Reaction to a pun
The crossword clue "Reaction to a pun" is answered by GROAN, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
GROAN
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Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GROAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by GROAN, most used first.
- Response to a bad pun - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Pun reaction - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Moan and __ (complain) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Pun response - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- React to a bad pun - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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- Allergic reaction - HIVES, used 13 times
- Pained reaction - WINCE, used 10 times
- Hard to get a reaction out of - INERT, used 8 times
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