Humorous "threat" of retaliation Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% WHYIOUGHTA Humorous "threat" of retaliation (10) USA Today Oct 18, 2025
6% COMIC Humorous (5) Eugene Sheffer Nov 26, 2025
6% COUNTER Retaliate in bar (7) (7) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 23, 2025
6% REPRISAL Retaliation (8) (8) Mirror Quick Sep 19, 2025
6% JOCOSE Humorous (6) The Times Sunday Concise Sep 7, 2025
5% BITINGWIT Humor with an edge (9) New York Times Nov 20, 2025
5% WRY Like some humor (3) Eugene Sheffer Nov 20, 2025
5% KUDO Bit of praise, humorously (4) New York Times Nov 13, 2025
5% EPIC ___ fail (humorous mistake) (4)
5% DARK Like a grim sense of humor (4)

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