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Critical Comment Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is BARB which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer is "BARB" which means:

    noun
  • • An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
  • • The pointed part of barbed wire
  • • A subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
  • • One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
  • verb
  • • Provide with barbs

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He accidentally stepped on a barb and it pierced through his shoe."
  • • "The barb on the fish's fin can cause a painful injury."

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New York Times19 Feb 1978 Across 14
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