The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word QUIP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result QUIP
- Cease endless pressure or crack
- Having no Ecstasy, supply crack
- Brief pique ruined joke
- Clever comment from French team barring outsiders
- Crack in rig initially overlooked
- Sally‘s outfit concealing hint of expansion
- Crack that would be issue beneath base
- Remark wingers of Les Bleus should be red-carded
- Crack gadgeteer well-versed about foremost of instruments
- Funny Alsatian who sits on poodle’s lead
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What does QUIP mean?
QUIP noun- A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
- To make a quip.
- To taunt; to treat with quips.