| Surprise development | 20 |
| Plot shocker | 12 |
| Plot feature | 12 |
| Plot device | 11 |
| Peel in a drink | 15 |
| O. Henry tale feature | 21 |
| Film-plot surprise | 18 |
| Citrus peel in a mixed drink | 28 |
| Chubby Checker dance | 20 |
| Checker's specialty | 23 |
| Bit of citrus rind in a drink | 29 |
| '60s dance craze | 20 |
| __ of lemon (drink garnish) | 27 |
| What a pretzel displays | 23 |
| Unexpected turn, as in a novel | 30 |
| Unexpected plot piece | 21 |
| Unexpected ending | 17 |
| Unexpected change | 17 |
| Typical O. Henry ending | 23 |
| Surprise in the plot | 20 |
| Surprise in a story | 19 |
| Surprise at the end | 19 |
| Spoilable plot point | 20 |
| Something surprising | 20 |
| Soft-serve option | 17 |
| Shyamalan specialty | 19 |
| Remove a jar lid | 16 |
| Pretzel feature | 15 |
| Plot element | 12 |
| Old Peppermint Lounge dance | 27 |
| O. Henry plot specialty | 23 |
| Novel-plot surprise | 19 |
| Novel approach | 14 |
| New approach | 12 |
| Murder mystery plot device | 26 |
| Little wrench | 13 |
| Lime quantity | 13 |
| Jackie Coogan: 1922 | 19 |
| It's a surprise | 19 |
| Instruction on a cap | 20 |
| End of an O. Henry tale | 23 |
| Diving rotation, and the clue for four puzzle answers | 53 |
| Difficulty increaser in diving | 30 |
| Different take | 14 |
| Different slant | 15 |
| Dickens' Oliver | 19 |
| Dance Uma and John did in "Pulp Fiction" | 50 |
| Dance for Chubby Checker | 24 |
| Dance craze of the 60's | 27 |
| Chubby Checker's dance craze | 32 |
| Chubby Checker innovation | 25 |
| Checker move | 12 |
| Checker dance? | 14 |
| Certain garnish | 15 |
| Cap-removal motion | 18 |
| Bit of irony | 12 |
| Beatles "___ and Shout" | 33 |
| Be snaky | 8 |
| 60's dance craze | 20 |
| 1961 fad, with "the" | 30 |
| "American Bandstand" move | 35 |
| "___ and Shout" (1964 Beatles hit) | 44 |
| "Let's ___" (choreographic suggestion from Chubby Checker) | 72 |
| The basic idea behind putting on a toga? | 40 |
| Only million-selling Beatles single that was a cover | 52 |
| Early Beatles hit | 17 |
| Instructions for a bottle cap? | 30 |
| Meander, as a road | 18 |
| ___ little finger (dominate) | 28 |
| Went after the lion's tail | 30 |
| Comp claim from an ironic gun dealer? | 37 |
| Idmn | 4 |
| Make a bad situation worse | 26 |
| Middle of Step #2 | 17 |
| Storm that's chased | 23 |
| What brought Dorothy to Oz | 26 |
| Tornado or dust whirl | 21 |
| Prairie peril | 13 |
| Positional game | 15 |
| Popular party game | 18 |
| Knotty game? | 12 |
| Impetus for a trip to Oz | 24 |
| Helen Hunt film | 15 |
| Competition for floor space? | 28 |
| Classic party game | 18 |
| Chubby Checker, for one | 23 |
| Chubby Checker, famously | 24 |
| ... with a mat with colored circles | 35 |
| Tornado monitors? | 17 |
| Common types of thrill rides | 28 |
| Tornadoes | 9 |
| Waterspouts | 11 |
| Destructive windstorms | 22 |
| Active dancers not long ago | 28 |
| Doing a Chubby Checker dance | 28 |
| Exerting pressure | 17 |
| Being convincing via coercion | 29 |
| Be abandoned in trouble | 23 |
| "Make me do it" | 25 |
| Force me | 8 |