Related Clues:

• Sharp put-down
• Trident point
• Jag on a hook
• Kind of thorn or wounding remark
• Sharp spike pointing backward
• A thorn or gibe
• A thorn or a gibe
• Prong of a fork
• Backward-pointing part of a fish hook
• Thorn or spike
• How 27 across will begin tocatch you
• Sounds as if one might rue this catcher for a stick
• The point of this is that I can get it on the defensive for keeps
• The catch is that afterwards I can make it defensive
• One might get stuck on this and, by the sound of it, rue a stick of it