NOUN: "an unexpected turn or development" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "an unexpected turn or development" Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. twist suddenly so as to sprain
2. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
(noun)
1. a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
2. turning or twisting around (in place)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DEVELOPMENT (noun)
1. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
2. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
UNEXPECTED (adjective)
1. not expected or anticipated

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Across

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5. ___ in "vacuum"

8. ___ matar (curry dish)

9. No macho man

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11. What's the big ___?

12. "I guess that'd work"

13. ___ bar (work in a tavern)

14. NOUN: "a [set] of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment"

16. INTERJECTION: "used to express disdain or contempt"

17. NOUN: "the quality or state of being very talkative"

23. France's Cote d'___

24. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Nicholas 1674–1718 English poet and dramatist; poet laureate (1715–18)"

25. NOUN: "crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings"

26. Have ___ with (be connected to)

27. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "commune in central Sicily, Italy population 28,296"

28. NOUN: "the hand clenched with the fingers doubled into the palm and the thumb doubled inward across the fingers"

29. Harden, as concrete does

30. 'Toodles!'

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Down

1. Put too much paper in, as a printer

2. "... ___ to a lemon" (Beastie Boys line from "No Sleep Till Brooklyn")

3. NOUN: "a punctuation mark : used chiefly to direct attention to matter (such as a list, explanation, quotation, or amplification) that follows"

4. NOUN: "a brownish kingfisher (Dacelo novaeguineae synonym D. gigas) of Australia that is about the size of a crow and has a call resembling loud laughter"

5. NOUN: "a recording of...moving images"

6. VERB: "to change or modify (something) for the better"

7. NOUN: "a digging implement adapted for being pushed into the ground with the foot"

9. NOUN: "the use of sorcery or magic"

15. AL West team, on scoreboards

17. Superhighways have many

18. NOUN: "a triatomic very reactive form of oxygen that is...a beneficial component of the upper atmosphere"

19. NOUN: "one of five offspring produced in the same pregnancy"

20. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "ancient region of western Asia Minor bordering on the Aegean Sea"

22. NOUN: "one that meddles; gossip"

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