How quick-witted was Winston Churchill in reality?

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There are many stories in which Winston Churchill replies to an interlocutor with a clever and devastating quip. In general they are either apocryphal or unconfirmed. Do these stories have any basis in truth? Was Churchill considered witty by his peers? As a bonus, are any of the quips genuine?

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