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| Letters | Answer | Clue | ||
| 97% | 3 | Exact Match! | ||
noun • a humorous play on words verb • make a play on words | ||||
| 30% | 7 | Indian having inoculation against paronomasia, one concludes | ||
noun • a member of the people of Pakistan and Punjab • the Indic language spoken by people in Pakistan and Punjab | ||||
| 30% | 7 | From legal nuance to pun or paronomasia, today’s meaning of the word ranges from carp and cavil triflingly to nit-pick to the point of absurdity | ||
noun • an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections verb • evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections • argue over petty things | ||||
Paronomasia
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PUN which was last seen in the New York Times NYT crossword.
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PUN
Updated: October 10, 2023
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| Source | #Number | Answer |
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| New York Times09 Jun 1989 | Across 34 | |
| New York Times18 Jul 1980 | Down 4 | |
| New York Times12 Apr 1978 | Down 58 | |
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