Answer: JOKE
JOKE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 100 times.
- Crack
- Speechmaker's opening
- One-liner, e.g.
- Funny
- It may begin with a buildup
- Wisecrack
- Word that may follow the start of 20-, 25-, 44- or 50-Across
- Friars Club offering
- It's best when cracked
- It may start with someone entering a bar
- Leno monologue bit
- Toastmaster's offering
- Cause for winking
- Witticism
- It may be practical
- Delivery at a nightclub
- Absurd situation
- Funny line
- It might be practical
- Gag
- Bit of a laughing stock?
- Part of a stand-up routine
- Humorous remark
- Stand-up's delivery
- "Last Comic Standing" offering
- Jay Leno monologue unit
- Knock-knock, for one
- "A man walks into a bar" story, often
- Comedy club offering
- "A guy walks into a bar ..." may start one
- Comedian's bit
- Monologue bit
- Ridiculously inadequate thing
- Part of a routine
- One often takes place in a bar
- One may begin "Knock knock"
- Be playful
- Comic bit
- Rib-tickler
- Kid
- It may be practical or delivered in a nightclub
- Practical thing?
- One may be running over time
- Jay Leno offering
- Kid (around)
- 81 Down preceder, often
- One-liner
- A good one is cracked
- It may begin with "Knock knock"
- Monologue component
- Monologue piece
- See 16-Across
- Monologue unit
- Monologue part
- *Stand-up's delivery
- Quip
- It might begin, "Knock knock"
- Leno line
- Routine part
- One-liner, for one
- Comic's delivery
- Routine element
- It often takes place in a bar
- Bit of funny business
- Stand-up offering
- It's bad when nobody gets it
- Knee-slapper, e.g.
- Stand-up staple
- Henny Youngman delivery
- Bit from Goldberg or Hedberg
- Be funny
- One might start "Knock knock ..."
- One-liner, for instance
- Funny story
- Cause of the giggles
- Laughing matter
- Laughingstock
- Ridiculously inadequate sort
- Part of a comedy routine
- Fallon monologue bit
- Orator's icebreaker
- *Bit of blue humor
- It may start with "A guy walks into a bar ..."
- Complete embarrassment
- Monologue line
- Ha-ha
- One might start with "Knock knock"
- Comic's gag
- "What a ___!"
- Speaker's intro, often
- Say in fun
- Cause of a laugh
- "Practical" thing
- "Is this some kind of twisted ___?"
- A shaggy dog story is a long one
- "A guy walks into a bar …" may start one
- Part of a comedian's routine
- One might start with a knock
- Card material
- What a punch line may end