Clues for the word "CORNY"
We've had 66 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 84 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on November 29, 2025.
Definition of corny
- a. - Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
- a. - Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
- a. - Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
- a. - Tipsy.
Referring Clues
- Hokey
- Vaudevillian, in a way
- Groan-inducing, perhaps
- Hardly sophisticated
- Unsophisticated, as humor
- Like a trite joke
- Lacking in subtlety
- Like Kansas in August
- Trite
- Like a stale joke
- Lame, as a joke
- Groan-inducing, maybe
- Clichéd
- Like the joke about the Iowa farmer?
- Like some groaners
- Like some bad jokes
- Hackneyed
- Not very innovative
- Like some sorry jokes
- Hokey, as a joke
- Trite, joke-wise
- Mawkish
- Like Kansas in August?
- Like some jokes
- Banal
- Like "Hee Haw"
- Like Kansas, in "South Pacific"
- Unsophisticated
- Groanworthy, as a joke
- Sentimentally mawkish
- Mawkishly old-fashioned
- Hardly scintillating
- Like most "Hee Haw" jokes
- Old-fashioned
- Schmaltzy
- Like "Hee Haw" humor
- Old fashioned
- Not subtle, as humor
- Like many knock-knock jokes
- Like groaners
- Like a Kansan's trite joke?
- Trite and mawkish
- Mawkishly sentimental
- Unfunny due to 64 Down
- Old-fashioned, as humor
- Trite, as jokes
- Too sentimental
- Like grandpa's jokes, probably
- Like many bar jokes
- Like groaner humor
- Cliché-ridden
- Like grandpa's jokes
- Like a dad joke
- Not original
- Platitudinous
- Cheesy
- Unsophisticated as bad feet, perhaps
- Trite or banal
- Like terrible puns
- Like most "dad jokes"
- Like dad jokes
- Unoriginal
- Like an awful 43-Across
- Like an eyeroll-inducing joke
- Like stereotypical dad jokes
- Groan-worthy, say, as a joke
Last Seen In
- New York Times - November 29, 2025
- LA Times - September 28, 2025
- Mirror Mini - April 14, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 28, 2025
- USA Today - November 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 06, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 03, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - January 23, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - October 09, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - September 07, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - June 24, 2022
- Netword - January 14, 2018
- Guardian Quick - October 24, 2017
- New York Times - October 18, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - July 05, 2017
- Mirror Mini - April 14, 2017
- LA Times - April 14, 2017
- LA Times - February 20, 2017
- Netword - February 12, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - January 02, 2017
- Netword - September 18, 2016
- Netword - August 14, 2016
- Netword - July 24, 2016
- Guardian Quick - July 12, 2016
- Universal - June 20, 2016
- New York Times - May 29, 2016
- LA Times - April 13, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 27, 2015
- Family Time - December 20, 2015
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