Homophone, maybe Crossword Clue

• "Need an ark? I Noah guy," e.g.

  New York Times · Monday, August 31, 2026 · 3 letters

• Many a groan-inducing joke

  New York Times · Tuesday, January 13, 2026 · 3 letters

• "The shoddy sandwich knife couldn't cut the mustard," e.g.

  New York Times · Wednesday, September 3, 2025 · 3 letters

• "The Santa Clause" or "Legally Blonde"

  New York Times · Saturday, August 30, 2025 · 3 letters

• "I was reading a book about mazes ... I got lost in it," e.g.

  New York Times · Friday, June 20, 2025 · 3 letters

• Bit of wit

  New York Times · Friday, November 29, 2024 · 3 letters

• "My Zoom joke flopped … I guess it's not remotely funny," e.g.

  New York Times · Monday, October 28, 2024 · 3 letters

• Many a dad joke

  New York Times · Sunday, July 14, 2024 · 3 letters

• "The lowest form of humor — when you don't think of it first," per Oscar Levant

  New York Times · Wednesday, January 4, 2023 · 3 letters

• Wordplay joke

  New York Times · Monday, February 8, 2021 · 3 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 21-Down Commuter group
• 22-Across 1968 million-selling country album
• 23-Across Projection on a shoe to prevent slipping
• 24-Down Poet Walter de _____
• 25-Across J.F.K. posting
• 27-Across First name in spydom
• 27-Down Year in Henry VII's reign
• 28-Across Heel
• 28-Down Keyboard instrument
• 29-Down Altdorf is its capital
• 30-Across Excise surgically
• 31-Down Discordia's Greek counterpart