Tongue-in-cheek
The crossword clue "Tongue-in-cheek" is answered by WRY, a 3-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WRY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WRY answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SATIRIC (5 uses in xd)
- FACETIOUS (3 uses in xd)
- FACETIOUSLY (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for WRY
Every other clue in this collection answered by WRY, most used first.
- Sardonic - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Like some humor - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Twisted - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Dryly humorous - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Droll - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Ironic - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Ironically funny - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Crooked - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Dryly funny - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Twisted, as humor - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Distorted - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
- Ironically humorous - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Dryly amusing - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Not straight - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Like some smiles - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Bitterly amusing - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Kind of humor - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Like some grins - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Like some senses of humor - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Twistedly funny - 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.
- Tongue-clucking sound - TSK, used 28 times
- Thai tongue - LAO, used 20 times
- Seashell seller, in a tongue twister - SHE, used 16 times
- Asian tongue - LAO, used 12 times
- Tai tongue - LAO, used 9 times
- Speak with a forked tongue - LIE, used 7 times
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