Related Clues:

• Like words
• Much-misunderstood writing
• Dialect of a region
• Language quirk
• ''Deafening silence,'' e.g.
• Recurring theme
• 15-Across with a twist
• Mockery
• ''Jumbo shrimp,'' e.g.
• Contradiction in terms
• Literary twist
• ''Going to the dogs,'' e.g.
• Hit the sack, e.g.
• Wry twist
• Pretty ugly, e.g.