Knock-knock joke, essentially 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

• 26-Across Shot
• 27-Across Former capital of Nicaragua
• 28-Across Novelist Rand
• 29-Across Luna's counterpart
• 30-Down Agatha Christie's "N___?"
• 32-Across Protrude, in a way
• 32-Down Present
• 33-Down Sony co-founder Morita
• 34-Across Connective tissues
• 34-Down Three-time Masters winner
• 35-Down Subject of Cyaxares
• 36-Across View along the highway (italicized)