Last seen in:
- USA Today - Aug 8 2022
- New York Times - Nov 18 2014
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 25,886 - Mar 26 2009
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 25,639 - Jun 10 2008
- The Times - Concise - Sunday Times Concise 1055 - June 8, 2008
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 25,209 - Jan 24 2007
- The Times - Concise - Sunday Times Concise 924 - November 27, 2005
- The Times - Concise - Sunday Times Concise 828 - January 25, 2004
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 23,650 - Jan 26 2002
Related Clues:
- The use of words which is the opposite of what they say
- Kind of sarcasm, sounds metallic
- Satirical use of words
- It might mean to make Y flat, or mean the opposite
- Mean to be the opposite of metallic, perhaps
- Not metallic, certainly meaning the opposite
- Device of the wryly humorous
- Mocking comments
- Feature of many fables
- Humorous literary technique
- Common literary device
- Lewis Carroll's Boojum
- Subject of an Alanis Morissette tune
- Twist at the end, maybe
- Smooth variable sarcasm