Historical clue formulations

• Pun-filled, say — 2025-10-26
• Good at repartee — 2017-11-30
• Swift, in a way — 2016-07-17
• Good at repartee — 2015-06-03
• Quick with the zingers — 2009-12-29
• Sparkling — 2007-12-29
• Waggish — 2005-07-14
• Grouchoesque — 2005-05-22
• Like S. J. Perelman — 2002-10-11
• Smart-mouthed — 2002-01-12
• Quick with the comebacks — 1998-07-01
• Like Oscar Wilde — 1998-02-18
• Like Oscar Wilde — 1994-09-16