| Answer caustically |
Puzzler Backwords |
29 Sep 2025 |
| It contains a witty answer (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Snappy comeback |
Commuter |
01 Aug 2025 |
| The chemist's rejoinder? (6) |
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| Concerning wrong answer (6) |
Mirror Cryptic |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Witty reply (6) |
Mirror Quick |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Witty answer (6) |
Puzzler |
26 May 2025 |
| Response from rotter being devious |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
22 May 2025 |
| Answer caustically |
Puzzler Backwords |
02 May 2025 |
| Can you distil something from this sharp reply? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 May 2025 |
| Come back with some claret or tokay (6) |
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| Snappy comeback |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Still a witty reply (6) |
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| Answer provided by laboratory vessel |
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| Rotter s wrong answer (6) |
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| A comeback concerning what's wrong in law (6) |
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| Snappy reply from a rotter? (6) |
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| Sassy comeback |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2025 |
| The answer may be found in the lab |
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| A quick response is found to be useful in a laboratory |
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| Answer which may be dispensed with (6) |
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| Laboratory equipment ___ that's the quick answer (6) |
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| Reply found handy in the laboratory |
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| Sharp reply which could be useful in the laboratory |
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| Wisecrack about minor offence (6) |
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| The sort of reply which could be useful in the lab |
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| Answer, counter |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Dec 2024 |
| About to get the right answer (6) |
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| Stand in science class? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Dec 2024 |
| A glass container with a long neck used in distilling liquids (6) |
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| Just the sort of reply one would use in a laboratory |
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| Answer to "What's made of glass and found in a lab?" (6) |
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| Scientific equipment supplies a quick answer (6) |
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| Snappy comeback |
Commuter |
04 Oct 2024 |
| Answer sharply (6) |
Puzzler |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Reformed rotter has a comeback (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Respond angrily referring to flipping left-winger! |
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| Incisive comeback |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Sep 2024 |
| Sharp answer about a wrong |
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| Sharp or witty reply (6) |
Mirror Classic |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Trot back and about to give sharp reply (6) |
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| Rejoinder (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Sharp response |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Incisive reply (6) |
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| Return the wild otter to the river (6) |
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| Smart answer about something wrong in law (6) |
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| Come back to a distiller (6) |
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| Rejoinder |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 May 2024 |
| Note wrong answer is given |
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| Del Boy, possibly half-heartedly, returned potentially hot lab equipment |
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| A sharp reply in the laboratory |
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| It may be the answer to a distiller's need (6) |
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| Witty, sharp reply (6) |
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| Snappy comeback |
Commuter |
30 Apr 2024 |
| Again, the wrong answer (6) |
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| That's the sort of answer one would expect from a rotter! |
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| A quick reply from the laboratory? |
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| Rotter produced a witty reply (6) |
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| Sassy comeback |
USA Today |
11 Apr 2024 |
| Answer is again wrong |
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| Sharp answer about legal misdeed (6) |
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| The sort of response you'd expect to get in a laboratory! |
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| A vessel for distilling might be the answer (6) |
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| Scientific apparatus - that's the snappy answer (6) |
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| Witty reply in the laboratory (6) |
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| Smart response required in scientific experiment (6) |
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| Quick incisive answer |
Mirror Tea Time |
09 Feb 2024 |
| Answer that's found in chemistry lab? |
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| Glass vessel with a round bulb and long tapering neck used in a laboratory (6) |
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| The sort of ready reply one expects in a laboratory |
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| Response to a furnace (6) |
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| Snappy reply |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Riposte; laboratory vessel |
The Times Concise |
27 Dec 2023 |
| A comeback a distiller may use (6) |
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| Snappy reply |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Comeback ends in bitter strife and grounds for legal action (6) |
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| Comeback ends in bitter strife and grounds for legal action |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Dec 2023 |
| About to jog over to get answer |
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| Glass vessel with a round bulb and long tapering neck used in laboratories (6) |
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| Comeback |
Newsday |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Just the sort of a reply one would expect from such a rotter! |
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| Kind of sharp reply used in the laboratory |
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| Snappy reply |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Apr 2023 |
| Snappy reply |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Apr 2023 |
| Comeback |
New York Times |
30 Mar 2023 |
| After missing Trigger's entrance once perhaps Del Boy recalled witty response |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Mar 2023 |
| Crack glass vessel |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Dec 2022 |
| Make, as a comeback |
Newsday |
10 Dec 2022 |
| Sharp comeback |
LA Times Daily |
14 Oct 2022 |
| Frightful rotter makes angry reply |
The Guardian Quiptic |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Frightful rotter makes angry reply |
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| Comeback |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jul 2022 |
| Concerned with wrong but sharp answer |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Jun 2022 |
| Sharp rejoinder |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 May 2022 |
| Snappy answer |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Apr 2022 |
| Sharp comeback |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2022 |
| Comeback concerning civil wrong |
The Times Cryptic |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Sharp reply |
Irish Times Simplex |
28 Dec 2021 |
| Comeback |
Universal |
15 Dec 2021 |
| Answer dealing with wrongful act |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Oct 2021 |
| Sharp rejoinder |
Irish Times Simplex |
30 Aug 2021 |
| Snappy comeback |
Universal |
15 Jun 2021 |
| One might begin, "Oh, yeah?" |
LA Times Daily |
16 May 2021 |
| One might begin, 'Oh, yeah?' |
The Washington Post |
16 May 2021 |
| Snappy comeback |
Thomas Joseph |
04 May 2021 |
| 'Are so!' or 'Am not!' |
The Washington Post |
16 Mar 2021 |
| Sharp reply |
Irish Times Simplex |
16 Mar 2021 |
| "Are so!" or "Am not!" |
LA Times Daily |
16 Mar 2021 |
| Comeback |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2021 |
| Rotter makes a comeback |
Irish Times Crosaire |
01 Mar 2021 |
| 'Well, so's your face!,' e.g |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2021 |
| Snappy comeback |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2020 |
| Snappy reply |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Aug 2020 |
| 'So's your mama!,' for one |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2020 |
| Incisive comeback |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Jul 2020 |
| Clever comeback |
Newsday |
27 May 2020 |
| Sharp rejoinder |
Irish Times Simplex |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Clever response |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2020 |
| Snappy answer |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Mar 2020 |
| Snappy answer |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Feb 2020 |
| Time to leave rejected pig's foot in counter? |
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| Still dealing with infringement |
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| Incisive answer |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2019 |
| Sharp reply |
The Times Concise |
17 Apr 2019 |
| Reply in respect of something wrong in law |
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| Respond |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Jan 2019 |
| Incisive answer |
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| Stand in science class to give answer |
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| Comeback concerning damaging wrong? |
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| Sharp reply on wrongful action |
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| Answer — one required in experiment, perhaps? |
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| Snappy comeback |
Family Time |
25 Nov 2018 |
| 'Margaret' or 'Thatcher'? The answer lies within |
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| Rotter makes comeback |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 Sep 2018 |
| Snappy answer is concerning, and wrong |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Aug 2018 |
| Snappy comeback |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2018 |
| Witty comeback |
Newsday |
26 Jun 2018 |
| Riposte |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 May 2018 |
| Error message ends: wrong answer |
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| Apart from one time, Del Boy, say, returned a bit of repartee |
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| Snappy comeback |
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| Quick rejoinder |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 Nov 2017 |
| Sharp comeback |
LA Times Daily |
09 Oct 2017 |
| Sharp comeback |
The Washington Post |
09 Oct 2017 |
| Still requiring an answer |
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| Parting shot |
Universal |
20 Jan 2017 |
| Parting shot |
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| Sharp comeback |
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| Come back with vessel for chemistry lab |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Dec 2016 |
| Snappy reply |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Nov 2016 |
| Riposte about minor offence |
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| Sally finally chose between right and wrong |
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| Parting shot |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2016 |
| Sharp comeback |
Newsday |
04 May 2016 |
| Wry reply |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2016 |
| Sally's vessel used in distilling |
The Times Cryptic |
17 Feb 2016 |
| Sally that assists in the laboratory |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Jan 2016 |
| Parting shot |
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| Caustic counter |
Universal |
09 Dec 2015 |
| Snappy comeback |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Nov 2015 |
| Comeback |
LA Times Daily |
15 Oct 2015 |
| Zinger |
Universal |
27 Jul 2015 |
| Witty comeback |
Universal |
22 Jul 2015 |
| Comeback |
Universal |
13 Jul 2015 |
| Comeback |
New York Times |
13 Jul 2015 |
| Witty comeback in regard to wrongful act |
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| Snappy reply |
Premier Sunday |
05 Apr 2015 |
| Zinger |
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| Witty comeback |
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| Comeback |
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| Caustic counter |
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| Snappy comeback |
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| Snappy reply |
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| Comeback |
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| Snappy comeback |
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| Comeback |
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| Soldier gets wrong answer |
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| Comeback achieved when hare meets tortoise? |
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| Counter with a sharp edge |
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| "Says who?," e.g. |
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| Snappy answer |
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| Shoot back |
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| Witty reply |
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| Comeback |
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| Sharp comeback |
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| "Your mother wears army boots," e.g. |
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| Zinger |
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| Comeback |
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| Comeback |
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| Clever comeback |
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| Snappy answer to a stupid question |
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| Parting shot, say |
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| Parting shot, say |
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| Smart comeback |
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| Conversational comeback |
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| Snappy comeback |
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| "Sez you!" e.g. |
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| Snap back |
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| Sharp comeback |
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| "So's your old man!," e.g. |
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| Comeback |
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| Witty reply |
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| Sharp reply |
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| "Touché!" elicitor |
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| Wisecrack |
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| Snappy answer |
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| Snappy answer |
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| Wisecrack |
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| "Your mother wears army boots!," for one |
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| Many a zinger |
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| Laboratory vessel |
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| "Touche" evoker, perhaps |
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| Zinger |
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| Lab vessel |
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| Snappy comeback |
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| Verbal zinger |
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| Snappy comeback |
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| Comeback |
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| Come back with |
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| Caustic counter |
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| Sharp comeback |
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| It may be witty |
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| Comeback |
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| Caustic reply |
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| Comeback concerning civil wrong |
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| Snappy comeback |
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| Glassware on a lab bench or counter |
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| Verbal zinger |
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| Conversational comeback |
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| Sharp reply |
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| Quick response |
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| Answer sharply |
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| Zinger |
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| Answer |
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| "So's your old man," e.g. |
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| Snappish answer |
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| Lab vessel |
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| Snappy comeback |
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| Cutting comeback |
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| Sharp answer |
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| Incisive answer |
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| Laboratory vessel |
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| Answer sharply |
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| Rejoinder |
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| Heckler's put-down |
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| Withering reply |
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| Answer in kind |
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| Cutting reply. |
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| Answer in kind. |
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| Snappy comeback. |
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| Wry reply |
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| Distilling vessel. |
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| Bandied witticism. |
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| Witty reply. |
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| Quick reply. |
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| Laboratory vessel. |
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| Lab gear. |
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| Retaliatory response. |
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| Lab vessel. |
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| Answer. |
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| Verbal comeback. |
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| Sharp response. |
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| Clever comeback. |
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| Chemical vessel. |
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| Answer (an argument) in kind. |
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| Touchstone's ___ Courteous. |
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| Answering quip. |
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| "The ___ Courteous."—As You Like It. |
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| Verbal riposte. |
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