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Mayor de Blasio and his sparring partners in the city’s press corps traded barbs about his tardiness and presidential ambitions for charity Saturday night at the 97th annual Inner Circle show.

While the press corps took regular shots at Hizzoner’s presidential ambitions, de Blasio’s response avoided the matter almost entirely — until the last sketch.

Then, Hizzoner, playing a game show host, was asked about his presidential tease tour by one of the mock contestants. The scripted sketch quickly cut to a commercial break — with de Blasio once again refusing to answer if he plans a 2020 presidential bid.

But Hizzoner wasn’t the only one who spent time on the skewer Saturday night.

For instance, Amazon’s Alexa device told mock Police Commissioner James O’Neill that the number one crime in the city was the New York Knicks. Number three on the Alexa’s list was former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani for allegedly “impersonating a lawyer.”

Prospective 2021 Mayoral candidates City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Comptroller Scott Stringer and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. were slapped for their political ambitions in a musical number that ended with “once you want to be Mayor, you can’t back down.”

And Gov. Cuomo’s tense relationship with subways boss Andy Byford — the man credited with halting the system’s slide — and the governor’s verall management of the Metropolitan Transit Authority got blasted in the opening number, which was set to Ozzy Osborne’s classic rock staple Crazy Train.

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