| Battle of ___ |
Universal |
04 Sep 2026 |
| Metaphoric marbles |
Universal |
05 Aug 2026 |
| Comical wordsmiths |
LA Times Daily |
03 Aug 2026 |
| Clever funny people |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2026 |
| Comedians' intelligence (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
21 May 2026 |
| Jokers |
LA Times Daily |
22 Mar 2026 |
| Sharpness |
New York Times |
15 Feb 2026 |
| Shrewdness |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jan 2026 |
| Cards |
LA Times Daily |
21 Dec 2025 |
| Match ___ (engage in a battle of the minds) |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2025 |
| Funny folks |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Oct 2025 |
| Funny folks |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Wags |
LA Times Daily |
04 Sep 2025 |
| Keep your ___ about you |
USA Today |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Amusing people in the show, it seems (4) |
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| At your __ end |
Commuter |
10 Jun 2025 |
| At ___ end (frazzled) |
New York Times |
09 Jun 2025 |
| Mental faculty |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 May 2025 |
| Common sense, have your ... about you |
|
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| Clever folks |
LA Times Daily |
13 May 2025 |
| Comedians' intellect (4) |
|
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| At ___ end (utterly befuddled) |
|
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| Senses it's to the point (4) |
|
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| "I'm at my ___ end!" |
Universal |
23 Mar 2025 |
| I'm at my ___ end! |
Commuter |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Humorists in English county left out (4) |
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| Mental faculties |
Commuter |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Benchley, Perelman, et al. |
|
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| Cards one should keep about one? (4) |
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| Funny people require understanding |
|
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| Quick-with-a-joke types |
LA Times Daily |
09 Feb 2025 |
| Good things to have about you |
New York Times |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Senses people laugh at them (4) |
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| "Keep your __ about you!" ("Don't freak out!") |
|
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| Common sense ebbs when disheartened (4) |
|
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| At your ___ end, frantic (4) |
|
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| Comedians' intelligence (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Keep your ____ about you |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Oct 2024 |
| What the unscrupulous live by (4) |
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| Keep your __ about you |
Commuter |
27 Sep 2024 |
| Keep your ____ about you |
USA Today Quick |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Capacity for inventiveness and quick understanding (4) |
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| Mental ability, astuteness (4) |
|
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| Funny folks |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Aug 2024 |
| *"I'm at my ___ end!", phrase one might use to express frustration |
|
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| Mental acuity |
Newsday |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Match -, banter (4) |
|
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| Funny folks |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Keep them about you for emergencies (4) |
|
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| Humorous people at whose end one doesn't know what to do (4) |
|
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| Mental agility |
Newsday |
26 May 2024 |
| You need to have these about you to stay safe (4) |
|
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| A university in SA (inf) (4) |
|
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| It's good to have them about you |
Universal |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Common sense |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2024 |
| Have them about you when on the ball (4) |
|
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| Match ___ |
New York Times |
29 Dec 2023 |
| Sanity |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Point and it's the mental faculties that's called for (4) |
|
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| Cleverly humorous people (4) |
|
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| Comedians with intelligence (4) |
|
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| Clever people |
Universal |
01 Nov 2023 |
| Keep your ___ about you (stay calm and alert) |
|
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| Smart, funny people |
Newsday |
04 Sep 2023 |
| "I'm at my ___ end!" (completely confused) |
|
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| Funny folks |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jul 2023 |
| Cleverness |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2023 |
| Wife in test regularly displays brainpower |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 May 2023 |
| Funny folks |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Apr 2023 |
| Mental acuity |
Newsday |
02 Feb 2023 |
| "I'm at my ___ end!" |
|
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| Keep your ___ about you |
USA Today |
25 Dec 2022 |
| Mental resourcefulness |
New York Times |
14 Nov 2022 |
| Keep your ___ about you |
Universal |
14 Aug 2022 |
| Senses; comedians |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jul 2022 |
| Funny folks |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jul 2022 |
| Funny folks |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jun 2022 |
| Cards |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jun 2022 |
| Denies leaving West Indies with clever types |
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| They're smart and funny |
Universal |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Clever people |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2021 |
| Roasters, say |
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| Roasters, say |
LA Times Daily |
18 Sep 2021 |
| Denies leaving West Indies out of common sense? |
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| Funny folks |
Thomas Joseph |
26 May 2021 |
| Funny folks |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Apr 2021 |
| "I'm at my ___ end!" |
|
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| Cards |
LA Times Daily |
02 Apr 2021 |
| Cards |
|
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| Keep these about you and stay alert |
|
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| Mental sharpness |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Cleverness |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2021 |
| Sensibility, so to speak |
Newsday |
07 Nov 2020 |
| Mental acuity |
The Times Concise |
11 Oct 2020 |
| Denies leaving West Indies with comics |
|
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| Brainpower |
Universal |
08 Aug 2020 |
| 'I'm at my __ end!' |
|
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| "I'm at my __ end!" |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2020 |
| Keep your ___ about you |
USA Today |
28 Jun 2020 |
| Clever people |
Newsday |
22 Jun 2020 |
| Clever ones |
Wall Street Journal |
02 May 2020 |
| Purveyors of puns |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Apr 2020 |
| Senses |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Smart, funny people |
Newsday |
09 Dec 2019 |
| Mental acuity and limits to William Butler Yeats |
|
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| Something to keep about you |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Oct 2019 |
| At ___ end (frazzled) |
|
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| Sanity |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Aug 2019 |
| Mental faculties |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Wisecrackers |
Newsday |
05 Apr 2019 |
| "I'm at my ___ end" (worried) |
|
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| Funny folks |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Mar 2019 |
| Shrewdness |
Newsday |
15 Mar 2019 |
| Mental faculties |
|
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| Something to keep about you |
|
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| Mental acuity |
USA Today |
03 Dec 2018 |
| "I'm at my ___ end!" (befuddled) |
|
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| Clever types on the margins associated with wine and spirits |
|
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| "I'm at my ___ end!" (very upset) |
|
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| Mental acuity |
Newsday |
19 Oct 2018 |
| Mental acuity |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2018 |
| Mental acuity |
|
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| Erma Bombeck's 'At __ End' |
|
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| Erma Bombeck's "At __ End" |
LA Times Daily |
18 Sep 2018 |
| Marbles, so to speak |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2018 |
| Common sense |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jun 2018 |
| "I'm at my ___ end" |
|
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| At ___ end (flummoxed) |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2018 |
| Smarts |
Universal |
27 Jan 2018 |
| Marbles, so to speak |
|
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| Smarts |
|
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| At ___ end (flummoxed) |
|
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| Mental acuity |
|
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| Common sense |
|
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| Erma Bombeck's "At __ End" |
|
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| Mental acuity |
|
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| Brains |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Dec 2017 |
| Comedians' intelligence |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Dec 2017 |
| Mental acuity |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2017 |
| Cleverness |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Sep 2017 |
| Funny folks |
|
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| Funny folks |
LA Times Daily |
15 Aug 2017 |
| Punsters, e.g |
USA Today |
15 Jun 2017 |
| Battle of ___ (mind game, as chess) |
|
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| Funny fellows |
Wall Street Journal |
03 May 2017 |
| Dorothy Parker et al |
USA Today |
22 Feb 2017 |
| Mental faculties |
Newsday |
27 Jan 2017 |
| Funny folks |
|
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| Mental acuity |
|
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| Dorothy Parker et al. |
|
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| Punsters, e.g. |
|
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| Clever ones |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2016 |
| Mental keenness |
Universal |
02 Oct 2016 |
| Resourcefulness |
|
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| Quipsters |
USA Today |
19 Mar 2016 |
| Mental keenness |
|
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| Clever folks |
|
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| Brain power |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Sep 2015 |
| Intelligence |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Sep 2015 |
| Good things to have about you in an emergency |
New York Times |
31 Aug 2015 |
| Basic human intelligence |
Premier Sunday |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Mental faculties |
Family Time |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Basic human intelligence |
|
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| Mental faculties |
|
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| Some manage to live by theirs |
|
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| Brain power |
|
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| Good things to have about you in an emergency |
|
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| Clever people |
|
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| Marbles, figuratively |
|
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| Quipsters |
|
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| "I was scared out of my ___" |
|
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| Something to match |
|
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| Clever sorts |
|
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| Comedians |
|
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| Marbles, slangily |
|
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| Some live by them |
|
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| Good things to keep about you |
|
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| Good things to keep about you |
|
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| Lyrical keenness |
|
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| Clever crew |
|
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| It's good to have these about you |
|
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| Smart, funny folks |
|
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| Resourcefulness |
|
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| Mental faculties |
|
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| Wilde and Twain, e.g. |
|
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| Cards |
|
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| Mental faculties |
|
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| Wilde and Twain, e.g. |
|
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| Practical intelligence |
|
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| Cards |
|
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| It's good to keep them about you |
|
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| Jokesters |
|
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| It's good to keep them about you |
|
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| Mental keenness |
|
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| Mental keenness |
|
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| Resourcefulness |
|
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| Cleverness |
|
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| Clever folks |
|
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| Funny fellows |
|
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| Intelligence |
|
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| Fast thinkers |
|
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| Clever people |
|
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| Jokesters |
|
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| They're best kept about you |
|
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| Mental faculties |
|
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| You need to keep them about you |
|
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| Ingenuity |
|
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| Shrewdness |
|
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| They're best kept about you |
|
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| Quotable types |
|
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| Marbles |
|
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| Mental faculties |
|
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| Sanity |
|
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| Cleverness |
|
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| Mental faculties |
|
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| Good sense |
|
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| Keep them about you |
|
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| Some live by them |
|
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| Skilled punsters |
|
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| Satirists |
|
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| Brainpower |
|
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| Wisecrackers |
|
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| Fast thinkers |
|
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| Sanity |
|
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| Wisecrackers |
|
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| Humorists |
|
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| Funny folks |
|
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| Funny fellows |
|
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| Skilled punsters |
|
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| Keen perception |
|
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| Mental faculties |
|
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| Mental keenness |
|
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| Mental acuity |
|
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| Mental acuity |
|
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| "I'm at my ___ end!" |
|
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| Clever people |
|
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| Brain power |
|
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| Funny folks |
|
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| Clever people |
|
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| You may keep them about you |
|
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| Good thing to have about you |
|
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| Clever folk |
|
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| They may be scared out of you |
|
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| Cards |
|
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| Mental agility |
|
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| Composure |
|
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| Resourcefulness |
|
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| Ingenuity |
|
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| Some live by them |
|
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| They're best kept about you |
|
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| Some live by them |
|
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| All one's marbles? |
|
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| You may keep them about you |
|
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| Resourcefulness |
|
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| Funny ones |
|
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| Cognitive activities |
|
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| Clever ones |
|
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| Ingenuity |
|
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| Mental acuity |
|
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| Intellectual powers |
|
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| Smarts |
|
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| Skilled punsters |
|
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| It's good to have these about you |
|
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| Composure |
|
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| Jokesters |
|
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| Mental powers |
|
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| Cleverness |
|
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| Some live by them |
|
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| Algonquin Round Table members |
|
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| Emitters of mots |
|
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| They have Attic salt |
|
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| Intelligence |
|
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| Jokers |
|
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| Mental abilities |
|
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| Hartford ___, famed group of writers |
|
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| Wilde and Thurber |
|
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| Keep one's ___ about one |
|
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| Wags |
|
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| Gatherers at Will's Coffee-House: 18th century |
|
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| Retorts are their fortes |
|
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| At ___ end |
|
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| At ___ end (perplexed) |
|
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| Dim and half |
|
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| Faculties |
|
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| Brain power |
|
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| Masters of banter |
|
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| Mental faculties |
|
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| "I'm at my ___ end" |
|
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| At one's ___ end |
|
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| Kind of end |
|
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| Clever ones |
|
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| Sense |
|
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| Bright ones |
|
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| Ingenuity |
|
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| Brains |
|
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| Improv troupe members |
|
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| Bright persons. |
|
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| Common sense. |
|
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| Party assets. |
|
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| Punsters. |
|
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| Powers of reasoning. |
|
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| Marbles, figuratively |
|
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| Wags. |
|
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| Mental faculties. |
|
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| Intelligence. |
|
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| Epigrammatists. |
|
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| Quipsters. |
|
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| Makes of epigrams. |
|
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| Experts in raillery. |
|
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| Mentality. |
|
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| Makers of epigrams. |
|
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| Power of thinking and reasoning. |
|
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| Experts at ripostes. |
|
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| Raconteurs. |
|
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| Mental abilities. |
|
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| Improv comedy troupe members |
|
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