| Wordplay maven | 14 |
| Woody Allen asset | 17 |
| Wildean quality | 15 |
| Wilde's forte | 17 |
| Wilde, notably | 14 |
| Wilde, for one | 14 |
| What G.B.S. had | 15 |
| Typical Algonquin Round Table member | 36 |
| To ___ (for example) | 20 |
| Tina Fey display | 16 |
| Thurber was one | 15 |
| Thinker; brain | 14 |
| Talent of Leno or Letterman | 27 |
| Swift quality | 13 |
| Seinfeld, e.g. | 14 |
| Seinfeld asset | 14 |
| Satirist's quality | 22 |
| Retorts are his forte | 21 |
| Reparteeist | 11 |
| Repartee requisite | 18 |
| Repartee adept | 14 |
| Raconteur asset | 15 |
| Quotable one | 12 |
| Quipster's asset | 20 |
| Quipping sort | 13 |
| Quipper | 7 |
| Quickness of mind | 17 |
| Punster, for one | 16 |
| Punning and such | 16 |
| Pulitzer-winning play of 1999 | 29 |
| Play that won the 1999 Pulitzer for Drama | 41 |
| Part of lyrical content, at times | 33 |
| Parker pen product | 18 |
| Oscar Wilde's sine qua non | 30 |
| Oscar Wilde's forte | 23 |
| Oscar Wilde, notably | 20 |
| One skilled in repartee | 23 |
| One quick to quip | 17 |
| Natural intelligence | 20 |
| Namely, after "to" | 28 |
| Mark Russell's forte | 24 |
| Life of the party, perhaps | 26 |
| Jon Stewart forte | 17 |
| Jon Stewart display | 19 |
| Jesting sort | 12 |
| It may be native | 16 |
| He's a hoot | 15 |
| Half-___ (foolish person) | 25 |
| Half or dim | 11 |
| Good humor man | 14 |
| G.B.S. was one | 14 |
| Fun guy to be around | 20 |
| Fred Allen for one | 19 |
| Feature of Algonquin Round Table discussions | 44 |
| Expert banterer | 15 |
| Dorothy Parker, for one | 23 |
| Dorothy Parker, e.g. | 20 |
| Dorothy Parker had it | 21 |
| Dim or half | 11 |
| Crossword cluer's asset, hopefully | 38 |
| Coward, for one | 15 |
| Comic's need | 16 |
| Clever, funny person | 20 |
| Clever humor | 12 |
| Clever comedian | 15 |
| Charming person's asset, perhaps | 36 |
| Cerf for one | 13 |
| Brevity is its soul | 19 |
| Bon mot expert | 14 |
| Attic appendage | 15 |
| Attic ___ | 9 |
| Apt humor | 9 |
| Ability to banter | 17 |
| A way with words | 16 |
| A lively person may have a sparkling one | 40 |
| 1999 Pulitzer-winning play by Margaret Edson | 44 |
| 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning Margaret Edson play | 47 |
| "Well-bred insolence," per Aristotle | 46 |
| "The noblest frailty of the mind": Shadwell | 53 |
| "Rock ___ U" (Awww Baby)" (Ashanti) | 50 |
| "Educated insolence," to Aristotle | 44 |
| "Educated insolence," according to Aristotle | 54 |
| ___ and wisdom | 14 |
| Â Â "Cultured insolence," according to Aristotle | 64 |
| Counselors to early English kings | 33 |
| Coven member | 12 |
| Spelling champ? | 15 |
| Spelling book reader? | 21 |
| Part of a "Macbeth" trio | 34 |
| Margaret Hamilton role | 22 |
| Halloween V.I.P. | 16 |
| Halloween broom-rider | 21 |
| Hallowe'en harridan | 23 |
| Hallowe'en enchantress | 26 |
| First speaker in "Macbeth" | 36 |
| Dorothy's antagonist | 24 |
| Charming woman? | 15 |
| Broomstick passenger | 20 |
| Broom-rider | 11 |
| Broom-Hilda, for one | 20 |