Related Clues:

• Spiral coils, as in a fingerprint
• Hoses are often stored in them
• Mattress springs
• Vehicles dropping velocity when going round curves
• The underworld almost freezes - spirals downwards, perhaps
• Composition of Schiele's twisting forms
• Auger-shell features
• He has trapped bloodsuckers in the spirals
• Fingerprint circles
• Some are tightly wound
• Gets ready to strike, as a snake
• What Carroll's slithy tove does
• Rotini, e.g
• Prepares to strike, in a way
• Spring shapes