Clues for the word "PUNS"
We've had 76 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 102 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on February 23, 2025.
Referring Clues
- Groucho Marx specialties
- Groan causers
- Some crossword clues
- "Sanity clause" and others
- Groaners
- Wits' bits
- Many conundrums have them
- Many crossword puzzle themes
- They may make your eyes roll
- They may cause groans
- Paronomastic collection
- Witty bits
- Many Groucho Marx quips
- Groan inducers
- Ogden Nash specialty
- Plays on words
- Bits of wordplay
- Some 50 Across
- Some wordplay
- Groan elicitors, often
- Word twists
- Groan getters
- Paronomasia samples
- Fun with words
- Staple of Ogden Nash poems
- They're *supposed* to be corny...
- Most knock-knock joke punch lines
- Some puzzle clues
- Causes of grins and groans
- Groan-inducing jokes
- Some George Carlin jokes
- Instances of wordplay
- Samples of wordplay
- Equivoques
- They often evoke groaning and eye-rolling
- Full-groan jokes
- Some Groucho Marx humor
- Gramatical witticisms
- They often elicit groans
- Word plays
- Wordplays
- Knock-knock jokes, essentially
- Verbal groaners
- "Alice in Wonderland" features
- Clever turns of phrase
- Salon names like Scissors Palace and Curl Up & Dye
- Many hair-salon names
- Groaners, to some
- Corny bits of wordplay
- Wordplay-based jokes
- Many groan-eliciting jokes
- Carroll specialties
- What crossword clues with question marks often are
- Humorous plays on words
- Knock-knock joke punchlines
- Painful plays on words
- The lowest form of humor, it's said
- Fond of these, did Mr Case name his son Justin?
- This puzzle's theme entries, e.g.
- Homophonic high jinks
- The salon names To Dye For and Best Little Hairhouse (both real!), e.g.
- Much Groucho humor
- "Tequila mockingbird" and "absinthe of malice," for two
- The worst ones are often the best
- Much "dad humor"
- Words cleverly spun around
- Many pub quiz team names
- "The highest form of literature," per Hitchcock
- Wilde witticisms, often
- Many names of hair salons
- "Need an ark? I Noah guy," and others
- "Queen of denial" and "knight and day"
- Bits of wit
- Fond of these, did Mr Case name his son Justin?
- Many corny jokes
- Most dad jokes
Last Seen In
- New York Times - February 23, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 07, 2024
- LA Times - March 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 05, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 05, 2023
- New York Times - November 04, 2022
- New York Times - March 30, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 04, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 23, 2017
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - August 06, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 10, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - June 09, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 30, 2017
- Universal - May 20, 2017
- New York Times - March 01, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 14, 2017
- LA Times - December 15, 2016
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - November 13, 2016
- Universal - October 02, 2016
- Netword - September 04, 2016
- Universal - March 17, 2016
- New York Times - March 16, 2016
- Netword - March 10, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 05, 2016
- Netword - February 05, 2016
- New York Times - December 18, 2015
- Netword - November 24, 2015
- Netword - November 19, 2015
- USA Today - November 09, 2015
- And in 72 more crossword puzzles...