Clues for the word "ZANY"
We've had 66 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 191 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on December 16, 2025.
Definition of zany
- n. - A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
- v. t. - To mimic.
Referring Clues
- Like the Marx Brothers
- Madcap
- Wacky
- Off-the-wall
- Marxist?
- Like the Keystone Kops
- Buffoon
- Wild
- Kooky
- Off the wall
- Screwball
- Like some Steve Martin humor
- Wild and crazy
- Clownish
- Wild and crazy guy
- Prone to buffoonery
- Buffoonish
- Clown
- Like the Marxes
- Groucho-like
- Comically off-the-wall
- Like Stooges shorts
- Stooges shorts, e.g.
- Like the Marx Brothers' comedies
- Wacko
- Monty Pythonesque
- Like Jim Carrey comedies
- Bananas
- Like Harpo
- Bats
- Crazy
- Outlandish
- A bit off-the-wall
- Whimsically comical
- Silly
- Foolish or crazy
- Like much Gene Wilder humor
- Offbeat
- Bonkers
- Like Marx Brothers humor
- Like slapstick humor
- Like the Marx Brothers' humor
- Wild and crazy, as the Three Stooges
- Wild and wacky
- Left-field - foolish
- Comically idiotic
- Amusingly eccentric
- Madcap, like a clown
- Oddball's unknown to some
- Mad as the last one, the one before last
- Axes keep paint evenly off the wall
- Comically outlandish
- Outlandishly comical
- Clownishly funny
- A clownish letter and then some
- Cray-cray
- Half-baked
- Outlandishly funny
- Eccentric
- Like screwball comedies
- Absurdly funny
- Comical
- Very eccentric
- Like "Looney Tunes" humor
- Wacky and likely to throw a pie
- Amusingly unconventional
Last Seen In
- New York Times - December 16, 2025
- Daily American - October 21, 2025
- New York Times - September 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 23, 2025
- Daily American - March 26, 2025
- New York Times - December 30, 2024
- New York Times - November 11, 2024
- New York Times - September 29, 2024
- Daily American - September 23, 2024
- LA Times - June 05, 2024
- Daily American - April 12, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 12, 2024
- LA Times - January 25, 2024
- New York Times - November 19, 2023
- Daily American - October 21, 2023
- LA Times - September 16, 2023
- Family Time - July 10, 2023
- USA Today - April 29, 2023
- Daily American - March 26, 2023
- Family Time - January 22, 2023
- USA Today - December 10, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - October 29, 2022
- Daily American - September 23, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - July 14, 2022
- New York Times - October 13, 2021
- LA Times - February 04, 2018
- New York Times - November 21, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 11, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 02, 2017
- Daily American - October 21, 2017
- And in 161 more crossword puzzles...