Not necessarily ruined, 9 letters
Not totally disastrous, 9 letters
Note moral lesson, having some hope of correction (9), 9 letters
Regarding story with a moral that can be fixed (9), 9 letters
Lodge a Dodge again, 6 letters
Analyze further, as programming language syntax, 7 letters
Split hairs differently, 6 letters
Beginning of a quote by Heywood Broun, 8 letters
Clever conversation, 8 letters
Comedy team's shtick, 8 letters
Groucho's specialty, 8 letters
Quick, witty answer, 8 letters
Sparkling verbal sparring, 8 letters
Wilde kind of dialogue, 8 letters
Adroitness and cleverness in reply, 8 letters
Compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors, 10 letters
The act of putting something in working order again, 10 letters
Compensation (given or received) for an injury or insult, 10 letters