Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Oddity (3 letter answer)
The Answer
TIC
Tags
Notes
The answer TIC is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Constantly twirling a lock of hair, e.g.
Contraction
Fixation
Foible
Jerk
Obsession
Quirk
Spasm
Twitch
Twitching
Certain X
Facial movement
Facial spasm
Game opener
Little jerk
Muscle spasm
Muscular contraction
Nerve spasm
Nervous twitch
Personal quirk
Sign of nervousness
___-tac-toe
One of the X's in XXX
Sign of stress, sometimes
Start of a winning combination
Start of a winning line
First of three X's or O's
An X could represent it
One of the X's in X-X-X
The first X of X-X-X
Definition
TIC as a noun:
1. a local and habitual twitching especially in the face