Plot surprise Crossword Clue

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Plot surprise 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

SURPRISE (noun)
1. the act of surprising someone
2. a sudden unexpected event
SURPRISE (verb)
1. attack by storm; attack suddenly
2. cause to be surprised
PLOT (verb)
1. make a plat of
2. make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
PLOT (noun)
1. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
2. a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
TWITS

More WSJ Crossword (11/29/2025) Answers

Across

1. They go for a spin

5. Pack of schemers

10. Honey-yellow color

15. 2016 National League MVP Bryant

19. Notice

20. Put forward

21. “A Woman of No Importance” playwright

22. Heed the bailiff

23. Colleague of Salt and DJ Spinderella

24. Rearranging cards during a gin game?

26. From scratch

27. More form-fitting

29. Was rude, in a way

30. Cheek colorers

32. Bar supply

34. TSA requests

35. Talk big

36. Phony

37. Mardi Gras wear

40. Remove from a to-do list, perhaps

43. Tough things to get out of

44. Work schedule for a robber?

48. Location de la Antártida

49. Hold forth

51. "That's ___ ask!"

52. Huge

53. Former Nebraska senator Ben

55. Big name in ATMs

56. Running mascara?

60. Troubadour's instrument

61. Develop

63. This in Tijuana

64. Wide around the pelvis

66. Box score column

67. San Diego Zoo’s 100

69. Locks in a stable?

70. Printer’s daggers

72. Burden

73. Gathers together

77. Display

78. Never loses a fight?

83. Crew's control?

84. Part of Fred Flintstone’s yell

86. First pope to bear the same papal name as the current pope

87. Symbols of stability

90. Short trader?

91. Face shot of an early astronaut?

95. Indian flour

96. Letter producer, of a sort

98. Ill-fated shepherd

99. Pals

101. NSFW viewing

102. Gender prefix

104. Kitchen faucet insert

106. Webb’s “Dragnet” role

108. Ivy League nickname

111. Fan of the mockumentary band whose amps “go to 11”

113. First-rate

114. Quarrel between harpists?

117. Anglo-Saxon laborer

118. Self-satisfied

119. John who married Pocahontas

120. Trombone piece

121. Inside runners

122. Toledo tidbit

123. Suit yourself!

124. Precept

125. Dueling sword

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Down

1. Recipe amts

2. Like Linux and MySQL

3. Experts at infield flies?

4. Most theatrical

5. Surviving siblings, sometimes

6. Independently

7. Carry-on site

8. Common connectors

9. For fear that

10. Tony or Hugo

11. Studio equipment

12. Extorted money from

13. Finish for an Adelphi address

14. Censure

15. Bluegrass music’s Alison

16. Split decision?

17. Gotcha

18. Attaches patches

25. Poetic writing/with 17 syllables/and only three lines

28. Despicable character in “Despicable Me”

31. Drying kilns

33. Cheese product?

35. Component of some pizzeria ovens

36. Plug part

38. Rights watchdog org.

39. Pass over

40. Harpo’s big brother

41. Outdated

42. Between appointments

45. Captures

46. By its very nature

47. Obsolete footwear

50. Some phone reading

54. Setting of les chalets de Suisse

57. Home storage, often

58. Far from verbose

59. Former SeaWorld performer

62. "Dawson's Creek" network

65. Unsuitable

67. Composer Webern

68. Third degree, as an equation

69. Island in the Taiwan Strait

70. Where to watch Chicago touchdowns

71. Cop in the “Full Monty” calendar?

72. Ceaselessly

74. Blasé observation about a helium balloon?

75. Newark neighbor

76. Mex. misses

77. Badlands Natl. Park site

79. Oldsmobile model

80. Nitwit

81. Lack of affectation

82. Wolf who mentors Mowgli

85. Ancient marketplace

89. “Don’t move until I get back”

92. Whistle holder

93. Zapped surgically

94. Protective wall

97. Barrio shop

100. Tourist purchase

102. Staff figures

103. Does nothing

105. Chopin composition

106. Swift

107. 2018 Oscar-nominated film set in Mexico, not Italy

108. Look bad?

109. Satyric sin

110. Globe dot

112. “___ Dem Dose” (Dorsey Brothers tune)

115. Neither companion

116. Solder ingredient

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