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Biting wit can have one in tears (6)

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I believe the answer is:

satire

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'tears' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'biting wit can have one in' is the wordplay.
'biting wit can' becomes 'ir' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'have' becomes 'sate' (sating is a kind of having).
'one in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ir' going inside 'sate' is 'SATIRE'.

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(Other definitions for satire that I've seen before include "sort of ironic humour" , "Jonathan Swift's forte?" , "Novel or play that ridicules social failings" , "Mocking humour" , "Caustic comments" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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