Witty comebacks Crossword Clue

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Witty comebacks Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

WITTY (adjective)
1. combining clever conception and facetious expression

Hint 2: Anagram

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More New Yorker Crossword (8/12/2026) Answers

Across

1. “Definitely not interested”

9. Insects that pollinate fig trees

14. Question asked in the wee hours of a sleepover

15. 2025 Chloé Zhao film named for Shakespeare’s son

16. Chomp on, as an apple

17. The ___ Bird (mascot for Baltimore’s M.L.B. team)

18. Classic polo shirt brand

19. One of a pair in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”

21. Ontario’s largest city, on scoreboards

22. Peruses the paper, say

23. Pizzazz

24. Taylor Swift’s “___-Hero”

26. Personal-record-setting performances

27. “___ Mis”

28. Adornments for mortarboards

30. Didn’t get a seat on the bus, say

32. Man’s name made up of three consecutive letters

33. Man’s name that’s also an investment initialism

34. “Less than 5% of the artists in the Modern Art Sections are women, but 85% of the ___ are female” (declaration on a 1989 poster by the art activists Guerrilla Girls)

36. Took a quick look (at)

40. Big or little digit

41. Tower of ___ (part of a Bible story about the origin of linguistic diversity)

43. “I just had the identical experience!”

44. Non-pro

45. Guiding principle

46. Most common Korean surname

47. Purchases requiring expedited shipping, perhaps

50. Actor-wrestler John of “Blockers”

51. Oblong cream-filled pastry

52. Unwrap enthusiastically

54. City famous for cheesesteaks, for short

55. Film erroneously announced as Best Picture instead of “Moonlight,” in 2017

56. Mistakes at the keyboard

57. Hydrogen, helium, and a hundred and sixteen others

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Down

1. Grassland or desert, to a wildlife biologist

2. State that’s home to Grand Canyon National Park

4. Like rainbow-colored hair

5. Luau dish made of mashed taro

6. Patty or Selma, to Maggie Simpson

7. Surgeon’s stitches

8. Reproductive bits of ferns and fungi

9. Peddler’s merchandise

10. Within

11. Dozed

12. Elvis the ___ (nickname referencing Elvis Presley’s gyrating dance moves)

13. Like scream-inducing roller-coaster drops

15. “Stop squirming!”

20. Skin pics

25. Copy of a magazine

26. Fruit often found in muffins

27. Burdens for many college students

29. Approximation posted by an airport gate: Abbr.

31. "Let You Love Me" singer Rita

34. Like a textured shower mat

35. Grains on the beach

36. In your dreams!

37. Tin for a pastry chef

38. Esteemed

39. Doesn’t just request

40. Easily upset

42. Volkswagen model that’s the subject of the game punch buggy

44. Advanced very slowly

45. Works arduously

48. Part of an angel costume

49. Word in many retailer e-mails

50. Singer Nat or Natalie

53. He’s the guy for ewe!

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