracking, e.g.
- Constant lip-chewing, e.g.
- Nose scrunching, e.g.
- Nose twitch, e.g.
- Syllable before "Tac" or "-tac-toe"
- ___ Tacs (mints)
- Habit, of sorts
- Pencil twirling, e.g.
- Start of a successful line
- Involuntary action
- Verbal ___ (idiosyncrasy of speech)
- The first X of a winning X-X-X combo
- Uncontrollabel movement
- Sudden movement
- Brief movement
- With 40- and 43-Across, game that's been played in each of this puzzle's corners
- Bit of a jerk
- First third of OOO
- Idiosyncrasy (clue 3)
- Nose wrinkle, e.g.
