Witticism Crossword Clue

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Witticism Crossword Answer

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BONMOT

(6 letters)

JEST

(4 letters)

MOT

(3 letters)

JOKE

(4 letters)

EPIGRAM

(7 letters)

WISECRACK

(9 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. make jokes or quips
(noun)
1. witty remark
2. a witty saying

Hint 2: Clue Definition

WITTICISM (noun)
1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

BONMOT
(6 letters)
JEST
(4 letters)
MOT
(3 letters)
JOKE
(4 letters)
EPIGRAM
(7 letters)
WISECRACK
(9 letters)

More NYT Midi Crossword (9/1/2026) Answers

Across

1. ___ mater

5. Spot for a sauna, salon and steam room

8. Grassy college courtyard

9. British pound, informally

10. Bone connecting the wrist and elbow

11. Like most yard sale items

12. Boxer Muhammad

13. Medical research agcy.

14. Targets of pool chalk ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 8-, 9-, 25- and 26-Across and 9-Down

18. Hits the mall

20. Mamma ___!

21. Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" villain)

22. Airline ticket add-ons

23. Voice above tenor

24. Animals that can lift up to 50 times their body weight

26. Platform for unloading cargo ships

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Down

1. Blue-green hue

2. Temporary slow period

3. Large tube-shaped pasta often stuffed with cheese

4. Palindromic name hidden in "Ramadan"

5. List that may include maki and nigiri

6. ___ in the sky

7. Hit

9. Leave a job for good

13. The Legend of Zelda console, in brief

15. 'Gimme five!'

16. Michelangelo masterpiece in St. Peter's Basilica

17. Full of 'tude

18. Kobe's longtime teammate on the Lakers, familiarly

19. Streaming service with "Only Murders in the Building"

22. Website's help section, for short

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