Related Clues:

• Contorted
• Stuck, in a way
• Like a pole vaulter's pole in action
• Like staples
• Needing straightening, perhaps
• At an angle
• Not in shape?
• Not quite straight
• Gave the elbow
• Angled
• Jabbed in the ribs, e.g.
• Jabbed with a finger
• Tested for doneness, in a way
• Strong inclination
• Like some straws