Snappy answer
Else clues• Touch
• Answer back
• Certain zinger
• Clever comeback
• Clever return
• Comeback
• Counterstroke
• Dorothy Parker delivery
• Fencing counterstroke
• Fencing maneuver
• Fencing thrust
• Insult follower, perhaps
• Parry follower
• Pie orts dirtied counter (7)
• Quick thrust after parrying a lunge
• Retort
• Retort quickly
• Sharp comeback
• Sharp reply
• Sharp response
• Sharp retort
• Snappy comeback
• Swift retort
• Thrust after parrying
• Witty comeback
• Witty reply
• Witty retort
• Zinger
• Zinger, maybe
• Zippy comeback
• A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)