Funny in a subtle way
The crossword clue "Funny in a subtle way" is answered by DRY, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
DRY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRY answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DRY
Every other clue in this collection answered by DRY, most used first.
- Parched - used 131 times, most recently in 2026
- Like some martinis - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Arid - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Thirsty - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Help with the dishes - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Like some humor - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Towel off - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Alcohol-free - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Uninteresting - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Lacking moisture - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- No longer damp - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Use a towel - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Unbuttered, as toast - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Like some wines - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Prohibitionist - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
- Unbuttered - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Liquor-free - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Saharan - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Dishwasher cycle - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Like deadpan humor - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Not sweet, as wine - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Not wet - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Desertlike - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Desiccate - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- ___-erase board - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Martini order - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Moistureless - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- On the wagon - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Empty, as a well - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Like a desert - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Like some wine - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Like the Sahara - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Low in humidity - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Not sweet - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- By way of - VIA, used 728 times
- Eastern "way" - TAO, used 173 times
- "Way cool!" - RAD, used 107 times
- Chinese "way" - TAO, used 94 times
- "In what way?" - HOW, used 93 times
- Showed the way - LED, used 93 times
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