Answer: PUN
PUN is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 195 times.
Referring Clues:
- Bit of paronomasia
- Equivoque
- Wit's end?
- "Miró, Miró, on the wall," e.g.
- "Dollars, taxes," e.g., for Dallas, Texas
- Smile producer
- Amuse with words
- Bit of Cerf humor
- "Let us spray," e.g.
- 20-, 39- or 53-Across, say
- Many a crossword clue
- Many an "Airplane!" gag
- Bit of wit
- Cause of a smile, maybe
- "Queen of denial," e.g.
- "The Santa Clause," for one
- It may involve a homophone
- "Queen of denial" for Queen of the Nile
- What 61-Across contains
- 86-Across, e.g.
- Insignificant
- Bit of wordplay
- It may not have been intended
- Tricky puzzle clue, perhaps
- Play on words
- "Whirred play," for example
- Groaner
- Knock-knock joke payoff
- "My bike won't stand up. It's two tired," e.g.
- "Don't be fuelish," e.g.
- "Some nylons will give you a run for your money," e.g.
- Many a Groucho Marx quip
- "New kid on the blog," e.g.
- Punch line, perhaps
- Something that may not be intended
- Groan preceder, often
- Crossword clue that might end with a question mark
- Jeu de mots
- Many a joke involves one
- Groan elicitor
- Groan producer
- Knock-knock joke's punch line, usually
- Cruciverbalist's specialty
- Groan inducer
- According to Oscar Levant, it's "the lowest form of humor--when you don't think of it first"
- Nash specialty
- It may not be intended
- Wordplay groaner
- Knock-knock joke, usually
- "Treat homonyms as synonyms": Walter Redfern
- Word joke
- ''Plain fair,'' for one
- ''Pick a cod, any cod,'' e.g.
- ''Don't be fuelish,'' e.g.
- ''I can't ride my bike. It's two tired,'' e.g.
- Verbal groaner
- ''Don't be fuelish,'' for one
- Knock-knock joke punchline, usually
- It may elicit groans
- "My bike won't go because it's two tired," e.g.
- "I'd like to study philosophy, but I just Kant," e.g.
- "The lowest form of humor," per Samuel Johnson
- Groan trigger
- One of about 3,000 in Shakespeare's plays
- Ogden Nash specialty
- Tom Swifty, e.g.
- "Don't be fuelish," for one
- "Whirled peas" is one
- "When the smog clears in California, UCLA," e.g.
- "Frank and Ernest" or "Hi and Lois"
- "I can't ride my bike. It's two tired," e.g.
- "Pick a cod, any cod," e.g.
- Wordplayer's ploy
- Semantic antic
- Witty bit
- "Plain fair," for one
- Bit of word play
- Unit of wordplay
- Groaner, sometimes
- Groan-producing wordplay
- "A seven-day diet makes one weak," e.g.
- "I threw away my golf shoes when I got a hole-in-one," e.g.
- Many a puzzle clue ending in "?"
- One may not be intended
- Piece of wordplay
- Groan cause
- Ogden Nash forte
- Cutesy crossword clue
- Instance of wordplay
- Sample of wordplay
- Riddle's punch line, often
- Crossword clue, at times
- Bit or wordplay
- The title of this puzzle, e.g.
- Cause of some wincing
- So-called "lowest form of humor"
- The GOP Has a Koch Problem, e.g.
- "Doing a crossword with a broken pencil is pointless," for example
- Piece of corn?
- What the French call "game of words"
- Wordplay bit
- Wordplay from Groucho
- Groucho specialty
- Essence of many a punch line
- Bad humor?
- "Poultry in motion," e.g.
- This puzzle's title, e.g.
- Witticism
- Trick of the tongue
- Lettuce pray eg
- Groaner, maybe
- Knock-knock joke, essentially
- "I threw away my golf shoes when I got a hole in one," e.g.
- Feature of many a Duchamp work
- Groaner of a joke
- Funny bit of wordplay
- Many a bon mot
- Feature of many a Ludacris lyric
- Many a New York Post headline
- "Ugh, German sausage is the wurst," e.g.
- Many a "?" clue in a crossword
- One may involve a homonym
- So-called "lowest form of wit"
- Many a punch line
- Crux of some riddles
- "Piano is not my forte," e.g.
- Type of wordplay
- Essence of a knock-knock joke
- Word play
- The lowest form of wit
- Mae West's "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted" is one
- "I used to be a banker but I lost interest," e.g.
- Many a Weird Al Yankovic title
- Lewis Carroll specialty
- Humorous play on words
- Title like "The Santa Clause" or "Knight and Day"
- One of "the highest form of literature," per Hitchcock
- "Noah kept bees in the ark hive," e.g.
- Verbal joke
- Joke with a homophone, say
- "A horse is a stable animal" is one
- Bit of Ogden Nash wordplay
- "The lowest form of humorwhen you don't think of it first": Oscar Levant
- "Horse voice," e.g.
- "Sherwood Florist," e.g.
- Bit of wordplay from Groucho
- The clue for 58-Down, e.g. [sorry!]
- "Sign language is pretty handy," e.g.
- Subject of a swift essay
- Pullet Surprise, e.g.
- "Canoe row a boat?" is one
- Groan-worthy remark, say
- Many a dad joke
- Calembour
- Title like Bugs Bunny's "Hare Trigger"
- "An everyday spud is a commentator," e.g.
- Bit of Grouchoesque wordplay
- "Americone Dream," e.g.
- Many a Ben & Jerry's flavor
- Groan man, e.g.
- Knock-knock joke, e.g.
- "Velcro ... what a rip-off!", e.g.
- "Crepes of Wrath," e.g.
- Dad joke standby
- "Tea you later," for one
- "Cherry Garcia" is one
- Faux Fighters or Dread Zeppelin, e.g.
- "I bought a boat because it was for sail," e.g.
- Wordplay that may cause groaning
- Many a groan inducer
- Type of punchline hidden in this clue
- IÂ'm not scared of insects, but they really bug me, e.g.
- Wordplay joke
- Groan-inducing joke, maybe
- "Orion's Belt is a waist of space," e.g.
- Carlin's "Atheism is a non-prophet institution," e.g.
- Mae West's "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted," e.g.
- "Need an ark? I Noah guy!," e.g.
- "Math is as easy as pi!" e.g.
- "I'm no cheetah, you're lion!" is one
- "Art Official Intelligence" is one
- "A plateau is the highest form of flattery," e.g.
- "The lowest form of humor — when you don't think of it first," per Oscar Levant
- "No ___ intended"
- Dad joke, usually
- "Space jokes are out of this world!" e.g.
- "my attic's not the best, but it's up there,"
- Life of pie or rolling stones
- Many a 23-Down
- One may be a groaner
- "Whiteboards are remarkable," e.g.
- "Why is Peter Pan always flying? He Neverlands," e.g.
- "My Zoom joke flopped … I guess it's not remotely funny," e.g.
- Groan elicitor, often
- "I'm pine-ing for you this Christmas," e.g.
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