Twists and turns for women and girls, e.g., all over the place (8)
I believe the answer is:
wriggles
'twists' is the definition.
('wriggle' can be a synonym of 'twist')
'women and girls e g all over the place' is the wordplay.
'women' becomes 'w' (**).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'all over the place' indicates anagramming the letters.
'girls'+'e'+'g'='girlseg'
'girlseg' with letters rearranged gives 'riggles'.
'w'+'riggles'='WRIGGLES'
'and turns for' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for wriggles that I've seen is " Writhes".)