| SPRAINS | Wrenches or twists ligaments, eg (7) |
| SPRAIN | Twist (a ligament, e.g.) |
| SYNDESMOSIS | Type of joint in which two bones are bound by a ligament, e.g. the ulna and radius of the forearm (11) |
| ZESTERS | Bread-bakers', cake-makers' or cocktail-shakers' utensils for removing fine shreds or twists of peel from lemons, limes, oranges and other citrus fruits (7) |
| TENDONS | Nurses working inside on ligaments (7) |
| ELASTIN | Fibrous protein imparting stretchiness to body tissues such as ligaments, arteries, skin etc. (7) |
| OVERAWE | Take someone's breathe away with weave or twist (7) |
| DISTORT | Pull or twist out of shape (7) |
| MARTINI | Cocktail of gin and dry vermouth, typically garnished with an olive or twist of lemon (7) |
| 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) |
| ENTWINE | Wind or twist together |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| CURLICUES | Intricate ornamental flourishes or twists, carved or made with a pen (9) |
| CHIGNONS | Bun- or cockernony-like arrangements of hair worn in knots, rolls or twists at napes of necks (8) |
| WREATHER | One who braids, interweaves, twines or twists flowers and foliage into chaplets, circlets, coronets, crowns or other botanical halos (8) |
| DISTORTS | Pulls or twists out of shape (8) |
| VISE | Winds or twists |
| ENTWINES | Winds or twists together; interweaves (8) |
