Quip re uninitiated beasts (7)
I believe the answer is:
epigram
'quip' is the definition.
(I know that quip can be written as epigram)
're uninitiated beasts' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
're' could be 'ra' (synonyms) and 'ra' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for epigram that I've seen before include "Witty, paradoxical remark" , "A short witty saying" , "witty comment" , "Sally perhaps" , "Snappy piece of wit" .)