| Criticize wittily |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2025 |
| Sound asleep, having abandoned party (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Zest or enthusiasm (4) |
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| "___! Went the Strings of My Heart" (1934 song) |
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| Zest (colloq.) |
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| Lively quality |
Mirror Tea Time |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Dancing lacks Disney animation |
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| Last letter in Greek capital on enthusiasm (4) |
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| Bit of spiciness |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Feb 2025 |
| Pizzazz |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Aspects of jazz in Gillespie's life (4) |
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| Oomph |
Universal |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Spirit is half-freezing (4) |
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| Vitality, zip |
The Times Concise |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Waltzing away with Disney vitality! (4) |
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| Zest (Informal) (4) |
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| Energy |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Jun 2024 |
| Reply to a good insult |
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| Pizzazz |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Apr 2024 |
| Hum of a bullet or string (4) |
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| Oomph |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Oomph |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2023 |
| "That was a clever comeback!" |
Universal |
04 Oct 2023 |
| Dynamism |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Sep 2023 |
| Vitality (informal) |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Aug 2023 |
| Pizzazz |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jul 2023 |
| Lively quality |
Thomas Joseph |
24 May 2023 |
| Piquancy |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2023 |
| Great relish |
Newsday |
15 Dec 2022 |
| Vitality |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Dec 2022 |
| Pizazz |
LA Times Daily |
19 Oct 2022 |
| Lively energy (informal) |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Jun 2022 |
| Energy, liveliness |
The Times Concise |
21 May 2022 |
| Liveliness |
Universal |
14 Feb 2022 |
| Panache |
The Washington Post |
11 Feb 2022 |
| Panache |
LA Times Daily |
11 Feb 2022 |
| Very cold, losing free energy |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Feb 2022 |
| Go free from Baltic? |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Jan 2022 |
| Lively quality |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Sep 2021 |
| Vigorous quality |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Apr 2021 |
| 'Got 'em!' |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2021 |
| Zest |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2021 |
| Pizazz |
Premier Sunday |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Vitality unknown in Grantchester at first |
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| 'Oh snap!' |
The Washington Post |
17 Jul 2020 |
| "Oh snap!" |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jul 2020 |
| Zest |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jul 2020 |
| Liveliness |
Universal |
18 May 2020 |
| Pizzazz |
Universal |
21 Mar 2020 |
| Pep included by name in two columns today |
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| Vivacity of Zulu monarch's beginning to go |
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| Dynamism |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Nov 2019 |
| Zest |
Universal |
24 Sep 2019 |
| “Good one!” elicitor, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Vitality |
Newsday |
23 May 2019 |
| Piquancy |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Apr 2019 |
| Hit with a deft comeback |
New York Times |
08 Apr 2019 |
| Piquancy |
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| "Good one!" elicitor, perhaps |
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| Zest |
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| Hit with a deft comeback |
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| Piquant quality |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Dec 2018 |
| Liveliness |
Newsday |
11 Oct 2018 |
| Vitality, informally |
Newsday |
13 Aug 2018 |
| "I got you good!" |
Family Time |
02 Apr 2018 |
| Stimulating quality |
New York Times |
19 Mar 2018 |
| Go drinking alcohol without a cry of disapproval |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Feb 2018 |
| Pizazz |
New York Times |
08 Jan 2018 |
| Pizazz |
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| Stimulating quality |
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| Throw verbal barbs at |
USA Today |
19 Nov 2017 |
| Pizzazz |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Jul 2017 |
| Zest |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2017 |
| Zest |
The Washington Post |
03 May 2017 |
| Witty criticism |
Jonesin |
21 Mar 2017 |
| Throw verbal barbs at |
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| Zest |
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| Gusto |
Newsday |
23 Nov 2016 |
| Zip |
The Washington Post |
13 Nov 2016 |
| Piquancy |
Newsday |
14 Oct 2016 |
| Vitality |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Oct 2016 |
| Hurl an insult at |
USA Today |
05 Sep 2016 |
| Pizzazz |
The Washington Post |
10 Aug 2016 |
| Hurl an insult at |
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| Chutney's quality |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Nov 2015 |
| Go drinking; no disapproval heard |
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| Cry after a successful insult |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2015 |
| Sock it to |
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| Oomph |
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| Pizzazz |
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| Cry after a successful insult |
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| Panache |
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| Zestfulness |
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| Insult |
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| Piquancy |
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| Hurl an insult at |
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| Take a verbal shot at |
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| Pizazz |
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| Criticize with barbs |
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| Lively quality |
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| Pizazz |
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| Pizazz |
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| Vitality |
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| Criticize with barbs |
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| Gusto |
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| Sock it to |
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| Throw a barb at |
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| Criticize comically |
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| Oomph |
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| Sock it to |
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| Oomph |
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| Kick |
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| Dish out little barbs |
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| Criticize in a witty way |
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| Vitality |
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| Criticize in a witty way |
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| Vitality |
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| Vitality |
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| Throw barbs at |
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| Possibly sarcastic joke response |
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| Get but good |
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| Pep |
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| Oomph |
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| Pizazz |
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| Criticize sharply |
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| Animation |
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| Pep |
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| "___! Went the Strings of My Heart" |
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| "__! Went the Strings of My Heart" |
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| Zestfulness |
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| Insult, comically |
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| Pizazz |
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| Hurl a barb at |
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| Hurl an insult at |
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| Heartstrings' sound |
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| Liveliness |
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| Kick |
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| Lively quality |
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| Snap |
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| Tabasco's effect |
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| Hurl a barb at |
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| Bite |
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| Pep |
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| Verve |
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| Oomph |
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| Verve |
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| Insult, slangily |
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| Go free from Baltic? |
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| Move very quickly |
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| Animation |
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| Ricochet sound |
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| Insult wittily |
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| Satirize |
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| Sound of swift passage |
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| Vitality |
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| Get in a good one on |
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| Elan |
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| Lambaste, slangily |
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| Criticize cleverly |
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| Throw barbs at |
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| "___ went the . . . of my heart" |
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| Enthusiasm |
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| Vim |
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| Get-up-and-go |
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| Bullet sound |
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| Vitality |
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| Liveliness |
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| Pizzazz |
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| Energy: Colloq. |
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| Vitality, mod style. |
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| Sharp, humming sound. |
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| Energy: Slang. |
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| Shrill sound: Slang. |
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