| OLIVEO | Twist of fiction |
| OLIVER | Twist of fiction |
| PIGTAIL | The curly caudal extremity of a porcine beast known as a grunter; a lock of hair bunched or plaited behind or at the side of the head; a twist of tobacco; a short length of cable or rope; or, the flam |
| KNOT | Lovers' bond; a lump of toads; a nest of snakes; a tangle of threads; a twist of fate; a woven tapestry of herbs; or, a sandpiper that derives its name from a king whose royal wave failed to stop the |
| CURLS | Chocolate "blossoms", eddies of water, twists of lemon zest, wreaths of smoke or other things likened to the shape of ringlets of hair (5) |
| SPILL | Quantity of upset milk or oil, for example; or, a splinter of wood or twist of paper for transferring a flame to a candle or an open fire (5) |
| 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 |
| TWITCH | A subduing twist of a horse's lip with a noose of the same name; a supposed nervous jerk, jolt, sudden start or proverbial feather-ruffling flutter of a birder when spotting a rare species; or, a pang |
| ALLURE | Twist of laurel leaves initially left in grip of a runner having seductive quality (6) |
| TIE | A twist of hair at the back of the head (3) |
| SCREWCAP | There's often a twist of this in preparation of drink |
| PLAIT | Thin twist of tobacco or a braided pigtail - both essentials for sailors in the age of sail |
| WISP | Flock of snipe; twist of hay/straw to groom a horse; or, a little broom (4) |
| MARTINI | Cocktail of gin and vermouth with an olive or a twist of lemon (7) |
| TOPKNOT | Twist of hair or fabric on the crown of the head |
| ROPETRICK | Feat of climbing unsupported stout twist of fibre, for example |
| WICK | Dialect for a creek, dairy farm, hamlet or village; or, related to "roll of lint, yarn", a long twist of cotton fibres by which a candle or lamp's flame is fed or fuelled with beeswax, oil or tallow ( |
| CHIGNON | A nape-of-the-neck-style fancy French knot or twist of hair that is bread roll-shaped, hence also called a bun (7) |
| ROPE | Cord that can hold the weight of a climbing party or funambulist, or secure an elephant or ship, yet is merely a twist of plant fibres (4) |
| WISPS | Word for flocks of snipe; friars' lanterns; petite girls/slight boys; twists of hay or straw; small brooms; strands or streaks of hair or smoke; or, tufts (5) |
