| Expressing the opposite of what's actually said | 51 |
| Slightly twisted | 16 |
| Meaning the contrary | 20 |
| Like Oedipus's curse in "Oedipus Rex" | 51 |
| With sarcasm | 12 |
| In a strange twist | 18 |
| "It's permanent press," said the saleswoman ___ | 61 |
| Mr. Ed being sarcastic? | 23 |
| "___ the water shall float" (old English saying) | 58 |
| ___ the fire (enterprise) | 25 |
| Laundry accessory | 17 |
| Sunbeam, e.g.? | 14 |
| News flash from a laundry room? | 31 |
| " . . . the ___ hot" | 30 |
| Writer of satire | 16 |
| O. Henry, for one | 17 |
| Writer whose words are twisted? | 31 |
| Writer of sardonic humor | 24 |
| Writer of ridicule | 18 |
| Socrates, at times | 18 |
| One who uses words in ways opposite of their literal meaning | 60 |
| O. Henry and others | 19 |
| Thatcher of England, to many | 28 |
| Thatcher nickname | 17 |
| Nickname in 20th-century British leadership | 43 |
| Rule without exceptions | 23 |
| Rule with no exceptions | 23 |
| Absolutist's rule | 21 |
| One-time ventilator used in fighting polio | 42 |
| Old-fashioned respirator | 24 |
| Negative pressure ventilator, familiarly | 40 |
| Mechanical ventilator | 21 |
| Bygone medical ventilator | 25 |
| Medieval dungeon device | 23 |
| Old torturer | 12 |
| Medieval device with spikes | 27 |
| L.P.G.A. player? | 16 |
| Her charm is fatal | 18 |
| Heavy metal band with the album "The Final Frontier" | 62 |
| Heavy metal band named after a torture device | 45 |
| Device for Torquemada | 21 |
| British heavy metal group | 25 |
| Band with the 1982 platinum album "The Number of the Beast" | 69 |
| "The X Factor" heavy metal band | 41 |
| "The Number of the Beast" band | 40 |
| "Somewhere in Time" metal band | 40 |
| "A Matter of Life and Death" band | 43 |
| Certain triathlons | 18 |
| Facial cover in a Dumas novel | 29 |
| Operator of a metal plant | 25 |
| Tyson's moniker | 19 |
| Tyson's ring nickname | 25 |
| Tyson nickname | 14 |
| Tyson moniker | 13 |
| Pitching machine | 16 |
| Nickname of the boxer in "The Hangover" | 49 |
| Boxer Tyson's nickname | 26 |
| Musing's source, in the media | 33 |
| Where hematite can be found | 27 |
| Mesabi Range feature | 20 |
| Mesabi Range excavation | 23 |
| Mesabi open pit | 15 |
| Birmingham sight | 16 |
| Hardware dealer, in London | 26 |
| Hardware merchants, in Hampshire | 32 |
| Golf-club salesmen? | 19 |
| Unrelenting ethical courage? | 28 |
| Mining town of Michigan's Upper Peninsula | 45 |
| Certain design transfer | 23 |
| Resolve, as differences | 23 |
| Settle, as details | 18 |
| Resolve, as details | 19 |
| Improve one's golf game? | 28 |
| They combat fatigue | 19 |
| Fool's gold | 15 |
| Ore-rich region | 15 |
| Mesabi e.g. | 12 |
| Emergency allotments | 20 |
| Like liver, nutritionally | 25 |
| Totalitarian government | 23 |
| Restrictive regime | 18 |
| Oppresive regime | 16 |
| Idiom for a multitude of ongoing projects | 41 |
| Medications for some anemia patients | 36 |
| MONTPELIER erects a shrine to Vulcan | 36 |
| Rain protectors that would be very likely to rust | 49 |
| Pulitzer-winning William Kennedy novel | 38 |
| William Kennedy Pulitzer-winning novel | 38 |
| Nicholson/Streep movie | 22 |
| 1987 Nicholson/Streep film | 26 |
| Tree with very hard timber | 26 |
| Material sometimes used in fence posts | 38 |
| Ornamental grating, e.g. | 24 |
| Ornamental gate or grill | 24 |
| Feature of New Orleans architecture | 35 |
| Blacksmith's output | 23 |
| Puddler approaching the green | 29 |
| Laundry maid? | 13 |
| Some Bethlehem buildings | 24 |
| Drape that's so ugly it's kind of great? | 48 |