| Skip the lines, say |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Sep 2025 |
| Improvise |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Speak off the cuff |
USA Today |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Improvise on stage |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Sep 2025 |
| Improvise |
The Telegraph Plusword |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Bald I (anag.) (2-3) |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Aug 2025 |
| Unscripted reply (2-3) |
Puzzler |
03 Aug 2025 |
| Deviate from the script |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Stray from the script |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Improvise on stage |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Fly by the seat of one's pants |
New York Times |
20 Jul 2025 |
| Improviser's forte |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2025 |
| Improvised words on stage (2,3) |
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| Don't follow the script, say |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Stray from the script |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Speak without preparation (L) (2-3) |
|
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| Go off script: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Without rehearsal, - your reply (2-3) |
|
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| Even Mandela is starting to brag off script (2,3) |
|
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| Robert De Niro's "You talkin' to me?" line was one |
New York Times Mini |
25 Jun 2025 |
| Speak off-the-cuff |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Speak off-script |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Impromptu comment from head librarian (2-3) |
|
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| Off-the-cuff remark |
Universal |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Robin Williams's forte |
|
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| Improvise (2 wrds) |
|
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| Make up lines |
Thomas Joseph |
28 May 2025 |
| Off script (2-3) |
|
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| Improvise characters in Westmead library (2,3) |
|
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| Speak off the cuff |
USA Today |
12 May 2025 |
| Improvise |
The Telegraph Mini |
09 May 2025 |
| Spontaneous remark of wayward lad to one bishop (2-3) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
02 May 2025 |
| Make up lines |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Spontaneous comment in a German paper on reflection (2,3) |
|
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| Go off script |
LA Times Daily |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Off-script remark |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Improvise brief defence to secure chess file |
|
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| Words made up on the spot (2-3) |
|
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| Actor's impromptu speech |
Mirror Tea Time |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Extemporize (Hyph.) |
|
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| From bad librettos, off the cuff (2,3) |
|
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| Off-script remark |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2025 |
| Improvise |
Mirror Classic |
20 Mar 2025 |
| Quip. witty remark (2-3) |
|
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| Go off script |
USA Today |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Notice Elizabeth dropping by spontaneously (2-3) |
|
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| Tabloid to put out story without any preparation |
|
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| Spontaneous remark from mad libertime (2-3) |
|
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| Notice member of the Liberal Party's off-the-cuff remark (2-3) |
|
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| Wing it onstage |
USA Today |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Unrehearsed reply |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Jan 2025 |
| Improvised A1 book about Donegal's borders |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Jan 2025 |
| Spontaneous |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Jan 2025 |
| Unscripted remark during a performance (2-3) |
|
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| Improvised, impromptu (2-3) |
|
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| Improvise on stage |
LA Times Mini |
09 Jan 2025 |
| Off-the-cuff remark |
The Telegraph Plusword |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Forgo a prepared speech and speak off the cuff (2-3) |
|
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| Unprepared remark |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Go off script: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Improvised A1 book about gutless devil |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Spontaneous |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Spontaneous remark |
The Telegraph Mini |
28 Dec 2024 |
| Bad lie mostly broadcast without forethought |
|
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| Impromptu |
Premier Sunday |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Say something off the cuff |
The Telegraph Plusword |
19 Dec 2024 |
| Go off-script: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
18 Dec 2024 |
| Speak or perform without preparation (5) |
|
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| Improvise on stage |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Make up lines |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Spontaneous remark |
The Telegraph Plusword |
22 Nov 2024 |
| Improv technique |
LA Times Daily |
22 Nov 2024 |
| Improvise (hyph.) |
|
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| Off the cuff |
LA Times Daily |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Off-script remark |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Make an unrehearsed speech (2-3) |
|
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| Speak without previously preparing one's words (2-3) |
|
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| Off-the-cuff |
Premier Sunday |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Spontaneous reply (2-3) |
|
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| Mad liberal conceals stuff that's not prepared (2-3) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
09 Oct 2024 |
| Words not scripted in entertainment (2-3) |
|
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| Extemporize |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2024 |
| Dial controversial bishop for impromptu comment (2,3) |
|
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| Actor's impromptu speech |
Mirror Tea Time |
20 Sep 2024 |
| "Here's looking at you, kid" or "You can't handle the truth!," famously |
New York Times |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Impromptu comment (2,3) |
|
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| Impromptu comment from a bachelor about broken lid (2,3) |
|
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| Talk without preparing (hyph.) |
|
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| Spontaneous remark from head librarian (2-3) |
|
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| Lmprovise (2-3) |
|
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| Improvise lines to speak |
|
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| Leading actors don't like it being unrehearsed (2,3) |
|
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| Off the cuff |
The Telegraph Plusword |
30 Aug 2024 |
| Go off script |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2024 |
| I'm not prepared to come out with this (2-3) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Bailed out with no end of time to improvise |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Actor's impromptu speech |
Mirror Tea Time |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Improvise |
Mirror Classic |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Make up without rehearsal (2-3) |
Puzzler |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Off-script remark |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2024 |
| Speak impromptu (2-3) |
|
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| Off-the-cuff promo by opposition member (2-3) |
|
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| Head librarian is showing off the cuff (2,3) |
|
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| Improvise on stage |
USA Today |
05 Jul 2024 |
| Go off-script: Hyph. |
|
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| Avoid the lines? |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Make-up artist's talent |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Wing it |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Improvise a speech |
Newsday |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Ignore the script (hyph.) |
|
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| Improvise |
The Telegraph Mini |
19 Jun 2024 |
| Unrehearsed, as a speech (hyph.) |
|
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| Had liberty to partly improvise in performance (2-3) |
|
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| Freely answer Democrat politician |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Wing it on stage |
New York Times Mini |
12 Jun 2024 |
| Spontaneous remark from mad libertine (2-3) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Throwaway remark (2,3) |
|
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| Statement in court case mostly taking care of Duke making impromptu comment |
|
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| Go off script |
Universal |
24 May 2024 |
| A detective, by law, gets one bible to improvise (2-3) |
|
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| Laid out book to perform on Whose Line Is It Anyway?(2,3) |
|
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| Improvise (L) (2,3) |
|
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| Spontaneous |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 May 2024 |
| Baldie almost moving freely |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 May 2024 |
| A German newspaper on reflection lacking preparation? (2,3) |
|
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| Improvised remark |
USA Today |
08 May 2024 |
| Act extempore |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2024 |
| Notice party is off the cuff (2-3) |
|
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| Ignore the scripted lines: Hyph. |
|
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| An extemporary line |
|
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| Answer German newspaper's drawn up freely |
|
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| Go off script |
Universal |
06 Apr 2024 |
| A remark or speech made without previous preparation (2,3) |
|
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| Go off script |
Commuter |
19 Mar 2024 |
| 500 bail out as they please (2,3) |
|
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| Without prep |
|
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| Bad librettos from off the cuff (2,3) |
|
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| Off-script remark |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2024 |
| Wing it on stage |
New York Times Mini |
27 Feb 2024 |
| Actor's impromptu speech |
Mirror Tea Time |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Improvised |
Mirror Classic |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Go off-script |
Newsday |
18 Feb 2024 |
| Extemporize on the set (2-3) |
|
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| Wing it |
LA Times Mini |
13 Feb 2024 |
| Do some improvising |
|
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| Off-the-cuff |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Feb 2024 |
| Extemporize (2 wds.) |
|
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| What do you do when speaking off the cuff? (2,3) |
|
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| Make an off-the-cuff remark |
|
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| Adapt to a broken teleprompter, say |
TV |
14 Jan 2024 |
| Impromptu |
Puzzler Backwords |
14 Jan 2024 |
| Improvise |
Premier Sunday |
14 Jan 2024 |
| Go off script |
Commuter |
08 Jan 2024 |
| Spontaneous |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jan 2024 |
| Lad altered one book that's improvised |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jan 2024 |
| Speak off the cull (2-3) |
|
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| Extemporize |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Off-the-cuff remark nowadays left one blanked initially |
|
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| Speak spontaneously (2-3) |
|
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| Make it up onstage |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Improvised speech (2-3) |
|
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| Extemporize |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Nov 2023 |
| Avoid the lines? |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Nov 2023 |
| Spontaneous remark |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Nov 2023 |
| Unrehearsed reply |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Nov 2023 |
| Unfortunately bald, I improvised |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Nov 2023 |
| Spontaneous |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Nov 2023 |
| Improvise a speech |
Universal |
26 Oct 2023 |
| Improvise |
LA Times Daily |
19 Oct 2023 |
| Improvise on stage |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2023 |
| Go off script |
Universal |
12 Sep 2023 |
| Improvise on stage |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Make up lines |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Sep 2023 |
| Impromptu |
Premier Sunday |
27 Aug 2023 |
| Impromptu |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Aug 2023 |
| Improvised line |
Universal |
11 Aug 2023 |
| Go off script |
Universal |
28 Jul 2023 |
| A Democrat and Liberal wing it |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Jul 2023 |
| Go off script |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2023 |
| Respond in an improv class |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2023 |
| Improvise |
The Guardian Speedy |
16 Jul 2023 |
| Extemporize |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jul 2023 |
| Go off script |
Premier Sunday |
09 Jul 2023 |
| Cut the cards, perhaps |
New York Times |
17 Jun 2023 |
| Compose on the fly |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2023 |
| Impromptu atomic construct erected following loss of uranium |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Jun 2023 |
| Improvised remark |
Newsday |
21 May 2023 |
| Go off script |
USA Today |
19 May 2023 |
| Spontaneous comment |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2023 |
| Off the cuff |
LA Times Daily |
21 Apr 2023 |
| Unrehearsed remark |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Apr 2023 |
| Wing it onstage |
Universal |
07 Apr 2023 |
| Improvised line |
Universal |
27 Mar 2023 |
| Speak without a script |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2023 |
| Improvise on stage |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Feb 2023 |
| Wing it at the mic |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Feb 2023 |
| Spontaneous extra line in rap |
USA Today |
26 Jan 2023 |
| Wing it on stage |
Universal |
15 Jan 2023 |
| Improvise |
The Guardian Speedy |
15 Jan 2023 |
| Make up lines |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Jan 2023 |
| Embrace spontaneity, in a way |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jan 2023 |
| Ditch the teleprompter |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jan 2023 |
| Speak off the cuff |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2023 |
| Improvise on stage |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2022 |
| Improvise on stage |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Dec 2022 |
| Forgo the script |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Dec 2022 |
| Actor's improvisation |
USA Today |
17 Nov 2022 |
| "Stick to the script!" elicitor |
LA Times Daily |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Improvised line |
Universal |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Wing it |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2022 |
| Improvised comment |
New York Times |
04 Sep 2022 |
| Improvise one's lines: Hyph. |
|
|
| Go off script |
Universal |
11 Aug 2022 |
| Go off-script |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jul 2022 |
| Make up lines |
Universal |
07 Jul 2022 |
| Improvised line |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jun 2022 |
| Wing it |
New York Times |
23 Jun 2022 |
| Bit of improv: Hyph. |
|
|
| Go off-script |
Newsday |
17 May 2022 |
| Impromptu |
Newsday |
14 May 2022 |
| Improvised remark |
Newsday |
11 May 2022 |
| Improvise, speak without notes |
The Guardian Speedy |
01 May 2022 |
| Surprise the director, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
29 Apr 2022 |
| Surprise the director, maybe |
The Washington Post |
29 Apr 2022 |
| Speak off the cuff |
The Guardian Speedy |
17 Apr 2022 |
| Skip the lines? |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Apr 2022 |
| Speak off the cuff |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2022 |
| Improvise, speak without notes |
The Guardian Speedy |
06 Mar 2022 |
| German newspaper answered leader twisting everything that's said off the cuff |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Mar 2022 |
| Talk without notes: 2 wds. |
|
|
| Say something without preparation |
Irish Times Simplex |
16 Feb 2022 |
| Improvise on stage |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2022 |
| Forgo the script |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jan 2022 |
| Wing it, while filming: Hyph. |
|
|
| Surprise a film director, in a way |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Dec 2021 |
| Improvise: 2 wds. |
|
|
| Extemporize |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Oct 2021 |
| Rapper's improvisation |
Universal |
30 Sep 2021 |
| Go off script |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Sep 2021 |
| Deviate from the script |
Universal |
17 Sep 2021 |
| Spontaneous |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Sep 2021 |
| Wing it on stage |
Universal |
29 Aug 2021 |
| Speak off the cuff |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Aug 2021 |
| Talk without notes; improvise |
The Guardian Speedy |
15 Aug 2021 |
| German newspaper answered leader twisting everything that's said off the cuff |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Jul 2021 |
| Make up on the spot |
Universal |
22 Jul 2021 |
| Extemporaneous line |
The Washington Post Sunday |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Go off script |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jul 2021 |
| Speak without notes |
Newsday |
15 Jun 2021 |
| Speak off the cuff |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Impromptu remark from Democrat cornered by a Liberal |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 May 2021 |
| Baldie almost moving freely |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 May 2021 |
| Spontaneous |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 May 2021 |
| Improv comic's forte |
New York Times |
06 May 2021 |
| Improvise one's lines: Hyph. |
|
|
| Improvise |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Apr 2021 |
| Improvised A1 book about Donegal's borders |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Apr 2021 |
| Sets up German newspaper to answer what's been said off the cuff |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 Apr 2021 |
| Speak off the cuff with tips for disguising loans in The Bank |
Irish Times Crosaire |
06 Apr 2021 |
| Speak extemporaneously |
New York Times |
15 Mar 2021 |
| Go off script |
USA Today |
09 Mar 2021 |
| Speak off the cuff |
Universal |
09 Mar 2021 |
| Off-script remark |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2021 |
| Wing it while acting |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Feb 2021 |
| Unfortunately bald, I improvised |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Off-the-cuff remark |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Jan 2021 |
| Speak without preparation |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Do some improv |
New York Times |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Off-the-cuff remark |
Universal |
09 Dec 2020 |
| Improvise |
Premier Sunday |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Improvised A1 book about gutless devil |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Nov 2020 |
| Improvise onstage |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2020 |
| Stray from the script |
Newsday |
27 Oct 2020 |
| Go off-script (sorry, Ella, it doesn't mean 'get more pounds') |
Jonesin |
20 Oct 2020 |
| Improvise on stage |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Sep 2020 |
| Improvise dialogue |
USA Today |
10 Sep 2020 |
| Make up on stage |
Universal |
09 Sep 2020 |
| Off-the-cuff remark |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2020 |
| Deliver spontaneously |
The Washington Post |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Deliver spontaneously |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Wing it onstage |
USA Today |
02 Aug 2020 |
| An old penny one pound includes freely |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Extemporize |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 May 2020 |
| Deviate from one's lines |
Family Time |
10 May 2020 |
| Improvise a speech |
Irish Times Simplex |
05 May 2020 |
| Extemporaneous response |
Jonesin |
21 Apr 2020 |
| Go off script |
Universal |
16 Apr 2020 |
| Make up lines as you go |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2020 |
| Deviate from the script |
Family Time |
30 Mar 2020 |
| Improvise a speech |
Newsday |
23 Mar 2020 |
| Speak off the cuff |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2020 |
| Improvisation on the set |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2020 |
| Avoid the lines? |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Mar 2020 |
| Stage surprise |
The Washington Post |
03 Mar 2020 |
| Stage surprise |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2020 |
| Go off-script |
The Washington Post |
24 Feb 2020 |
| Go off-script |
LA Times Daily |
24 Feb 2020 |
| Wing it |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2020 |
| Improvise |
LA Times Daily |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Improvise |
The Washington Post |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Make up dialogue |
Family Time |
23 Dec 2019 |
| Wing it |
Universal |
11 Dec 2019 |
| Off-the-cuff comment in sad libel |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Improvise one's words |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2019 |
| Improvise one's lines: Hyph. |
|
|
| Impromptu remark |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Nov 2019 |
| Jack Nicholson's classic line 'You can't handle the truth,' for one |
New York Times |
02 Nov 2019 |
| Jack Nicholson's classic line "You can't handle the truth," for one |
|
|
| Perform at the Improv, say |
LA Times Daily |
27 Oct 2019 |
| Perform at the Improv, say |
The Washington Post |
27 Oct 2019 |
| Freely acknowledge at the outset offer of money will secure left back |
The Telegraph Toughie |
25 Oct 2019 |
| Wing it |
New York Times |
09 Oct 2019 |
| Wing it |
|
|
| Improvise |
The Guardian Speedy |
15 Sep 2019 |
| Go off-script |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2019 |
| Verbal slip cover |
Newsday |
10 Aug 2019 |
| Off the cuff remark |
The Times Concise |
09 Jul 2019 |
| Say lines that are not in the script |
Family Time |
08 Jul 2019 |
| A German newspaper retracted spontaneous comment |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Jun 2019 |
| Fashion lines? |
New York Times |
04 May 2019 |
| Go off-script during filming: 2 wds. |
|
|
| German newspaper article drawn up freely |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Feb 2019 |
| Wing it verbally |
Newsday |
01 Feb 2019 |
| Go off the script |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2019 |
| Off-script remark |
New York Times |
08 Jan 2019 |
| Fashion lines? |
|
|
| Wing it |
|
|
| Perform at the Improv, say |
|
|
| Off-script remark |
|
|
| Go off the script |
|
|
| Go off script |
Newsday |
27 Dec 2018 |
| Avoid the line? |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Dec 2018 |
| Many a Robin Williams bit |
LA Times Daily |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Many a Robin Williams bit |
The Washington Post |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Spontaneous remark from District Attorney upset lawyers in Boston, initially |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Nov 2018 |
| Talk off the cuff for ages leaving bag ladies |
Irish Times Crosaire |
16 Nov 2018 |
| Impromptu |
Premier Sunday |
21 Oct 2018 |
| Nicholson's 'Here's Johnny' line, e.g |
USA Today |
20 Sep 2018 |
| Make up lines |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Sep 2018 |
| Off-the-cuff |
LA Times Daily |
04 Sep 2018 |
| Off-the-cuff |
The Washington Post |
04 Sep 2018 |
| Some mislead librarian off the cuff |
Irish Times Crosaire |
19 Jul 2018 |
| Wing it on stage |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jul 2018 |
| Go off script |
The Guardian Speedy |
23 Jun 2018 |
| Improvise one's lines onstage: Hyph. |
|
|
| Spontaneous remark |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 May 2018 |
| Go off-script |
Wall Street Journal |
22 May 2018 |
| Go off script |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
11 May 2018 |
| Wing it |
The Washington Post |
10 May 2018 |
| Speak off the cuff |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
13 Apr 2018 |
| Disregard the script |
The Washington Post Sunday |
01 Apr 2018 |
| Spontaneous remark made by wayward lad to one bishop |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Feb 2018 |
| Actor's impromptu speech |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Feb 2018 |
| Marty Feldman's "What hump?" line was one |
USA Today |
30 Jan 2018 |
| Wing it, when filming or acting |
|
|
| Go off script |
|
|
| Wing it onstage |
|
|
| Avoid the line? |
|
|
| Go off-script |
|
|
| Many a Robin Williams bit |
|
|
| Marty Feldman's "What hump?" line was one |
|
|
| Wing it on stage |
|
|
| Nicholson's "Here's Johnny" line, e.g. |
|
|
| Speak off the cuff |
|
|
| A non-scripted line: Hyph. |
|
|
| Improvise, like with dialogue |
|
|
| Some mislead librarian off-the-cuff |
Irish Times Crosaire |
07 Nov 2017 |
| Skip the script |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2017 |
| Improvise |
Universal |
30 Sep 2017 |
| American reviewing German paper gets to speak off the cuff |
Irish Times Crosaire |
07 Sep 2017 |
| Forgo the teleprompter, say |
New York Times |
30 Aug 2017 |
| Unprepared remark |
The Times Concise |
30 Aug 2017 |
| Wing it on stage |
USA Today |
23 Aug 2017 |
| An impulsive line, a line that is not scripted |
|
|
| Skip the lines, say |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2017 |
| Bit of speech the actor didn't rehearse |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Jul 2017 |
| Improvise or stray from the script: Hyph. |
|
|
| Improvise lines |
Universal |
13 Jul 2017 |
| Improvise on stage |
The Washington Post |
13 Jun 2017 |
| Improvise on stage |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jun 2017 |
| Off-the-cuff |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Jun 2017 |
| Actor's unwritten line |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2017 |
| Actor's unwritten line |
The Washington Post |
22 May 2017 |
| Come up with, on the spot: Hyph. |
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| Impulsive line |
LA Times Daily |
23 Mar 2017 |
| Impulsive line |
The Washington Post |
23 Mar 2017 |
| Spontaneous remark from daughter in 'Ali Baba', at the start |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Mar 2017 |
| Go off-line? |
LA Times Daily |
12 Mar 2017 |
| Go off-line? |
The Washington Post |
12 Mar 2017 |
| Impromptu |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Feb 2017 |
| Deviate from a script (2 words) |
Family Time |
23 Jan 2017 |
| Deal with a broken teleprompter, say |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2017 |
| Form a line? |
Universal |
05 Jan 2017 |
| Actor's unwritten line |
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| Go off script |
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| Wing it on stage |
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| Improvise lines |
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| Improvise |
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| Form a line? |
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| Skip the lines, say |
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| Forgo the teleprompter, say |
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| Deal with a broken teleprompter, say |
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| Go off-line? |
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| Skip the script |
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| Surprise in a skit |
LA Times Daily |
27 Nov 2016 |
| Go off-message, maybe |
Newsday |
18 Nov 2016 |
| Spontaneous comment |
Newsday |
18 Sep 2016 |
| Wing it |
USA Today |
17 Sep 2016 |
| Drift from a script |
Universal |
02 Aug 2016 |
| Unrehearsed comment |
The Washington Post |
20 May 2016 |
| Response to a heckler |
LA Times Daily |
29 Apr 2016 |
| Go off-script |
USA Today |
30 Mar 2016 |
| Wing it, in a way |
New York Times |
24 Mar 2016 |
| Surprise one's co-stars |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Mar 2016 |
| Speak off the cuff |
The Washington Post |
12 Mar 2016 |
| Say it without thinking about German paper from academy |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 Feb 2016 |
| Perform without preparation |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2016 |
| Perform without preparation |
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| Drift from a script |
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| Perform without preparation |
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| Wing it |
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| Impromptu |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Dec 2015 |
| Perform without preparation |
Universal |
17 Dec 2015 |
| Depart from the script |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Nov 2015 |
| Improvise in a sketch |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2015 |
| Go off script |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2015 |
| Ditch the script |
New York Times |
30 Sep 2015 |
| Drift from the script |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Sep 2015 |
| Throw away the script |
Newsday |
30 Aug 2015 |
| Improvise verbally |
Universal |
20 Aug 2015 |
| Not use a script |
Universal |
17 Aug 2015 |
| Depart from the prepared text |
New York Times |
11 Aug 2015 |
| Ignore the teleprompter |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jul 2015 |
| Spontaneous |
Newsday |
20 Jun 2015 |
| Unprepared -- and all is oddly British |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 May 2015 |
| What the Marx Brothers often do in their films |
New York Times |
19 May 2015 |
| A bid to be funny, line thrown in? |
The Times Cryptic |
11 May 2015 |
| Impromptu commercial by party member |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Mar 2015 |
| Wing it at the lectern |
LA Times Daily |
24 Mar 2015 |
| Deviate from the script |
USA Today |
23 Feb 2015 |
| Make up one's lines |
Universal |
29 Jan 2015 |
| Go off line? |
New York Times |
22 Jan 2015 |
| Improvised, most of excuse involving daughter |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Jan 2015 |
| Go off line? |
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| Depart from the script |
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| Go off script |
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| Ignore the teleprompter |
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| Eschew the cue card |
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| Deviate from the script |
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| Wing it |
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| Go off script |
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| Drift from the script |
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| Riff |
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| Throw away the script |
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| Spontaneous comment |
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| Spontaneous |
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| Improvise in a sketch |
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| Wing it at the lectern |
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| Depart from the prepared text |
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| Ditch the script |
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| Not use a script |
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| Make up one's lines |
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| Improvise verbally |
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| What the Marx Brothers often do in their films |
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| It can't be canned |
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| Way to disorient one's co-stars |
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| Eschew cue cards |
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| Improvise one's lines |
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| "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" line |
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| Stray from the script |
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| Off-the-cuff remark |
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| Vamp |
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| Ignore the teleprompter |
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| Ignore the script |
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| Wing it, speechwise |
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| Go off script |
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| Wing it |
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| Impromptu |
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| Improvise on stage |
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| "That's not in the script!" evoker |
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| Eschew cue cards |
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| Comment off the cuff |
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| Unrehearsed comment |
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| Toastmaster's skill |
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| Go off-book |
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| Forgo a speechwriter |
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| Onstage surprise |
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| Wing it |
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| Wing it |
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| Unrehearsed |
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| Improvise |
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| Surprise during filming |
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| Wing it, speechwise |
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| Speak off the cuff |
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| Eschew the script |
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| Improvise one's words |
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| Speak without notes |
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| Wing it, speechwise |
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| Surprise during filming |
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| Improvise |
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| Extemporize |
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| Perform in the Upright Citizens Brigade, say |
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| Do improv |
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| Deviate from the script |
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| It's not scripted |
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| Do improv |
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| Improvise |
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| Robin Williams forte |
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| Ignore a cue card, say |
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| Wing it |
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| Speak without a script |
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| Ignore the cue cards, say |
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| Disorient one's co-stars, in a way |
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| Stage surprise |
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| Wing it vocally |
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| Improvise a speech |
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| Impromptu |
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| Talk without a script |
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| Go off-script |
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| Ignore the script |
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| Speak off the cuff |
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| Eschew cue cards |
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| Robin Williams forte |
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| Comment off-the-cuff |
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| Stage surprise |
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| Speak off the cuff |
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| Speak off-the-cuff |
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| Deviate from the script |
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| Ignore one's lines |
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| Go off-script |
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| Wing it on stage |
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| Bit of stage creativity |
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| Wing it verbally |
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| Proceed without notes, say |
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| Forgo the script |
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| Remark that might get you in trouble |
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| Speak off the cuff |
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| Wing it on stage |
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| Speak off the cuff |
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| Forgo the script |
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| Forgo a prepared speech |
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| Improvise on stage |
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| Improvise lines |
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| Ignore the script |
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| Ignore the script |
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| Improvise on stage |
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| Improvise lines |
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| Surprise one's co-star |
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| Unmemorized remark |
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| Extemporize |
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| Improvise |
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| Wing it onstage |
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| Unscripted comment |
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| Spontaneously |
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| Eschew the TelePrompTer |
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| Wing it |
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| Script departure |
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| Make up dialogue |
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| Sans-script quip |
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| Improvise on stage |
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| "Who's Line Is It Anyway?" line |
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| Ignore the prepared remarks |
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| Wing it |
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| Improv line |
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| Avoid the lines? |
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| Unrehearsed line |
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| Ignore the script |
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| Surprise one's costar |
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| Surprise one's costar |
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| Off-the-cuff quip |
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| Fake it onstage |
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| Deviate from the script |
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| Ignore one's lines |
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| Improvised |
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| Off-the-cuff |
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| Unprepared comment |
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| Ignore a prepared speech |
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| Off-the-cuff |
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| Improvised |
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| Ignore one's lines |
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| Deviate from the script |
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| Remark that might get one in trouble |
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| Groucho forte |
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| Act rashly? |
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| Unscripted |
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| Off-the-script comment |
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| Off-the-cuff |
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| Improvise |
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| Unrehearsed |
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| Make up lines |
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| Ignore the cue cards, say |
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| Disorient one's costars, maybe |
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| It's made off-the-cuff |
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| Wing it |
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| Improvise |
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| Impromptu |
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| Unscripted |
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| Spontaneous remark |
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| Spontaneous |
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| Cook up on the spot |
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| Improvisation |
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| Improvise |
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| Off-the-cuff |
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| Avoid the lines? |
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| Do some improv |
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| Seat-of-the-pants schtick |
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| Wing it |
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| Make it up as you go |
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| Deviate from the script |
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| Improvise |
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| Go off script |
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| Off-the-cuff |
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| Unscripted remark |
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| Extemporize |
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| Line not in the script |
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| Toss off a line |
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| Extemporize |
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| Line not in the script |
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| Toss off a line |
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| Not practiced |
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| Off-the-cuff |
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| Form a line? |
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| Off-the-cuff comment |
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| Off-the-cuff remark |
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| Spontaneous remark |
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| Seat-of-the-pants performance |
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| Sans script |
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| Toss the script |
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| Wing it |
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| Wing it, in a way |
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| Bit of stage creativity |
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| Ignore the lines |
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| Spontaneous response |
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| Bit of stage creativity |
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| Ignore the lines |
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| Fashion lines? |
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| Extemporaneous |
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| Improvise verbally |
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| Spontaneously |
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| Wing it |
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| Speak on the fly |
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| Play it by ear |
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| Throw in a line |
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| Unscripted remark |
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| Stray from the script |
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| Unrehearsed |
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| Improvise |
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| Speak off the cuff |
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| Offhand |
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| Not scripted |
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| Improvised |
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| Sans script |
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| Throw in a line |
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| Sans script |
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| Groucho's specialty |
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| Improvised remark |
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| "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" line |
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| Extemporize |
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| Make up on the stage |
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| Go off script |
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| Speak sans script |
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| Off-the-cuff |
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| Off the cuff |
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| Talk without a script |
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| Ignore the script |
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| Extemporize |
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| Ignore the cue cards |
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| Off the cuff |
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| Improvisation |
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| Surprise on the set |
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| Use no script |
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| Off-the-cuff |
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| Impromptu |
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| Quip sans script |
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| Improvise |
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| Wing it, speechwise |
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| Impromptu |
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| Forgo a speechwriter |
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| Carson's forte |
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| Off-the-cuff remark |
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| Eschew the cue cards |
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| Musical extra |
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| Speak without notes |
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| Letterman forte |
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| Off-the-cuff comment |
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| Speak sans script |
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| Off-the-script comment |
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| Off-the-cuff |
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| Improvise verbally |
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| Improvisation |
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| Unprepared comment |
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| Wing it, speechwise |
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| Scriptless |
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| Comment off the cuff |
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| Robin Williams comment, maybe |
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| Unmemorized words |
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| Speak without notes |
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| Comic comeback |
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| Extemporaneous |
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| Ignore the script |
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| Robin Williams forte |
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| Make up on the spot |
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| Spontaneous remark |
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| Off the cuff |
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| Off-the-cuff witticism |
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| Wing it verbally |
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| Extempore |
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| Fluff coverer |
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| Comic's ploy |
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| Off-the-cuff words |
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| Emcee's forte |
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| Improvise lines |
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| Comic's forte |
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| Make impromptu remarks |
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| Off-the-script remark |
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| Talk-show quip |
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| Bob Hope sparkler |
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| Carson quip |
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| Spontaneous |
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| Comedian's forte |
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| Carson specialty |
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| Make quips not in the script. |
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| TV panelist's quip. |
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| As one wishes: Lat. abbr. |
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| See 21 Across. |
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| At pleasure: Abbr. |
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| Depart from the script. |
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| TV quip. |
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| At pleasure: Lat. abbr. |
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| Extempore. |
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| Improvisation. |
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| Without imposed limit. |
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| At pleasure: abbr. |
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| Comedian's line. |
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| Not in the script. |
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| Improvise: Colloq. |
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| Improvised. |
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| Kind of remark. |
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| Forte of a good comedian. |
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| Talk spontaneously: Colloq. |
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| Comedian's forte. |
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| Extemporize: Colloq. |
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| Improvise. |
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| Off the cuff. |
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| Ignore the teleprompter |
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| Extemporize. |
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| Typical Hope remark. |
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| Improvise on the fly |
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| Spoken extempore. |
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| As one wishes: Abbr. |
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| Remark of a sort. |
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| Add lines not in the script: Slang. |
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| Comic's specialty |
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| Unrehearsed radio quip. |
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| Unpremeditated quip. |
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| Quip, sans script. |
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