Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Part of three-in-a-row (3 letter answer)
The Answer
TIC
Tags
Notes
The answer TIC is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Contraction
Fixation
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Jerk
Obsession
Quirk
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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
Not too big a jerk
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