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COMIC

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COMIC answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• STANDUPCOMIC (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for COMIC

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

• Humorous - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Stand-up performer - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Funny - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Stand-up guy? - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Stand-up kind of guy? - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Amusing - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Improv performer - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Kind of relief - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Laughable - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Nightclub performer - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Open mic performer, often - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Practical joke - PRANK, used 64 times
• As a joke - INFUN, used 22 times
• Ancient fable teller - AESOP, used 15 times
• Professional parker - VALET, used 9 times
• Joke around with - TEASE, used 8 times
• Chaucer tale teller - REEVE, used 7 times

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