Witticism.
The crossword clue "Witticism." is answered by PUN, a 3-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1995; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PUN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PUN answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1995; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PUN
Every other clue in this collection answered by PUN, most used first.
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