Device of the wryly humorous
The crossword clue "Device of the wryly humorous" is answered by IRONY, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
IRONY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRONY answer page.
Used 6 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for IRONY
Every other clue in this collection answered by IRONY, most used first.
- Literary twist - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Literary device - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- O. Henry specialty - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- O. Henry device - used 21 times, most recently in 2018
- Bitter humor - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- O. Henry's specialty - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Subtle sarcasm - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- Wry twist - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Humor with a twist - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Sarcasm. - used 11 times, most recently in 1999
- Dramatic device - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Tongue-in-cheek humor - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Wry humor - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Swift specialty - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Double-edged literary device - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Slice of wry? - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Twisted humor - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- O. Henry technique - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Sardonic literary style - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Satirist's tool - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Subtle twist - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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