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 humor—when 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
• Slay on words?
• Humorous wordplay
• Wordplay
• Form of wordplay
• "ollars, taxes,"e.g., for Dallas, Texas
• Knock-knock joke basis
• "I can't ride my bike. It's two-tired," is one
• Groan and bear it?
• That earlier quip about polly being gone?
• Playful bit of a tune on the piano
• As wit, less than puny?
• As wit, may seem endlessly puny
• Groan cause, perhaps
• Feature of many a graphic on "The Daily Show"
• "Shaun of the Dead," e.g.
• Groucho Marx specialty
• “A pistol let off at the ear”: Charles Lamb
• Humorous ambiguity
• Bit of paronomasia; witticism
• Wordplay that's said to be "the lowest form of humor"
• A sort of joke, possibly up north
• Pullet Surprise, e.g.
• Wordsmith's offering
• "No ___ intended"
• Chairman Meow or Fidel Catstro, e.g.
• The infamy of having it in for me?
• Groan-worthy remark, say
• Many a dad joke
• Groan preceder
• Full-groan wordplay
• Low form of wit, supposedly
• Title like Bugs Bunny's "Hare Trigger"
• Virginia Woof or Fyodor Dogstoevsky, e.g.
• "An everyday spud is a commentator," e.g.
• Many a Groucho quip
• Bit of Grouchoesque wordplay
• "Americone Dream," e.g.
• Many a Ben & Jerry's flavor
• Groan man, e.g.
• Knock-knock joke, e.g.
• Amusingly, it sounds like something else!
• A quiet bit of fun with words
• "Velcro ... what a rip-off!", e.g.
• "Crepes of Wrath," e.g.
• Dad joke standby
• Bit of Wilde wordplay
• As wit, may seem somewhat puny
• "Tea you later," for one
• Groan provoker
• Puny bit of humour?
• Any of this puzzle’s theme answers
• "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
• Often groanworthy joke
• IÂ'm not scared of insects, but they really bug me, e.g.
• Wordplay joke
• Groan-inducing joke, maybe
• Joke
• That earlier quip about polly being gone?
• "Orion's Belt is a waist of space," e.g.
• Carlin's "Atheism is a non-prophet institution," e.g.
• What "Can February March? No, but April May" is
• "Mallards like duckumentaries" is one
• Mae West's "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted," e.g.
• "To the guy who invented zero, thanks for nothing," e.g.
• "Need an ark? I Noah guy!," e.g.
• "Glass coffin? Remains to be seen," for example
• "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
• "I can't ride my bike
• As wit, less than puny?
• "Don't trust that big cat; he's lion," e.g.
• Dad joke, usually
• "Space jokes are out of this world!" e.g.
• Like many crossword clues ending in "?"
• Many a 23-Down
• "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.
• Basis of many a popsicle stick joke
• Many a TV episode title
• "I was reading a book about mazes ... I got lost in it," e.g.
• "I don't trust stairs because they're always up to something," e.g.
• Many a one-liner
• "The shoddy sandwich knife couldn't cut the mustard," e.g.
• Many a groan-inducing joke