Snappy answer
The crossword clue "Snappy answer" is answered by RETORT, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RETORT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RETORT answer page.
Used 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RETORT
Every other clue in this collection answered by RETORT, most used first.
- Snappy comeback - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Comeback - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Snappy reply - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Witty reply - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Sharp comeback - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Zinger - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
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- Like this answer - ACROSS, used 18 times
- Unlike this answer - ACROSS, used 16 times
- Answer the call - ENLIST, used 8 times
- Possible answer to "Where are you?" - INHERE, used 8 times
- "And make it snappy!" - PRONTO, used 7 times
- Polite answer - YESSIR, used 7 times
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