Sharp crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 letters

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Answers:

Synonyms and Definitions

ACUTE

• Synonyms: acuate, acute accent, ague, discriminating, incisive, intense, keen, knifelike, needlelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing

KEEN

• Synonyms: acute, bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, cutting, dandy, exquisite, great, groovy, lament, lancinate, lancinating, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, stabbing, swell
• Definition: a mournful song performed with loud crying at a funeral

ACID

• Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, back breaker, battery-acid, bitter, blistering, caustic, dose, dot, elvis, loony toons, lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, sulfurous, sulphurous, superman, virulent, vitriolic, window pane, zen

TART

• Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, lemonlike, lemony, prostitute, sharp-worded, sourish, sporting lady, tangy, whore, woman of the street, working girl

TRENCHANT

• Synonyms: clear-cut, distinct, hard-hitting, searching

ASTUTE

• Synonyms: shrewd

SHREWD

• Synonyms: astute, calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming

CRISP

• Synonyms: chip, crease, crinkle, crispen, crispy, curt, frizzly, frizzy, frosty, kinky, laconic, nappy, nipping, nippy, potato chip, ruckle, saratoga chip, scrunch, scrunch up, snappy, terse, toast, wrinkle

NIPPY

• Synonyms: crisp

POINTED

• Synonyms: aim, bespeak, betoken, channelise, channelize, charge, designate, direct, guide, head, indicate, level, luff, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, orient, place, point, repoint, sharpen, show, signal, steer, taper, target

SPIKY

• Synonyms: peaky

ACRID

• Synonyms: acid, pungent

PENETRATING

• Synonyms: bottom, click, come home, dawn, diffuse, fall into place, fathom, get across, get through, imbue, infiltrate, interpenetrate, penetrate, perforate, permeate, pervade, riddle, sink in

SMART

• Synonyms: ache, bright, chic, fresh, hurt, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smarting, smartness, voguish, wise

PIQUANT

• Synonyms: engaging, salty, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty

CUTE

• Synonyms: cunning, precious

SLY

• Synonyms: crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, tricksy, tricky, wily