Kind of joke … or a response to a really bad one Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Kind of joke … or a response to a really bad one” from the New York Times crossword of July 6, 2025? It has 3 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, JULY 6, 2025
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GAG is the answer to “Kind of joke … or a response to a really bad one”. It means to stop up the mouth.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To stop up the mouth.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: AGG.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Practical joke”.
More clues from the New York Times (July 6, 2025)
Across
- 1. Philosopher who wrote "The bureaucracy is a circle from which no one can escape"4 letters, starts with MMARX
- 5. So4 letters, starts with EERGO
- 9. ___ folder4 letters, starts with SSPAM
- 13. Sphinx site4 letters, starts with GGIZA
- 17. Prevailing fashion5 letters, starts with VVOGUE
- 18. Cranked up to 11, say4 letters, starts with LLOUD
- 19. Italian seasoning4 letters, starts with PPEPE
- 20. Manga's film counterpart5 letters, starts with AANIME
- 22. Its freedom is granted in the First Amendment5 letters, starts with PPRESS
- 23. Pitchfork-shaped letters4 letters, starts with PPSIS
- 24. Ward (off)4 letters, starts with FFEND
- 25. Predator with a big mouth, informally5 letters, starts with GGATOR
- 26. Meeting, for short4 letters, starts with SSESH
- 27. Post4 letters, starts with MMAIL
- 28. Princess portrayed by Carrie Fisher4 letters, starts with LLEIA
- 30. Send from bank to bank4 letters, starts with WWIRE
- 31. Is completely oblivious … or a hint to finding the fourth key letter in this puzzle15 letters, starts with DDOESNTHAVEACLUE
- 37. Depleted, as savings7 letters, starts with AATEINTO
- 40. Hauled5 letters, starts with TTOTED
- 41. Dishonorable7 letters, starts with IIGNOBLE
- 45. Moolah6 letters, starts with DDINERO
- 46. Lover of Shakespeare5 letters, starts with RROMEO
- 47. Bruce Wayne's butler6 letters, starts with AALFRED
- 48. Subj. of arms talks3 letters, starts with WWMD
- 49. Mario's dinosaur sidekick5 letters, starts with YYOSHI
- 52. "I wish I could ___ that!"5 letters, starts with UUNSEE
- 55. Fruit picker of old3 letters, starts with EEVE
- 56. Make amends (for)5 letters, starts with AATONE
- 58. Credit card checkout option3 letters, starts with TTAP
- 59. ___ particle3 letters, starts with TTAU
- 60. Word with bullet or toilet5 letters, starts with TTRAIN
- 62. Tennis's Nadal, to fans4 letters, starts with RRAFA
- 63. Japanese honorific3 letters, starts with SSAN
- 64. Deg. with courses on accounting and management3 letters, starts with MMBA
- 66. Squeaks (by)4 letters, starts with EEKES
- 67. Channel with the onetime motto "On Cable. In Stereo"3 letters, starts with MMTV
- 68. "___ be a shame ..."3 letters, starts with IITD
- 70. Liberty Mutual's bird mascot3 letters, starts with EEMU
- 71. Physique, informally3 letters, starts with BBOD
- 72. Trickster of Greek myth6 letters, starts with HHERMES
- 74. Closest world capital to Miami6 letters, starts with NNASSAU
- 76. –3 letters, starts with TTEE
- 78. Remove from power4 letters, starts with OOUST
- 79. Museo display4 letters, starts with AARTE
- 80. ___ Mahal3 letters, starts with TTAJ
- 83. Bobby of the Boston Bruins3 letters, starts with OORR
- 84. ___ mater4 letters, starts with AALMA
- 85. Muck4 letters, starts with MMIRE
- 86. Place appropriately found in "gets pampered"3 letters, starts with SSPA
- 87. Philosopher's "way"3 letters, starts with TTAO
- 88. Personal appearance4 letters, starts with MMIEN
- 89. Children's author Blyton4 letters, starts with EENID
- 90. M&M color replaced by blue in 19953 letters, starts with TTAN
- 91. "Stat!"4 letters, starts with AASAP
- 93. "The Little Mermaid" hit … or a phonetic hint to finding the third key letter in this puzzle11 letters, starts with UUNDERTHESEA
- 99. Fir coat?4 letters, starts with BBARK
- 100. Preceded, with "to"5 letters, starts with LLEDUP
- 102. Element in strobe lights5 letters, starts with XXENON
- 103. Like witches and gourds5 letters, starts with WWARTY
- 104. Cone's partner3 letters, starts with RROD
- 106. It often comes out at night7 letters, starts with DDENTURE
- 108. Was out of sight3 letters, starts with HHID
- 109. Kids' ball game played on a court … or a hint to finding the second key letter in this puzzle10 letters, starts with FFOURSQUARE
- 113. Famed street in Beverly Hills10 letters, starts with RRODEODRIVE
- 118. Become discouraged9 letters, starts with LLOSEHEART
- 119. One taking the words right out of your mouth?9 letters, starts with LLIPREADER
- 120. Mimicked4 letters, starts with AAPED
- 121. Odd pair?4 letters, starts with DDEES
- 122. Low-fat4 letters, starts with LLEAN
- 123. Purchases from florists4 letters, starts with PPOTS
Down
- 1. Toddler's demand4 letters, starts with MMORE
- 2. Board game recommendation4 letters, starts with AAGES
- 3. "Midnight's Children" author, 19817 letters, starts with RRUSHDIE
- 4. Spot markers3 letters, starts with XXES
- 5. Only major Texas city not in the Central time zone6 letters, starts with EELPASO
- 6. Substance that's used by cellists and gymnasts5 letters, starts with RROSIN
- 7. Journey in which you might carry quite a load?9 letters, starts with GGUILTTRIP
- 8. Has too much, for short3 letters, starts with OODS
- 9. Beach bottle inits.3 letters, starts with SSPF
- 10. Burned rubber9 letters, starts with PPEELEDOUT
- 11. Breathing problem at night5 letters, starts with AAPNEA
- 12. Onetime wealthiest family in Europe6 letters, starts with MMEDICI
- 13. Kind of joke … or a response to a really bad one3 letters, starts with GGAG
- 14. Revering7 letters, starts with IINAWEOF
- 15. Rigatoni relative4 letters, starts with ZZITI
- 16. Cupid's domain4 letters, starts with AAMOR
- 17. Number twos, in brief3 letters, starts with VVPS
- 21. Before, poetically3 letters, starts with EERE
- 27. Famous movement (and hashtag) of the late 2010s5 letters, starts with MMETOO
- 29. Unwanted growth in fish tanks5 letters, starts with AALGAE
- 32. Typical patty melt specification5 letters, starts with OONRYE
- 33. With "boo," it evokes sadness – with "woo," it evokes happiness3 letters, starts with HHOO
- 34. Put a PIN in it3 letters, starts with AATM
- 35. Flock formation3 letters, starts with VVEE
- 36. Awaiting renters5 letters, starts with UUNLET
- 37. Battle between Verizon and AT&T, e.g.5 letters, starts with AADWAR
- 38. Popular chocolate biscuit from Down Under6 letters, starts with TTIMTAM
- 39. Final stop … or a hint to finding the first key letter in this puzzle12 letters, starts with EENDOFTHEROAD
- 42. Person everyone's talking about … or what you'll be after unlocking the lock and completing this puzzle?12 letters, starts with BBREAKOUTSTAR
- 43. Imposed, as a fine6 letters, starts with LLEVIED
- 44. Wonderlands5 letters, starts with EEDENS
- 50. Washington and Franklin, e.g.9 letters, starts with SSTATESMEN
- 51. Breaking maneuver9 letters, starts with HHANDSTAND
- 53. Tattle9 letters, starts with NNAMENAMES
- 54. Hero … or where to find many naval heroes9 letters, starts with SSUBMARINE
- 57. Place for a pew4 letters, starts with NNAVE
- 61. Country music star with 24 #1 singles and an eponymous sitcom4 letters, starts with RREBA
- 63. Star of Marvel's first film with an Asian-led cast7 letters, starts with SSIMULIU
- 65. Where "the hills are alive" in song7 letters, starts with AAUSTRIA
- 69. [Insert key here]4 letters, starts with EEXIT
- 73. Make calls on one's cellphone abroad4 letters, starts with RROAM
- 75. Bit of chia or hemp4 letters, starts with SSEED
- 76. Add up to5 letters, starts with TTOTAL
- 77. Wipe, as from memory5 letters, starts with EERASE
- 81. Split up5 letters, starts with AAPART
- 82. Of extremely unreliable quality, in slang5 letters, starts with JJANKY
- 92. Ran smoothly, as an engine6 letters, starts with PPURRED
- 94. Applies, as influence6 letters, starts with EEXERTS
- 95. Painter Magritte4 letters, starts with RRENE
- 96. Big boomer, for short3 letters, starts with TTNT
- 97. Word after "man of the" or "top of the"4 letters, starts with HHOUR
- 98. Sign up6 letters, starts with EENROLL
- 99. Negative reputation, informally6 letters, starts with BBADRAP
- 101. Ritzy4 letters, starts with PPOSH
- 103. ___-eyed4 letters, starts with WWIDE
- 105. Gave a red card, informally4 letters, starts with DDQED
- 106. Alternative to truth4 letters, starts with DDARE
- 107. Actress Falco of "The Sopranos"4 letters, starts with EEDIE
- 108. Sousaphone, e.g.4 letters, starts with HHORN
- 109. State for snowbirds: Abbr.3 letters, starts with FFLA
- 110. Alley ___3 letters, starts with OOOP
- 111. Function3 letters, starts with UUSE
- 112. Home of the world's tallest bldg.3 letters, starts with UUAE
- 114. Org. concerned with ozone depletion3 letters, starts with EEPA
- 115. Words in front of a minister or a judge3 letters, starts with IIDO
- 116. Cat scanner?3 letters, starts with VVET
- 117. CPR sites3 letters, starts with EERS
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Questions
What is the answer to “Kind of joke … or a response to a really bad one”?
GAG, 3 letters: to stop up the mouth.
When was “Kind of joke … or a response to a really bad one” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of July 6, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
3 letters, starting with G.