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

• 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

• Many a groan inducer

  New York Times · Tuesday, December 29, 2020 · 3 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 35-Across Loose items in a purse, perhaps
• 35-Down Moves slightly closer, as a baseball fielder
• 36-Across Reddit rule enforcers
• 37-Across Retro means of communication
• 38-Down Preceding
• 39-Across Variety of violet
• 40-Across Jaden Smith, to Will Smith
• 41-Across Torn
• 42-Across Hairstyles that can be "messy"
• 42-Down Big name in bookstores
• 43-Across Leaning
• 43-Down Coffee roaster's creation