Possible Clues:

• One man in charge - not as you'd expect
• One of 6 down, I see, means the opposite (6)
• Using the opposite for humorous effect
• Like many an O. Henry story
• Alanis Morissette's first UK Top 20 single
• Like twists in tales
• Doesn't really mean to be so flattening, perhaps
• This would mean the opposite of one of 31 across, I see
• Sarcastic, expressing meaning by invoking opposite
• Sarcastic or deliberately perverse