| Snappish answer | 15 |
| Snap back | 9 |
| Smart comeback | 14 |
| Quick response | 14 |
| Parting shot, say | 17 |
| Many a zinger | 13 |
| Laboratory vessel | 17 |
| Incisive answer | 15 |
| Heckler's put-down | 22 |
| Cutting comeback | 16 |
| Conversational comeback | 23 |
| Come back with | 14 |
| "Your mother wears army boots!," for one | 50 |
| "Your mother wears army boots," e.g. | 46 |
| "So's your old man!," e.g. | 40 |
| "So's your old man," e.g. | 39 |
| "Says who?," e.g. | 27 |
| Sharp answers | 13 |
| Verbal parries | 14 |
| Some back talk | 14 |
| Snappy answers to stupid questions | 34 |
| Snappy answers | 14 |
| Sharp replies | 13 |
| Sharp comebacks | 15 |
| Quick comebacks | 15 |
| Long-necked distilling vessels | 30 |
| Answers in kind | 15 |
| "So's your old man!" and others | 45 |
| "Are too!" and "Am not!" | 44 |
| Throw again | 11 |
| Mix anew, as greens | 19 |
| Mix anew, as a salad | 20 |
| Freshen the salad | 17 |
| Second flip | 11 |
| Pitch a horseshoe anew | 22 |
| Mix over, as a salad whose walnuts have sunk to the bottom | 58 |
| Mix in new salad dressing, say | 30 |
| Freshen, as the salad | 21 |
| Flip again, as a coin | 21 |
| Flip again | 10 |
| Double-check the check | 22 |
| Double-check the addition of | 28 |
| Check the bill | 14 |
| Check one's addition | 24 |
| Double-check, as figures | 24 |
| Check, as one's numbers | 27 |
| Bill check | 10 |
| Add up again | 12 |
| Airbrush | 8 |
| Remove red eye, e.g. | 20 |
| Prepare tabloid pictures | 24 |
| Paint a nick, e.g. | 18 |
| Paint a nick | 12 |
| Fix, as makeup | 14 |
| Fix up, in a way | 16 |
| Fix up a photo | 14 |
| Cover the blemishes on, as a photo | 34 |
| Do detective work | 17 |
| Walk over | 9 |
| Go back over, as one's steps | 32 |
| Follow a previous path | 22 |
| Track previous steps | 20 |
| Step into one's footsteps | 29 |
| Outline anew | 12 |
| Outline again | 13 |
| Go over someone else's lines | 32 |
| Recant | 6 |
| Take back, as a public statement | 32 |
| Pull back, as talons | 20 |
| Put your claws back in | 22 |
| Eat crow, formally | 18 |
| Takes back, as a comment | 24 |
| Moves, as landing gear | 22 |
| Disowns a statement | 19 |
| Teach a different skill to | 26 |
| Teach a different skill | 23 |
| Prepare for a new job | 21 |
| Learn new things, maybe | 23 |
| Instruct again | 14 |
| Teach new job skills to | 23 |
| Prepare to change careers | 25 |
| Prepare for a transfer, perhaps | 31 |
| Prepare for a job transfer, perhaps | 35 |
| Give new job skills | 19 |
| Coach again | 11 |
| Cure baldness? | 14 |
| Used tire | 9 |
| Tire for a heap | 15 |
| Good-as-new tire | 16 |
| "What's wrong with the first one?" work | 53 |
| Used tire purchase | 18 |
| Used rubber | 11 |
| Unimaginative sequel, say | 25 |
| Tired tire? | 11 |
| Tire with new life | 18 |
| Tire of W.W. II | 15 |
| Retired tire | 12 |
| Recycled tire | 13 |
| One way to cure baldness? | 25 |
| Old whitewall with new life | 27 |