Setting for many a joke

The answer

BAR

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BAR answer page.

Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for BAR

Every other clue in this collection answered by BAR, most used first.

• Tavern - used 145 times, most recently in 2026
• Saloon - used 90 times, most recently in 2025
• Watering hole - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
• Keep out - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Soap unit - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Prohibit - used 45 times, most recently in 2021
• "Cheers" setting - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Butter unit - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Exclude - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Slot machine symbol - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Ingot - used 23 times, most recently in 2011
• Happy hour venue - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Hotel feature - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Happy hour locale - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Prevent - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Forbid entry to - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Happy hour spot - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Rail - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Musical measure - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Pub - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Limbo need - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Setting for many jokes - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Block - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Forbid - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Lush surroundings? - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Cake of soap - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Spot for a shot - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Tribunal. - used 11 times, most recently in 1984
• Counter. - used 10 times, most recently in 1970
• Happy hour hangout - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Legal profession - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Mixologist's workplace - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Trivia night locale - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Block of soap - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Limbo obstacle - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Milky Way unit - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Shut out - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• You might have a shot at it - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Candy purchase - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Grill's partner - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Sot's spot - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Chocolate unit - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Estop - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Gold unit - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Grill partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Impediment - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
• Kind of code - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• __ none; without exception - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Rule out - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Shot spot - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Taproom - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Cheers, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Common joke setting - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Groggery - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• High jump need - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Place to get a drink - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Setting of many jokes - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Stand in the way - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Watering hole, so to speak - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• For each - PER, used 391 times
• "For shame!" - TSK, used 208 times
• Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
• Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
• "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
• Not many - FEW, used 155 times

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