- WIT
- Dorothy Parker, for one
- Brainpower
- Jocularity
- Quipster
- Dorothy Parker quality
- Good humor man
- Groucho trademark
- One skilled in repartee
- It's sometimes dry but never wet
- Wildean trademark
- Keenness
- Drollery
- Ad-libber's asset
- Droll humor
- Crossword cluer's asset, hopefully
- Fun guy to be around
- Improv comic's skill
- Raconteur's asset
- Stephen Colbert asset
- Wordplay maven
- Zinger deliverer
- Zingers and such
- Clever comic
- Humor
- It might be razor-sharp
- One quick to joke
- Sparkling ___
- Wordsmith's flair
- Expert in banter
- Wag
- Smile-inducing speaker
- Dave Barry's faculty
- Art Buchwald's sine qua non
- 1999 Pulitzer-winning drama
- Humor columnist's gift
- Seinfeld asset
- Feature of Algonquin Round Table discussions
- Typical Algonquin Round Table member
- It's best when it's sharp
- Too much of it "makes the world rotten", per Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- It's sharp for a card
- Something I'm not demonstrating a great deal of writing this clue
- Erma Bombeck's specialty
- Epigrammatist
- Repartee
- Source of zingers
- One-liner producer
- Sense of humor
- Talent for persiflage
- Groucho Marx forte
- Producer of a zinger
- Clever one
- Talent for banter
- Card
- Punster's skill
- It may be dry
- Comedian
- Sagacity
- Ability to banter
- Cleverness
- Sharpness
- Talent of Leno or Letterman
- Amusing one
- Clever sort
- Oscar Wilde's gift
- Satirist's quality
- One quick to quip
- Wordplay quality
- Zinger producer
- Quipster's attribute
- Quipster, or the defining attribute of one
- Brevity is the s- wait, can I start over? Humor
- Comic
- Wilde talent
- Funny guy
- Jackie Mason or Buddy Hackett
- Oscar Wilde's forte
- One skilled at repartee
- One good at comebacks
- Really funny guy
- Verbal deftness
- Comedian's asset
- Mental quickness
- Real card
- Rib-tickler
- Seinfeld, for one
- Quickness
- Wilde forte
- Mother __
- 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama
- Knack for comebacks
- The noblest frailty of the mind: Shadwell
- Wilde, notably
- Amusing quality
- Bon mot expert
- Dorothy Parker forte
- 1999 Pulitzer-winning play by Margaret Edson
- Wordplay user
- Seinfeld specialty
- Card quality
- Quickness of mind
- Woody Allen asset
- It may be dry or sparkling
- Knack for snappy comebacks
- Punster
- Jimmy Fallon asset
- Algonquin Round Table member, e.g.
- Oscar Wilde, e.g.
- Quick thinking
- Marx asset
- Irreverence is easy--what's hard is __: Tom Lehrer
- Joker
- One always ready with quick comebacks
- Sharp humor
- Quick quality
- Gag writer's asset
- Bon mot deliverer
- One with a knack for snappy comebacks
- Sharp quality
- Coward, for one
- Punster, for one
- Waggishness
- Ingenuity
- Repartee expert
- Apt humor
- Humorist's quality
- Wisecracker
- Educated insolence, to Aristotle
- Comical quality
- Raconteur asset
- Quipster's asset
- Astuteness
- Life of the party, perhaps
- It may be native
- Parker pen product
- Clever person
- Quotation is a serviceable substitute for __: Wilde
- Brainy skill
- Clever commenter
- Clever nature
- Life of the party, often
- Slayer of a sort
- Comical skill
- Humorist's skill
- Verbal cleverness
- Ability to amuse
- Life of many a party
- Raconteur's talent
- Humorist's talent
- Amusing person
- Conversational skill
- Funny bone tickler
- Robert Benchley trait
- Gift for repartee
- Margaret Edson's Pulitzer-winning play
- Half-___ (foolish person)
- Acumen
- Namely, after "to"
- Clever humor
- Expert banterer
- Play that won the 1999 Pulitzer for Drama
- Brevity is the soul of ___.—Hamlet.
- Famed for it was 56 Down.
- G. B. S. or Oscar Wilde.
- Max Beerbohm, for instance.
- One clever at repartee.
- Its soul is brevity.
- Raillery.
- Shavian forte.
- Talent for a good M. C.
- To ___.
- Epigram maker.
- Toastmaster's job.
- Groucho's stock in trade.
- Humorist.
- Maker of epigrams.
- Funnyman.
- Mental alertness.
- To ___ (namely).
- Attribute of 7 Down.
- Scintillating one.
- Attic salt.
- Farceur.
- Droll fellow.
- Pleasantry.
- Perception.
- Resourcefulness.
- Wilde, for one
- Comedian's forte
- Wordplay
- Gagster
- Half or dim
- Dim or half
- To ___ (for example)
- What G.B.S. had
- G.B.S. was one
- Thinker; brain
- Wilde was one
- Brevity is its soul
- Intelligence
- Repartee requisite
- Mark Russell's forte
- Attic ___
- Good sense
- Attic appendage
- Reasoning power
- Repartee adept
- Quipper
- Retorts are his forte
- Thurber was one
- Wilde's forte
- Intellect
- Youngman or Berle, e.g.
- Clever comedian
- Dorothy Parker, e.g.
- Wisdom's partner
- Seinfeld, e.g.
- Sparkling gift?
- 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play
- 48-Down, e.g.
- Quotable one
- Reparteeist
- Cultured insolence, according to Aristotle
- Oscar Wilde, notably
- Swift quality
- Wildean quality
- Puns and such
- ___ and wisdom
- Jon Stewart asset
- Punning and such
- Swift gift
- Wordplay, e.g.
- A lively person may have a sparkling one
- Well-bred insolence, per Aristotle
- It can be dry or sparkling
- Jon Stewart display
- Native ___
- Romeo's was "a most sharp sauce"
- Tina Fey display
- What "many a man hath more hair than," in Shakespeare
- ___ and wisdom are like the seven stars, seldom seen together: Thomas Fuller
- Few love it unless in themselves, per Lord Chesterfield
- Jokester
- Mark Twain, notably
- There's many a man hath more hair than ___: Shak.
- Romeo's was "a most sharp sauce," per Shakespeare
- Brevity is said to be the soul of it
- ___ has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words: Dorothy Parker
- A pun is said to be the lowest form of this
- Essence of a good roast
- Funny one
- It might be dry or biting
- The salt of conversation, not the food, per William Hazlitt
- Punnery, e.g.
- Wilde thing
- 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning Margaret Edson play
- Charming person's asset, perhaps
- Jon Stewart forte
- Jester
- Jesting sort
- Quipping sort
- Jesting type
- Rock ___ U (Awww Baby)" (Ashanti)
- Part of lyrical content, at times
- Characteristic of lyrics, at times
- Brevity is the soul of ___
- Educated insolence, per Aristotle
- Margaret Edson's Pulitzer-winning play of 1999
- Quality associated with John McCain
- A way with words
- Knack for quick humor
- Rock ___ U (Awww Baby) (2003 Ashanti hit)
- What William Hazlitt called "the salt of conversation, not the food"
- Twain's talent
- Humorist's forte
- He's a hoot
- Natural intelligence
- Mental capacity
- Mental ability
- Dorothy Parker had it
- Ability to say clever things
- Leg-puller
- Mental agility
- Asset for a funny ad-libber
- Comic's asset
- Funny one's asset
- Skill with wordplay
- Comedic quality
- Humor writer's quality
- It can be cutting or sparkling
- Joke writer's forte
- Wordplay and such
- Cerf for one
- Fred Allen for one
- Dim ending
- Comic's need
- Talent for repartee
- Quipster or punster
- Will Rogers forte
- Punster's quality
- Quipster's quality
- Rapier quality
- Joke writer's asset
- Satirist's asset
- Groucho's forte
- Wag's quality
- Joke writer's specialty
- Knack for quick comebacks
- Comic's quality
- Comedy writer's asset
- Wilde quality
- Marx forte
- Rapier __
- Oscar Levant, e.g.
- Feature of repartee
- Playfulness of a pun
- Card's quality
- Aptitude for wordplay
- Quality of a good one-liner
- Pulitzer-winning play of 1999
- Educated insolence, according to Aristotle
- Funny fellow
- Expert in repartee
- Stand-up specialty
- Verbal agility
- Comic's forte
- Conan quality
- Bon mot speaker
- Mental sharpness
- Satirist's specialty
- Wag's specialty
- Comic quality
- Humorist's specialty
- Punster's prowess
- Dorothy Parker, famously
