Waggish Crossword Clue

Other answers seen for this clue

• JOCOSE6 letters

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  Appeared in 2 New York Times Crosswords between January 1998 and May 2006.
• WITTY5 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Thursday, July 14, 2005.
• JOCULAR7 letters

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  Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Thursday, January 14, 1999.

• Like some humor that's more likely to elicit a chuckle than a guffaw

  New York Times · Saturday, March 28, 2026 · 5 letters

• *Risky endeavor, idiomatically

  New York Times · Thursday, October 16, 2025 · 5 letters

• "His ___ little mouth was drawn up like a bow" (line from "A Visit From St. Nicholas")

  New York Times · Saturday, July 1, 2023 · 5 letters

• Wryly comical

  New York Times · Sunday, February 5, 2023 · 5 letters

• Like some "Monty Python" humor

  New York Times · Saturday, January 22, 2022 · 5 letters

• Wryly humorous

  New York Times · Tuesday, August 31, 2021 · 5 letters

• Whimsically witty

  New York Times · Wednesday, June 26, 2019 · 5 letters

• Like some humor

  New York Times · Tuesday, November 15, 2016 · 5 letters

• Like Ogden Nash's verse

  New York Times · Wednesday, April 30, 2014 · 5 letters

• Like wags

  New York Times · Saturday, August 4, 2012 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 1-Across One who makes a living from fish
• 1-Down 100 bones
• 2-Down Act constructively from contrition
• 3-Down Wife-carrying in Finland and cheese-rolling in England
• 5-Down Spot for a sweat
• 6-Down "God willing!"
• 7-Down Ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen's status, repeatedly, in "Catch-22"
• 8-Down Takes off-road?
• 9-Down Money in Reykjavík
• 10-Across Taxing, as a test
• 10-Down Throws spray, in surfer lingo
• 11-Down Band