Hits with a witty comeback Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

WITTY (adjective)
1. combining clever conception and facetious expression
COMEBACK (noun)
1. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
2. return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (11/8/2024) Answers

Across

1. ___-checker (one verifying the validity of claims)

5. Involuntary muscle contractions

11. Stir-fry vessel with a rounded bottom

14. Currency named for a continent

15. First openly trans man to appear on the cover of Time magazine

17. Cheese whose name is found in "Notre Dame"

18. "Hold on … you're not joking?"

19. Sitcom that famously explored racism, drugs and abuse (1978-1986)

21. Musicians' city-to-city excursions

22. ___ Scott-Heron, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" poet

23. Monastery leaders

25. Fanaticism

30. Attachments to fishing rods

31. Corduroy bump

32. Co-op chain specializing in camping gear

33. Seriously vexes

34. Consume all of at once, as a Netflix series

35. Dole out

36. Make a mistake

37. Glasses-wearing character in "Lord of the Flies" (or in "Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas")

38. Pizza Margherita herb

39. City with replicas of the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty and Trevi Fountain

41. Styled in ringlets, say

42. Fortuneteller's ball, e.g.

43. Bumpy belly button

44. Low-ranking diplomat who might also be an author or artist

51. Dense dessert that might be "New York-style"

52. Option for talking to a customer service agent (or robot)

53. Earnest pleas

54. Future throne-sitter

55. Uno uno

56. ___ jeans (slim-fitting pants)

57. Word that sounds the same if you add an A to the front

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Down

1. "___ Me, Seymour!" ("Little Shop of Horrors" song sung by a hungry plant)

2. Luxury German car brand

3. Some small-batch brews

4. Mindless sorts, in old slang

5. Where some manholes lead

6. Makes arrangements

7. Touched down

8. Obeys a common dog command

9. Kind of payment for a homeowner

10. Germ-free, as hospital equipment

11. What a baby might learn to do around age 1

12. Creepily stare at

13. "___, phone, wallet!" (checklist sometimes spoken before leaving the house)

16. Italian equivalent of Paul

20. What tractors leave in muddy fields

23. Disney princess whose best friend is a fish named Flounder

24. Yogi who once said '"The future ain't what it used to be"

26. Ultra-trendy

27. Kind of cake with three types of milk

28. Knot again, as neckwear

29. Kind of sign that might be used instead of a stop sign in a quiet neighborhood

31. Capital of Latvia

34. Exciting opportunity for an unknown actor

35. Musician in a traditional Mexican band

37. Browses

38. Unsmoked part of a cigarette

40. One earning a sticker at a polling center

41. Childishly charming

43. Like some wine barrels

44. Included on an email

45. "Can we … not?"

46. "___ not and say we did!"

47. First set of scenes in a play

48. Reclined

49. Flag down, as a cab

50. To be, in France

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