| LOOSENER | One who twists a nut counterclockwise |
| CONTORTIONIST | One who twists and bends for entertainment (13) |
| WRENCHES | Tools to hold or twist a nut or bolt (8) |
| SPINNER | A person who twists fibres into yarns; a Shakespearean word for a spider; a revolving device used as an alternative to a die in board games; or, a Jamaican dumpling (7) |
| SPRAINS | Wrenches / twists a liga ment, a muscle |
| THROWSTER | A person who twists silk into thread (9) |
| TORQUE | It twists a quote outright! |
| CONTORTS | Twists a person in prison for actionable offences (8) |
| OARSMEN | Craft operatives who twist one's arm |
| COCONUTS | "I've got a loverly bunch of ...; There they are a-standing in a row; Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head; Give 'em a twist, a flick of the wrist; Is what the showman said" |
| LOOSEN | Twist counterclockwise, as a nut |
| PANGRAMMATISTS | Meaning "all letters", a term for wordsmiths or logologists who twist all 26 graphemes of the alphabet into single sentences or verses (14) |
| LIARS | People who twist the truth |
| SCREW | The boring part of a gimlet; a twist; a fastener with a helical thread; wages or salary; or, an unsound horse (5) |
| UNDO | Computer function often represented by a counterclockwise arrow |
| NORTH | Direction along a meridian 90degrees counterclockwise from east (5) |
| LOOSER | Like a screw after being turned counterclockwise |
| TWEAK | A pull and a twist: a nosy sort of thing to do, perhaps (5) |
| RETORT | From "to twist", a sharp witty reply, hurled back; or, a chemistry flask with a twisted shape (6) |
| SPRAIN | Twist a ligament / a muscle |
