Historical clue formulations

• It might be dramatic or cosmic — 2026-03-17
• Hallmark of a typical Greek tragedy — 2025-09-10
• Humor with a twist — 2025-07-29
• "At a time like this, scorching ___, not convincing argument, is needed": Frederick Douglass — 2025-03-02
• Twisted humor? — 2024-11-24
• "Dramatic" literary device — 2024-04-02
• "___ is wasted on the stupid": Oscar Wilde — 2023-07-26
• Complaining about social media on Facebook, say — 2022-02-16
• The fact that the Bible is the most shoplifted book in America, e.g. — 2021-08-23
• Literary effect in O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" — 2020-07-01
• Humor with a twist — 2019-07-01
• Swift quality — 2018-12-22
• Twisted humor — 2017-02-07
• Word from the Greek for "feigned ignorance" — 2016-11-04
• Robbery at a police station, e.g. — 2016-05-02
• Choking on a Life Saver, e.g. — 2016-04-10
• Firehouse catching fire, e.g. — 2015-05-24
• Literary device much used by O. Henry — 2013-02-25
• Literary twist — 2010-02-15
• It may be dramatic — 2009-11-29
• It's not to be taken literally — 2009-11-13
• O. Henry literary device — 2009-03-10
• It may be tragic — 2008-12-18
• Stinging surprise — 2006-03-23
• Literary device — 2003-09-15
• O. Henry specialty — 2003-02-18
• Twisted humor — 2003-02-03
• O. Henry device — 2002-11-26
• Overused humor technique — 2002-09-18
• Swiftian device — 2002-05-23
• 15-Across with a twist — 2001-10-29
• Much-misunderstood writing — 2001-06-28
• "Gulliver's Travels" feature — 2000-07-09
• Humor with a twist — 2000-04-10
• O. Henry specialty — 2000-03-19
• It may feature a twist — 2000-01-15
• Often-missed humor — 1999-09-12
• Slice of wry? — 1999-07-27
• Certain humor — 1998-07-06
• Often-missed humor — 1998-05-26
• O. Henry specialty — 1998-04-12
• "The Gift of the Magi" feature — 1998-01-25
• Nonliteral humor — 1997-11-18
• Humor not for dummies — 1997-05-27
• Literary device — 1996-08-28
• O. Henry technique — 1996-06-30
• Incongruousness — 1995-12-29
• Subtle twist — 1994-07-05