Referring Clues

• Seinfeld, e.g.
• Dorothy Parker quality
• Cleverness
• Sense of humor
• Raillery
• Zinger producer
• 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama
• Punster
• 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play
• Funnyman
• Quotable one
• 48-Down, e.g.
• Groucho Marx forte
• Reparteeist
• Raconteur's asset
• Drollery
• Mental quickness
• Comic
• Oscar Wilde, notably
•     "Cultured insolence," according to Aristotle
• Swift quality
• Wildean quality
• Wisecracker
• Puns and such
• ___ and wisdom
• Jon Stewart asset
• Punning and such
• Producer of a zinger
• Clever one
• Talent for banter
• Good humor man?
• Humor
• Card
• Good humor man
• Ad-libber's asset
• Punster's skill
• It may be dry
• Comedian
• Sagacity
• Ability to banter
• Quipster
• Sharpness
• Amusing one
• Talent of Leno or Letterman
• Half-___ (foolish person)
• Talent for persiflage
• Namely, after "to"
• Acumen
• Expert banterer
• Play that won the 1999 Pulitzer for Drama
• Clever humor
• "The noblest frailty of the mind": Shadwell
• Wilde, notably
• Knack for comebacks
• Repartee
• Clever sort
• Mother ___
• "Educated insolence," to Aristotle
• Raconteur asset
• Comical quality
• Apt humor
• Comedian's asset
• Punster, for one
• Humorist's forte
• Dorothy Parker, for one
• Dorothy Parker had it
• Funny one
• Mental ability
• "Educated insolence," to Aristotle
• Talent for repartee
• Twain's talent
• Comic's need
• Verbal deftness
• Quipster's asset
• Amusing quality
• Swift gift
• Bon mot expert
• Wordplay, e.g.
• Card quality
• Intelligence
• Mother ___
• Ad libber's asset
• Mental acuity
• Humour
• Astuteness
• Dorothy Parker forte
• Dorothy Parker forte
• 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning Margaret Edson play
• Charming person's asset, perhaps
• Oscar Wilde's gift
• Natural intelligence
• Life of the party, perhaps
• 1999 Pulitzer-winning play by Margaret Edson
• Mental capacity
• Funny fellow
• Oscar Wilde's sine qua non
• Humorist's sine qua non
• Orator's asset
• Jesting sort
• Wilde forte
• Jester
• Ability to say clever things
• A lively person may have a sparkling one
• Wordplay user
• Quipping sort
• Humorist
• Clever chap
• Jon Stewart forte
• It may be native
• Parker pen product
• Wag
• Satirist's quality
• Common sense
• Mental agility
• Coward, for one
• Clever person
• Smile-inducing speaker
• Stephen Colbert asset
• U.K. humor
• Seinfeld specialty
• Jesting type
• Woody Allen asset
• Comic commentator
• Wordplay quality
• Jon Stewart display
• "Well-bred insolence," per Aristotle
• One skilled in repartee
• Jokester
• Oscar Wilde's forte
• One skilled at repartee
• Quickness of mind
• Comedian's quality
• One quick to quip
• Tina Fey display
• It can be dry or sparkling
• What "many a man hath more hair than," in Shakespeare
• Native ___
• Romeo's was "a most sharp sauce"
• Zinger deliverer
• Knack for snappy comebacks
• Card's quality
• Wilde thing?
• "___ and wisdom are like the seven stars, seldom seen together": Thomas Fuller
• Wag of the tongue
• Sharp humor
• Leg-puller
• Brainy skill
• It may be dry or sparkling
• Wilde, for one
• "Few love it unless in themselves," per Lord Chesterfield
• Jimmy Fallon asset
• Wisdom's partner
• Quipster or punster
• Clever commenter
• Droll humor
• Clever type
• Funny person
• Mark Twain, notably
• "Quick" thing for a comic to have
• Algonquin Round Table member, e.g.
• Ingenuity
• Quipster's quality
• Asset for a funny ad-libber
• Quick thinking
• Oscar Wilde, e.g.
• The sense to take a little water with it
• Satirist's specialty
• Verbal ability
• Feature of Algonquin Round Table discussions
• Comedian's forte
• Funny person's asset
• Jocularity
• "Rock ___ U" (Awww Baby)" (Ashanti)
• Part of lyrical content, at times
• Characteristic of lyrics, at times
• The clever fellow takes whiskey with it
• With less humour?
• As humour, it has point
• A wag
• Being typically sharp, it has a point
• In comedy, it has point
• Used for funny lyrics
• Comic's quality
• Typical Algonquin Round Table member
• Clever humour
• Card and cut
• "There's many a man hath more hair than ___": Shak.
• Word that can follow "half" or "nit"
• Satirist's asset
• Marx asset
• Quick quality
• "Make It ___ Chu" Queens of the Stone Age
• With being breathless, one can be amusing
• Clever nature
• With breathless humour!
• Stand-up specialty
• White? Not he, the clever fellow!
• Joke writer's asset
• Intellect
• Slayer of a sort
• Funny one's asset
• Expert in repartee
• Quip quality, hopefully
• Life of the party, often
• Clever comedian
• "Rapier" quality
• Romeo's was "a most sharp sauce," per Shakespeare
• Punster's quality
• Comic's asset
• Wag's quality
• Humorist's skill
• Skill with wordplay
• Verbal cleverness
• Sarcasm
• Point to it as something clever
• Comical skill
• Brevity is said to be the soul of it
• "Irreverence is easy--what's hard is ___": Tom Lehrer
• Groucho's forte
• Joker
• Conan quality
• One always ready with quick comebacks
• Zinger deliverer or wisecracker
• Comic’s forte
• Raconteur's talent
• Humor writer's quality
• Life of many a party
• Humorous one
• Joke writer's specialty
• Comedic quality
• Wordplay and such
• Joke writer's forte
• It is to the point, showing intelligence
• Ability to amuse
• Knack for quick comebacks
• It can be cutting or sparkling
• Brevity is the soul of ___
• A clever chap takes whiskey with it
• "___ has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words": Dorothy Parker
• Knack for quick humor
• A pun is said to be the lowest form of this
• Gag writer's asset
• With less humour?
• Essence of a good roast
• It might be dry or biting
• Comedy writer's asset
• "The salt of conversation, not the food," per William Hazlitt
• Ad-libber's funny asset
• Wisdom partner
• Few items show humour
• Punnery, e.g.
• Sharp quality
• One with a knack for snappy comebacks
• "Educated insolence," per Aristotle
• Satirist's gift
• One with snappy comebacks
• Intelligent humor