Witty insult |
|
|
"I'm leavin'!" |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2024 |
Catty comment |
Newsday |
11 Apr 2024 |
A party's left Barbados with a swift horse for you (4) |
|
|
Prohibit bighead producing sharp point (4) |
|
|
Wire projection |
|
|
Save book called Hook (4) |
|
|
Sharp hook |
|
|
Fishhook end |
Premier Sunday |
03 Mar 2024 |
Point on a hook |
|
|
Prevent bishop making cutting remark (4) |
|
|
Sharp bristle |
|
|
Exclude book jag (4) |
|
|
Fishhook or fence wire feature |
|
|
North African horse breed |
|
|
Prickly part of a metal fence |
|
|
Stingray feature |
Universal |
29 Jan 2024 |
___ wire (sharp type of fencing wire) |
|
|
Spiky fence wire |
|
|
Biting remark |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Jan 2024 |
Small, backward-facing hook point (4) |
|
|
Pointed remark |
Universal |
29 Dec 2023 |
Nicki Minaj stan, colloquially |
|
|
Pointed remark in drinking venue by bachelor (4) |
|
|
End of a huge fishhook |
Family Time |
18 Dec 2023 |
Fishhook feature |
|
|
Remark that stings |
|
|
Bully's principal gets underwear yanked up for insult (4) |
|
|
Sharp part of a wire fence |
New York Times |
27 Nov 2023 |
Sharp part of a fence, or a fan of Nicki Minaj |
USA Today |
14 Nov 2023 |
Wounding remark |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Nov 2023 |
Caustic remark |
LA Times Daily |
06 Nov 2023 |
Wired fence feature (rhymes with "garb") |
|
|
Hurtful remark in pub with beer always going off |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Aug 2023 |
Zinger |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2023 |
Fishhook's end (word hidden in "barbie") |
|
|
'___ and Star Go to Vista Del Mar' (Kristen Wiig film) |
USA Today |
02 Aug 2023 |
Biting remark |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Jul 2023 |
Gibe made by bachelor supporting pub |
The Times Cryptic |
20 Jul 2023 |
Sharp point on a farm fence |
Newsday |
18 Jul 2023 |
Wire fence feature |
Universal |
18 Jul 2023 |
Fishhook part |
Premier Sunday |
09 Jul 2023 |
Hurtful remark |
Universal |
05 Jul 2023 |
Biting remark |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Jun 2023 |
Sharp wire, on a prison fence |
|
|
Pointed remark |
The Guardian Quick |
27 Apr 2023 |
Biting remark |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Apr 2023 |
Stinging remark |
Family Time |
02 Apr 2023 |
Biting remark |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Mar 2023 |
Stinging comment |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2023 |
Pointed remark |
Canadiana |
27 Feb 2023 |
Sharp point on a fence |
USA Today |
23 Feb 2023 |
Biting remark |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Jan 2023 |
Shannon Purser's "Stranger Things" role, familiarly |
|
|
Critical remark |
Universal |
01 Jan 2023 |
Cutting remark |
Family Time |
19 Dec 2022 |
Projection on arrow |
The Times Concise |
09 Dec 2022 |
Stinging remark |
Canadiana |
14 Nov 2022 |
Biting remark |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Oct 2022 |
Spike — insult |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Sep 2022 |
Acerbic remark |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2022 |
Sharp point on a farm's wire fence |
Newsday |
12 Sep 2022 |
Wired fence feature |
|
|
Fence-sitter's deterrent |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2022 |
___ wire (steel fencing wire) |
|
|
Sharp prison fence feature |
|
|
Pointed remark |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2022 |
Pointed remark |
New York Times |
05 Jun 2022 |
Biting remark |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 May 2022 |
Sharp point on a ranch's wire fence |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2022 |
Thorn found in banks of balsam herb |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Apr 2022 |
Sharp feature on a fence wire |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2022 |
Biting remark |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Mar 2022 |
Cutting remark |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Mar 2022 |
Biting remark |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Feb 2022 |
Bishop put on garment over part of nun's habit |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Feb 2022 |
Bishop put on garment over part of nun's habit |
|
|
Offensive line |
New York Times |
16 Dec 2021 |
Cutting remark from hairdresser with no sign of hesitation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Dec 2021 |
Cutting remark |
Canadiana |
22 Nov 2021 |
Fishhook feature |
|
|
Biting remark |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Nov 2021 |
Stinger |
New York Times |
10 Nov 2021 |
Pointed criticism of second pub? |
|
|
Pointed criticism of second pub? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
08 Nov 2021 |
Wire fence feature |
Universal |
24 Sep 2021 |
Biting remark |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Sep 2021 |
Fishhook feature |
|
|
Hurtful remark |
New York Times |
02 Jun 2021 |
Fishhook feature (rhymes with "garb") |
|
|
Cutting remark |
Family Time |
03 May 2021 |
Sharp point on a farm fence |
Newsday |
03 May 2021 |
Part of a fishhook |
The Washington Post Sunday |
02 May 2021 |
Arrow projection |
The Times Concise |
30 Apr 2021 |
Thorn found in banks of balsam herb |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Mar 2021 |
Hurtful remark |
USA Today |
11 Mar 2021 |
Stinging comment |
USA Today |
28 Feb 2021 |
Cutting remark |
USA Today |
22 Jan 2021 |
Public house boozer starting to slur |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Jan 2021 |
Stinging comment |
Newsday |
07 Jan 2021 |
Good name for someone with a sharp tongue? |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2020 |
Aggressive remark directed at a person |
Family Time |
20 Sep 2020 |
Sticking point |
Newsday |
04 Sep 2020 |
Biting remark |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jun 2020 |
Books, arrests a rabblerouser primarily for sarcasm |
|
|
Hurtful remark |
The Times Concise |
13 Jun 2020 |
Fence-sitter's deterrent |
Newsday |
23 May 2020 |
Snide remark |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2020 |
Pointed remark |
New York Times |
05 Apr 2020 |
Sharp comment |
USA Today |
06 Mar 2020 |
Fishhook feature |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Jan 2020 |
Stinging remark |
Newsday |
26 Nov 2019 |
Catty remark |
Premier Sunday |
17 Nov 2019 |
Openly unpleasant remark |
Family Time |
04 Nov 2019 |
Hurtful remark from pub bore, initially |
|
|
Zinging remark |
USA Today |
05 Oct 2019 |
One on the hook, perhaps |
Newsday |
21 Sep 2019 |
A feature of the fish hook on half the grill |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Sep 2019 |
Part of a prison fence |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2019 |
Cutting remark |
The Washington Post |
02 Jul 2019 |
Cutting remark |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jul 2019 |
Insult lawyers and bishop |
|
|
Fish hook feature |
|
|
Bit of snide criticism |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Jun 2019 |
Pub bore at first provokes sharp comment |
|
|
It's painful to hear what drinks cost, though not poor |
|
|
Catty remark |
Newsday |
17 Apr 2019 |
Projection on fish hook |
|
|
Fish hook |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Apr 2019 |
Caustic comment |
Universal |
20 Mar 2019 |
Fishhook feature or a stinging comment |
|
|
End of a fish hook |
|
|
Critical remark |
Newsday |
06 Feb 2019 |
Sharp point on a ranch's wire fence |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2019 |
Slight charge for refreshments – not bad |
|
|
Catty comment |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2019 |
Cutting remark |
|
|
Part of a prison fence |
|
|
Zinging remark |
|
|
Caustic comment |
|
|
Brother comes up with a black sting |
|
|
Verbal zinger |
USA Today |
17 Nov 2018 |
Verbal jab |
LA Times Daily |
09 Nov 2018 |
Verbal jab |
The Washington Post |
09 Nov 2018 |
Piece of hook that's said to wound others |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Nov 2018 |
Sharp point on some farm fences |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2018 |
Porcupine quill feature |
USA Today |
14 Sep 2018 |
Offensive line |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2018 |
Prevent onset of bee sting |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Sep 2018 |
Scorpion's tail feature |
USA Today |
24 Aug 2018 |
Fishhook feature |
New York Times |
08 Aug 2018 |
Wire point |
Universal |
07 Aug 2018 |
Stinging sarcasm |
Universal |
02 Aug 2018 |
Wire sticker |
The Washington Post |
21 Apr 2018 |
Wire sticker |
LA Times Daily |
21 Apr 2018 |
Stinging comment |
The Washington Post |
16 Apr 2018 |
Stinging comment |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2018 |
Biting remark |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Apr 2018 |
Caustic remark |
The Washington Post |
16 Mar 2018 |
Caustic remark |
LA Times Daily |
16 Mar 2018 |
Fishhook feature |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Feb 2018 |
Insult second choice pub? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Jan 2018 |
Cutting comment |
Universal |
19 Jan 2018 |
Scorpion's tail feature |
|
|
Stinging sarcasm |
|
|
Wire point |
|
|
Cutting comment |
|
|
Fishhook part |
Universal |
01 Jan 2018 |
Wire sticker |
|
|
Verbal jab |
|
|
Stinging comment |
|
|
Porcupine quill feature |
|
|
Fishhook part |
|
|
Offensive line |
|
|
Verbal zinger |
|
|
Fishhook feature |
|
|
Spiteful remark |
USA Today |
08 Dec 2017 |
Unkind remark |
Newsday |
05 Dec 2017 |
Insult that's found on the wire |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Nov 2017 |
Exclude bishop for hurtful remark |
|
|
Fishhook feature |
Universal |
17 Oct 2017 |
Sharp hook on a wire fence |
Family Time |
09 Oct 2017 |
Sarcastic dig |
Universal |
02 Oct 2017 |
Zinger |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2017 |
Zinger |
The Washington Post |
01 Oct 2017 |
Jibe |
Canadiana |
25 Sep 2017 |
Unkind comment |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2017 |
Stinging rebuke |
The Washington Post |
03 Sep 2017 |
Exclude bishop for hurtful remark |
|
|
Stinging rebuke |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2017 |
Second pub, perhaps, to get criticism |
|
|
Biting comment |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Aug 2017 |
Pub bore's first aggressive remark |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Jun 2017 |
___ wire, usually placed around a building on its walls |
|
|
Sticker on a wire fence |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2017 |
Stinging remark |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2017 |
Provocative remark |
New York Times |
22 Feb 2017 |
Fishhook part |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2017 |
Fishhook feature |
|
|
Provocative remark |
|
|
Sticker on a wire fence |
|
|
Spiteful remark |
|
|
Fishhook part |
|
|
Stinging rebuke |
|
|
Stinging remark |
|
|
Zinger |
|
|
Sarcastic dig |
|
|
Biting remark |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Nov 2016 |
Sharp point is said to hurt |
|
|
Caustic remark |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
30 Sep 2016 |
Stinging remark |
Family Time |
08 Aug 2016 |
Sharp comment |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jul 2016 |
Mean-spirited remark |
The Washington Post |
14 Jul 2016 |
Unkind comment |
The Washington Post |
05 Jul 2016 |
Biting remark |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jun 2016 |
Disincentive for fence-sitting |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2016 |
Needling remark |
Universal |
31 May 2016 |
Fishhook point |
LA Times Daily |
16 May 2016 |
Dig |
The Washington Post |
06 Mar 2016 |
Needling remark |
The Washington Post |
20 Feb 2016 |
End of a fishhook |
USA Today |
02 Feb 2016 |
Biting remark |
|
|
Sharp comment |
|
|
Fishhook point |
|
|
Needling remark |
|
|
End of a fishhook |
|
|
Caustic remark |
|
|
Insult legendary Sevillian, without hesitation |
|
|
Sharp remark |
New York Times |
24 Sep 2015 |
Zinger |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Aug 2015 |
Hurtful remark |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2015 |
Sarcastic dig |
USA Today |
18 May 2015 |
Stinging comment |
Universal |
24 Mar 2015 |
Fishhook feature |
Family Time |
16 Mar 2015 |
Biting remark |
Universal |
17 Feb 2015 |
Sharp remark |
|
|
Unkind comment |
|
|
Biting remark |
|
|
Spike on a wire |
|
|
Stinging comment |
|
|
Cutting remark |
|
|
Sarcastic dig |
|
|
Insult |
|
|
Pointed part |
|
|
Stinging remark |
|
|
Point, indicating second stop on pub crawl |
|
|
Fish served by second pub on list? |
|
|
Insulting remark |
|
|
Cutting remark |
|
|
Cutting remark |
|
|
Caustic comment |
|
|
Zinger |
|
|
"Yo mama" joke, e.g. |
|
|
Zinger |
|
|
Cutting remark |
|
|
Dorothy Parker comment, typically |
|
|
Little dig |
|
|
Sharp remark |
|
|
Stinging remark |
|
|
*Part of a fishhook |
|
|
Fishhook spike |
|
|
Fish counter, Billingsgate's first |
|
|
Caustic comeback |
|
|
Sharp witticism |
|
|
Pointed remark |
|
|
Snide comment |
|
|
Snide remark |
|
|
Zinger |
|
|
Pointed remark |
|
|
Catty comment |
|
|
Unkind comment |
|
|
Sticker |
|
|
Stinging remark |
|
|
Fishhook part |
|
|
Dig |
|
|
Carping remark |
|
|
Stinging remark |
|
|
Zinger |
|
|
Fishhook feature |
|
|
Biting remark |
|
|
Remark from Don Rickles |
|
|
Fishhook feature |
|
|
Critical comment |
|
|
Feather tip |
|
|
Zinger of a comment |
|
|
Fishhook feature |
|
|
Hook feature |
|
|
"Touché" elicitor |
|
|
Wire fence point |
|
|
Wire fence point |
|
|
Cutting remark |
|
|
Zinger |
|
|
Harpoon point |
|
|
Cutting put-down |
|
|
Biting comment |
|
|
Farm fence feature |
|
|
Harpoon point |
|
|
Small sticker |
|
|
Stinging remark |
|
|
Sharp put-down |
|
|
Dig |
|
|
Biting comment |
|
|
Farm fence feature |
|
|
Caustic remark |
|
|
Pointed remark |
|
|
Caustic remark |
|
|
Nasty remark |
|
|
Zinging remark |
|
|
Cutting remark |
|
|
Unkind retort |
|
|
Biting remark |
|
|
First wife of Bill on HBO's "Big Love" |
|
|
Nasty remark |
|
|
Hurtful comment |
|
|
Zinger |
|
|
Caustic remark |
|
|
Pointed remark |
|
|
Needling comment |
|
|
Fishhook point |
|
|
Point on a wire fence |
|
|
Point on a wire fence |
|
|
Remark with a sting |
|
|
Comeback, perhaps |
|
|
Cutting remark |
|
|
Aggressive witticism |
|
|
Livestock fence feature |
|
|
Point on a wire fence |
|
|
Sharp comment |
|
|
Hook part |
|
|
Don Rickles remark |
|
|
Comeback, perhaps |
|
|
Livestock fence feature |
|
|
Mean-spirited comment |
|
|
Pointed part |
|
|
Verbal zinger |
|
|
Spiteful comment |
|
|
Fishhook point |
|
|
Zinger |
|
|
Pointed comment |
|
|
Stinging sarcasm |
|
|
Unnice comment |
|
|
Offensive line |
|
|
Insulting comment |
|
|
Wire cutter? |
|
|
Offensive line |
|
|
War-of-words words |
|
|
Sharp comment |
|
|
Fishhook feature |
|
|
Sticker |
|
|
Part of a fishhook |
|
|
Stinging comment |
|
|
Openly unpleasant remark |
|
|
Fishhook feature |
|
|
Insult |
|
|
Zinger |
|
|
Fishhook point |
|
|
Wire feature, perhaps |
|
|
Caustic comment |
|
|
Zinger |
|
|
Hurtful remark |
|
|
Fishhook feature |
|
|
Cutting remark |
|
|
Pointed remark |
|
|
Fishhook projection |
|
|
Piercing remark |
|
|
Sharp projection |
|
|
Snide remark |
|
|
Sarcastic remark |
|
|
Hook |
|
|
Pointed comment |
|
|
Dig |
|
|
Caustic comment |
|
|
Critical remark |
|
|
Putdown |
|
|
Zinging remark |
|
|
Stinging remark |
|
|
Sticker on a fence |
|
|
Rickles remark |
|
|
Arrowhead feature |
|
|
Fishhook part |
|
|
Fishhook part |
|
|
Rickles remark |
|
|
Cutting comment |
|
|
Sharp comment |
|
|
Hook projection |
|
|
Insult |
|
|
Fishhook |
|
|
Fishhook feature |
|
|
Needling remark |
|
|
Sharp remark |
|
|
Unkind remark |
|
|
Unfriendly remark |
|
|
Catty remark |
|
|
Fishhook |
|
|
Insult |
|
|
Unkind remark |
|
|
Zinger |
|
|
Caustic remark |
|
|
Fence's deterrent |
|
|
Zinger |
|
|
Piercing remark |
|
|
Cutting remark |
|
|
Biting remark |
|
|
Zinger |
|
|
Pointed remark |
|
|
Cutting remark |
|
|
Point on a fence |
|
|
Unfriendly remark |
|
|
Fishhook feature |
|
|
Caustic remark |
|
|
Unkind comment |
|
|
Sharp remark |
|
|
Taunt |
|
|
One-liner, perhaps |
|
|
Insult |
|
|
Fishhook point |
|
|
Cutting remark |
|
|
Critical witticism |
|
|
Putdown |
|
|
Wire feature |
|
|
Aggressive witticism |
|
|
Cutting comment |
|
|
Hook projection |
|
|
Pigeon kin |
|
|
Cutting coment |
|
|
Fishhook's end |
|
|
Sound bite, often |
|
|
Pointed remark |
|
|
Sharp projection |
|
|
Point on some wire |
|
|
Sharp comment |
|
|
Wire feature, maybe |
|
|
Potshot |
|
|
Hook |
|
|
End of a fishhook |
|
|
Impolite remark |
|
|
Unkind remark |
|
|
Item on a banderilla |
|
|
Unkind cut |
|
|
Sarcastic remark |
|
|
Carping remark |
|
|
Arrow part |
|
|
Offensive remark |
|
|
Sting |
|
|
Sharpness; sting |
|
|
Fishhook |
|
|
Mandrell, to her friends |
|
|
Feather branch |
|
|
Fishhook component |
|
|
Fishook feature |
|
|
Projection on a harpoon |
|
|
Biting remark |
|
|
Type of pigeon |
|
|
Hook feature |
|
|
Breed of horse |
|
|
Critical comment |
|
|
Curved point |
|
|
Fishhook adjunct |
|
|
Pointed remark |
|
|
Snide remark |
|
|
Critical remark |
|
|
Carping remark. |
|
|
Fishhook part. |
|
|
Sharp point. |
|
|
Sting. |
|
|
Arrow feature. |
|
|
Arrowhead part. |
|
|
Biting remark. |
|
|
Horse of North African breed. |
|
|
Moorish horse. |
|
|
Sharpness. |
|
|
Arrow. |
|
|
Sharp projection. |
|
|
Fishhook point. |
|
|
Cutting remark. |
|
|
Hooked point. |
|
|
Cruel shaft of wit. |
|
|
Pointed remark. |
|
|
Wire fence part. |
|
|
Arrow part. |
|
|
Domestic pigeon. |
|
|
Moorish horseman's mount. |
|
|
Arrow projection. |
|
|
Part of a fishhook. |
|
|
Shaft of wit. |
|
|
Arrow point. |
|
|
Satirist's stab. |
|
|
Part of a harpoon. |
|
|
Fishhook projection. |
|
|
Part of an arrow. |
|
|
Fishhook. |
|
|
Spike. |
|
|
Feathered part. |
|
|
Spinosity. |
|
|
It hooks the fish. |
|
|
Sharp projection on a hook. |
|
|
Sharp point |
|
|
Comic's delivery |
|
|
It might sting |
|
|
Painful zinger |
|
|
Stinging remark |
|
|