| Hull's was ''Old'' | 38 |
| Armor-plated warship | 20 |
| The Virginia and the Monitor, e.g. | 34 |
| Oliver Cromwell | 15 |
| Old __: Cromwell's nickname | 31 |
| Old ___ (Boston sight) | 22 |
| English Civil War soldiers | 26 |
| Cromwell's men | 18 |
| Bygone warship | 14 |
| Armor-plated warships | 21 |
| "Old" ship's name | 31 |
| Attaches, as patches | 20 |
| Affixes, in a way | 17 |
| Attaches, as some patches | 25 |
| Affixes T-shirt designs | 23 |
| Affixes, as a patch | 19 |
| Affixes, as a decal | 19 |
| Affixes with heat, as a decal | 29 |
| Affixes a T-shirt design, say | 29 |
| Settles, as an issue | 20 |
| Smooths over | 12 |
| Resolves, as differences | 24 |
| Harmonizes discordant views | 27 |
| Clears up, as a disagreement | 28 |
| Table china | 11 |
| Heavy china material | 20 |
| Hard white pottery | 18 |
| Hard white china | 16 |
| Hard porcelain | 14 |
| Kitchen items | 13 |
| Pots, kettles, etc. | 19 |
| Metal tools, utensils, etc. | 27 |
| Heavy weights in the kitchen | 28 |
| Blacksmith's products | 25 |
| Products that may be 'wrought' | 38 |
| Heavy pans, etc. | 16 |
| Certain pots | 12 |
| Unstoppable determination | 25 |
| Resolute determination | 22 |
| Firm determination | 18 |
| "Press on, Mr. Smith" | 31 |
| Satirist's device | 21 |
| Literary device | 15 |
| Literary twist | 14 |
| O. Henry specialty | 18 |
| Subtle sarcasm | 14 |
| Device of the wryly humorous | 28 |
| Swift's forte | 17 |
| Sardonic literary style | 23 |
| O. Henry's specialty | 24 |
| Tongue-in-cheek humor | 21 |
| Swift specialty | 15 |
| O. Henry device | 15 |
| Humor with a twist | 18 |
| Unexpected outcome | 18 |
| Double-edged literary device | 28 |
| Satiric twist | 13 |
| O. Henry forte | 14 |
| Wry twist | 9 |
| Wry humor | 9 |
| What air quotes sometimes indicate | 34 |
| Tongue-in-cheek quality | 23 |
| The fire station burned down, e.g. | 34 |
| Subtle satire | 13 |
| Satirist's specialty | 24 |
| Sardonic writing | 16 |
| Literary sarcasm | 16 |
| It may be poetic | 16 |
| It features a twist | 19 |
| Humorous literary technique | 27 |
| Double-edged humor | 18 |
| Dissimulation | 13 |
| "Hipster Handbook" subject | 36 |
| Wit of a sort | 13 |
| Type of wit | 11 |
| Twisted humor | 13 |
| Swiftian humor | 14 |
| Swift strength | 14 |
| Subject of an Alanis Morissette tune | 36 |
| Stinging surprise | 17 |
| Slice of wry? | 13 |
| Slice of wry | 12 |
| Seinfeld specialty | 18 |
| Satirist's tool | 19 |
| Sardonic literary tactic | 24 |
| Sardonic literary device | 24 |
| Sardonic humor | 14 |
| Often-missed humor | 18 |
| O. Henry's forte | 20 |
| O. Henry trademark | 18 |
| O. Henry technique | 18 |
| Literary technique | 18 |
| Literary surprise | 17 |
| Literary element | 16 |
| Light sarcasm | 13 |
| It may be dramatic | 18 |
| Humor with a twist, perhaps | 27 |
| Ferric | 6 |
| Dry humor | 9 |
| Dramatic __ | 11 |