- PUN
- Crossword clue, sometimes
- Play on words
- Many a dad joke
- Cherry Garcia, e.g.
- Cunning linguist, e.g.
- The HarBowl, e.g.
- Crossword answer, at times
- Frank Zappa's "Sheik Yerbouti," e.g.
- Slain rapper Big ___
- The Beatles, e.g.
- Make Donald Drumpf Again or "I'm Withered," e.g.
- Phish Food, e.g.
- Each of the theme answers in this puzzle, e.g.
- Frequent inspiration behind a fantasy sports team name
- Fodder for dad jokes
- Silent knight, e.g.
- Bit of wordplay
- Play on a name, say
- No __ intended
- A pistol let off at the ear: Charles Lamb
- The movie title "Shanghai Noon," e.g.
- Groucho Marx specialty
- Many a Ben & Jerry's flavor name
- Feature of many a "Looney Tunes" short's title
- Tricky puzzle clue, perhaps
- Knock-knock joke, essentially
- Shoot first and ask Christian Slater, e.g.
- Equivoque
- No ___ intended
- Whirred play, for example
- Groaner
- My bike won't stand up. It's two tired, e.g.
- Knock-knock joke payoff
- Don't be fuelish, e.g.
- Some nylons will give you a run for your money, e.g.
- New kid on the blog, e.g.
- Something that may not be intended
- Many a Groucho Marx quip
- Ogden Nash specialty
- Punch line, perhaps
- Tom Swifty, e.g.
- A seven-day diet makes one weak, e.g.
- Piece of corn?
- Bad humor?
- Groan inducer
- This puzzle's title, e.g.
- (SHAMELESS PLUG) I'm a glutton for it
- Play with words
- Crossword clue, perhaps
- Nash specialty
- Berle specialty
- Treat homonyms as synonyms: Walter Redfern
- It may not be intended
- Knock-knock joke, usually
- Wordplay groaner
- According to Oscar Levant, it's "the lowest form of humor--when you don't think of it first"
- Many a joke involves one
- I'd like to study philosophy, but I just Kant, e.g.
- When the smog clears in California, UCLA, e.g.
- Whirled peas is one
- Doing a crossword with a broken pencil is pointless, for example
- One may not be intended
- Jeu de mots
- I threw away my golf shoes when I got a hole in one, e.g.
- Many a bon mot
- Piano is not my forte, e.g.
- Mae West's "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted" is one
- Many a punch line
- One may involve a homonym
- Noah kept bees in the ark hive, e.g.
- Sign language is pretty handy, e.g.
- The lowest form of humor—when you don't think of it first: Oscar Levant
- An everyday spud is a commentator, e.g.
- Title like Bugs Bunny's "Hare Trigger"
- Many a Ben & Jerry's flavor
- A plateau is the highest form of flattery, e.g.
- Cherry Garcia is one
- Carlin's "Atheism is a non-prophet institution," e.g.
- Groaner, maybe
- Mae West's "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted," e.g.
- Prints of whales, e.g.
- Many a 23-Down
- Crux of some riddles
- Sports headline, often
- Bit of Cerf humor
- Plain fair, for one
- Word joke
- Frank and Ernest or "Hi and Lois"
- What the French call "game of words"
- Essence of a knock-knock joke
- Essence of many a punch line
- Type of wordplay
- Sherwood Florist, e.g.
- Witty bit
- Pullet Surprise, e.g.
- Velcro . . . what a rip-off!, e.g.
- Dad joke standby
- Knock-knock joke, e.g.
- Bit of wit
- And thereby hangs a tale.
- Wisecrack.
- Witticism.
- Cerf specialty
- Crossword clue that might end with a question mark
- Groan preceder, often
- Groan elicitor
- Groan producer
- Knock-knock joke's punch line, usually
- Cruciverbalist's specialty
- Verbal quibble.
- Paronomasia.
- Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.—Mercutio.
- Ed Wynn joke.
- Word play effect.
- Form of wit.
- Kind of verbal quibble.
- The "Louisiana Perches," à la Walt Kelly.
- Sticks float. They wood.
- Ad libber's quip.
- Clever ad lib.
- Joke book item.
- Humor of a sort.
- His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.
- A form of wit.
- Joke.
- Laughing matter.
- Joke of a sort.
- One kind of quip.
- Comedian's forte.
- Word manipulation.
- Form of humor.
- The "lack of foresight" saga, for example.
- Type of humor.
- Wit's forte.
- Humorous remark.
- Bit of humor
- Thyme on my hands, e.g.
- Certain bit of wit
- Canoe row a boat? is one
- Sticks float; they wood is one
- It seldom made Cerf bored
- Paronomastic witticism
- Abel was I ere I saw Cain, e.g.
- Sometimes it's funny
- Calembour
- Equivoke
- Groan provoker
- Maid in Japan, e.g.
- So-called "lowest form of wit"
- Homophone, maybe
- Bit of paronomasia
- Subject of a Swift essay
- Wit's end?
- Dollars, taxes, e.g., for Dallas, Texas
- Amuse with words
- Smile producer
- Let us spray, e.g.
- 20-, 39- or 53-Across, say
- Many a crossword clue
- Many an "Airplane!" gag
- Cause of a smile, maybe
- Queen of denial, e.g.
- The Santa Clause, for one
- Queen of denial for Queen of the Nile
- It may involve a homophone
- What 61-Across contains
- 86-Across, e.g.
- Wordplay joke
- It may not have been intended
- The lowest form of humor, per Samuel Johnson
- Groan trigger
- One of about 3,000 in Shakespeare's plays
- So-called "lowest form of humor"
- The title of this puzzle, e.g.
- Poultry in motion, e.g.
- Wordplay from Groucho
- Ugh, German sausage is the wurst, e.g.
- Feature of many a Duchamp work
- Feature of many a Ludacris lyric
- Many a "?" clue in a crossword
- Many a New York Post headline
- Many a Weird Al Yankovic title
- One of "the highest form of literature," per Hitchcock
- Title like "The Santa Clause" or "Knight and Day"
- Horse voice, e.g.
- The clue for 58-Down, e.g. [sorry!]
- Groan-worthy remark, say
- Faux Fighters or Dread Zeppelin, e.g.
- Many a groan inducer
- The lowest form of humor -- when you don't think of it first, per Oscar Levant
- Yuckster's specialty
- Unit of wordplay
- Wordplay bit
- An example of "the lowest form of humor," per my professional humorist father
- The lowest form of humor per my "professional humorist" father
- Tissue? I hardly know you!, e.g.
- Shakespeare forte
- Shakespearean cheapie
- Device frequently employed by Shakespeare
- Crossword humor
- ___ intended
- Need an ark? I Noah guy!, e.g.
- Orion's Belt is a waist of space, e.g.
- To the guy who invented zero, thanks for nothing, e.g.
- Groan-inducing joke, maybe
- I'm not scared of insects, but they really bug me, e.g.
- Often groanworthy joke
- Type of punchline hidden in this clue
- The name Upton O. Goode, e.g.
- Acupuncture is a jab well done, for one
- Some aquatic mammals at the zoo escaped. It was otter chaos!, for example
- Often groan-worthy witticism
- Miró, Miró, on the wall, e.g.
- Groaner of a joke
- Don't be fuelish, for one
- I can't ride my bike. It's two tired, e.g.
- Verbal groaner
- Pick a cod, any cod, e.g.
- Groan-producing wordplay
- Many a puzzle clue ending in "?"
- Funny bit of wordplay
- The lowest form of wit
- Humorous play on words
- Americone Dream, e.g.
- Crepes of Wrath, e.g.
- Groan man, e.g.
- Wordplay that may cause groaning
- Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, e.g.
- Out of thyme, for anyone except a chef
- Joke on a valentine, often
- Cleopatra was a queen of denial, for one
- My attic's not the best, but it's up there, for one
- Life of Pie or "Rolling Scones"
- Orange you glad, for one
- It may be groan-worthy
- Joke like "There's no point to a broken pencil"
- One may be a groaner
- Low form of comedy
- It may elicit groans
- Knock-knock joke punchline, usually
- My bike won't go because it's two tired, e.g.
- Bit of Ogden Nash wordplay
- Bit of wordplay from Groucho
- Many a Groucho quip
- Tea you later, for one
- Bit of Grouchoesque wordplay
- Bit of Wilde wordplay
- I bought a boat because it was for sail, e.g.
- Art Official Intelligence is one
- I'm no cheetah, you're lion! is one
- Math is as easy as pi! e.g.
- Don't trust that big cat; he's lion, e.g.
- Space jokes are out of this world! e.g.
- Dad joke, usually
- Whiteboards are remarkable, e.g.
- Why is Peter Pan always flying? He Neverlands, e.g.
- Groan elicitor, often
- Cerf bit
- 82 Down specialty
- Cause of some wincing
- Many a comic strip character's name
- Ba dum tss prompter
- The Ben & Jerry's flavor Oat of This Swirled, e.g.
- Prelude to a rimshot
- Thanks for explaining the word 'many' to me, that means a lot, e.g.
- Ogden Nash offering
- Cause for a groan
- Ogden Nash bit
- Groucho specialty
- Feature of many an Ogden Nash poem
- Groan cause, perhaps
- Full-groan wordplay
- Groan preceder
- Low form of wit, supposedly
- Any of this puzzle's theme answers
- Device used by Shakespeare
- Fauxlympics, e.g.
- Groaner from Groucho
- Legally Blonde, e.g.
- Crossword clue with a question mark, frequently
- Groan-worthy one-liner
- Basis of many a riddle answer
- Groan inducer, sometimes
