Stinging Comment Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	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
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	noun • witty language used to convey insults or scorn
	36%	6		Replied with a stinging comment
	verb • To move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum.

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New York Times23 May 2007	Down 11
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