| 20 answers for: Sawyer or Twist |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| ORPHAN | Sawyer or Twist |
| PITMAN | Chap or fellow distinguished by his work as a collier, digger, hatter, sawyer or tributer in a mine, quarry, shaft or other subterranean excavation (6) |
| SPILL | To destroy or waste; a slop of upset milk e.g.; a stick or twist of wood or paper for lighting a candle, fire or pipe; or, a tumble from a bike or a horse (5) |
| TOM | Sawyer or Seaver |
| DIANE | Sawyer or Keaton |
| PIPING | Fabric-covered cord for trimming the edges of cushions or garments such as pyjamas; or, lines or twists of icing or whipped cream for decorating cakes or puddings (6) |
| FRINGE | A border of loose threads, tassels or twists; hair or "bangs" falling over one's brow; non-mainstream theatre; or, a bright or dark band produced by diffraction or interference of light (6) |
| WRENCHES | Tools to hold or twist a nut or bolt (8) |
| SOIL | To wind or twist into spirals or rings |
| STRAW | Strip or twist of puff pastry baked with grated parmesan; natural material used for animal bedding, hats and thatching; or, a pale yellow colour (5) |
| BETTERTHOUGHTS | "Just one more spin" or "Stick or twist?" could be healthier notions (6,8) |
| CUE | A pigtail, plait or twist of hair at the back of the head, hence a long thin stick for snooker; the last words of an actor's speech, serving as an intimation to the next histrio to speak; or, any prom |
| COILS | From the Latin for "collect, gather together", a word for spirals, helices or twists, such as those observed in incense, ropes, snakes, springs or wires; or, figurative entanglements, hubbubs, perplex |
| WREST | Turn or twist |
| PRISON | Can spin or twist (6) |
| DANCE | Hula or twist |
| ENTWINE | Wind or twist together |
| KINK | Bend or twist (4) |
| OLIVER | Cromwell or Twist |
| RESCUE | Set free or twist secure (6) |
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