Possible Clues:

• Might be meaning like metal or meaning quite the opposite
• Does this be the driver I see? Quite the opposite
• So to mean the opposite may perhaps be flattening
• Sarcastic press in charge
• Wryly satirical
• Like many O. Henry stories
• Unexpectedly appropriate
• Satirical press Independent's on about
• One Conservative joining club is likely to provoke a wry smile
• (Of a happening) having significance not perceived at the time