### Clue: Witticism before getting shot first heard in India (7)
### Answer: PUNJABI 
 ### Explanation: Definition: heard in India
 PUN(a witticism;a play on words) **placed before**(before getting) JAB(an injection;a shot) I(Roman numeral for 1, denoting the first, as in "Queen Elizabeth I").
Defn: A language heard in parts of India.