| 2025-12-29 | What a punch line may end |
| 2024-08-08 | Part of a routine |
| 2023-01-09 | "A guy walks into a bar …" may start one |
| 2022-11-30 | A shaggy dog story is a long one |
| 2022-09-06 | "Is this some kind of twisted ___?" |
| 2022-08-24 | "Practical" thing |
| 2022-05-09 | Cause of a laugh |
| 2020-09-03 | "What a ___!" |
| 2019-11-08 | Ha-ha |
| 2018-02-02 | Complete embarrassment |
| 2017-06-15 | *Bit of blue humor |
| 2016-07-11 | Ha-ha elicitor |
| 2016-06-09 | Ridiculously inadequate sort |
| 2016-03-16 | Laughing matter |
| 2015-08-31 | Rib-tickler |
| 2015-05-24 | One-liner, e.g. |
| 2015-03-23 | One might start "Knock knock ..." |
| 2013-11-02 | It's bad when nobody gets it |
| 2012-12-07 | Routine part |
| 2012-03-16 | Part of a routine |
| 2011-11-03 | A good one is cracked |
| 2010-12-30 | One may be running over time |
| 2009-02-26 | Toastmaster's offering |
| 2009-01-03 | Cause for winking |
| 2007-04-22 | It may start with someone entering a bar |
| 2006-05-02 | It's best when cracked |
| 2005-08-02 | Word that may follow the start of 20-, 25-, 44- or 50-Across |
| 2005-06-15 | Friars Club offering |
| 2004-10-04 | Wisecrack |
| 2003-12-31 | It may begin with a buildup |
| 2002-01-12 | Funny |
| 2000-04-04 | One-liner, e.g. |
| 1997-11-29 | Crack |
| 1997-09-30 | Speechmaker's opening |
| 1994-11-29 | One-liner |