Answer: RETORT
RETORT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 42 times.
Referring Clues:
- Zinger
 - Sharp comeback
 - Come back with
 - Many a zinger
 - Comeback
 - "Touché!" elicitor
 - "So's your old man!," e.g.
 - Snappy comeback
 - Verbal zinger
 - "Your mother wears army boots!," for one
 - Snappy answer
 - Wisecrack
 - Snap back
 - Witty reply
 - Sharp reply
 - Smart comeback
 - "Sez you!" e.g.
 - Conversational comeback
 - Parting shot, say
 - Lab glassware
 - Riposte
 - Snappy answer to a stupid question
 - Clever comeback
 - "Your mother wears army boots," e.g.
 - "Says who?," e.g.
 - Witty comeback
 - Counter with a sharp edge
 - Shoot back
 - Lab vessel
 - Snappy reply
 - Caustic counter
 - Wry reply
 - Caustic reply
 - Parting shot
 - Answer
 - Cutting comeback
 - "So's your mama!," for one
 - "Well, so's your face!," e.g.
 - "Are so!" or "Am not!"
 - One might begin, "Oh, yeah?"
 - Clap back
 - Sassy comeback
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - March 24, 2025
 - USA Today - April 11, 2024
 - New York Times - March 30, 2023
 - LA Times - October 14, 2022
 - LA Times - July 21, 2022
 - New York Times - January 09, 2022
 - LA Times - May 16, 2021
 - LA Times - March 16, 2021
 - USA Today - March 05, 2021
 - New York Times - January 03, 2021
 - Netword - August 19, 2020
 - New York Times - August 03, 2020
 - Netword - May 27, 2020
 - USA Today - March 23, 2020
 - Netword - June 26, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 13, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 12, 2017
 - LA Times - October 09, 2017
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 07, 2017
 - Universal - January 20, 2017
 
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