| Pithy sayings |
| Ones with cutting remarks? |
| Pithy complaints? |
| Actors' remarks to audience |
| Passing remarks? |
| Catty remarks from actress Hepburn? |
| Like snide remarks from old Russian despots? (#4 in David Yale's "Pun Enchanted Evenings") |
| Pithy principles |
| Pithy remark |
| After-dinner remarks? |
| Lodgings — snide remarks |
| Ruminants' remarks? |
| Pithy |
| Dismissive remarks |
| Pithy sayings (four well-known ones containing the circled word are the keys to unlocking this puzzle's theme) |
| Pithy comment |
| Relaxed remarks |
| Like some misguided remarks |
| Like some of Archie Bunker's remarks, briefly |
| Sarcastic remarks |
| Makes catty remarks? |
| Exchanged teasing remarks |
| Aggressive remarks |
| ... scrambled to get flippant remarks from snobs at the polls? |
| Actor's sotto-voce remarks |
| Pithy piece of wit |
| Pithy parts |
| One making introductory remarks |
| Bossy remarks? |
| Emcees' remarks |