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Smart Retort Crossword Clue

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99%8Exact Match!
verb

• be restored

• go back to something earlier

• even the score, in sports

• answer back

43%11 Offered a smart retort
noun

• witty remark

verb

• make a comment, usually ironic

29%8Smart retort
noun

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity

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New York Times01 Sep 1976 Down 6
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