| Agile |
| Snide |
| Unkind |
| Feline |
| Spiteful |
| Not nice |
| Malicious |
| Backbiting |
| Slyly cruel |
| Subtly mean |
| Like gossips |
| Subtly cruel |
| Tart-tongued |
| Full of snark |
| Slyly spiteful |
| Subtly spiteful |
| Slyly malicious |
| Subtly malicious |
| Like some gossip |
| Into nasty gossip |
| Nasty, as remarks |
| Spiteful, as gossip |
| Deliberately hurtful |
| Acting like a feline |
| Spiteful, informally |
| Intentionally hurtful |
| Spiteful, as a remark |
| Like a malicious gossip |
| Vindictively tart-tongued |
| Given to malicious gossip |
| Like a good reality TV star |
| What this puzzle certainly is |
| Given to hissing and scratching? |
| Showing one's claws, so to speak |