### Clue: Try to bury first of remarks that was hurtful, wit long gone (7)
### Answer: GROUCHO 
 ### Explanation: Definition: wit long gone
 GO(a try/an attempt) **containing**(to bury) [**1st letter of**(first of) "remarks" + OUCH!(exclamation expressing that something was hurtful)].
Answer: … Marx, late comedian and wit.