Bit of wordplay in a crossword puzzle, maybe Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a humorous play on words
(verb)
1. make a play on words

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WORDPLAY (noun)
1. a humorous play on words
PUZZLE (verb)
1. be a mystery or bewildering to
2. be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
PUZZLE (noun)
1. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
2. a game that tests your ingenuity

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (6/20/2025) Answers

Across

1. "Oh! Well, I guess now we know"

16. London theater with a special box for the king and queen

17. Phrase used to encourage participation in an election

18. "Just a ___!" ("I need a moment!")

19. Some busy hosp. wings

20. Welsh herding dogs with squat bodies

21. Baby toy that could be used as a percussion instrument

24. Round-bottomed cooking pans

25. ___ and cons

26. "How art ___ out of breath when ___ hast breath to say to me that ___ art out of breath?": Juliet

27. Director Spike

30. "Star Wars" robot who's friends with C-3PO, familiarly

32. Central idea

34. Wander

35. Spare change, e.g.

36. Ones enforcing the rules on an online forum, for short

37. "Dumb" alternative to an Android, say

39. Colorful summer flower

40. Suffix in many English last names

41. Monthly payment to a landlord

42. What you might purchase at the same time as a packet of hot dogs

43. Prejudice

44. Pastry that might have a cream cheese filling

46. Part of a car's audio system, perhaps

49. Simple luck-based card game

50. "___, ___ hooray!"

52. "Ignore the critics," in modern lingo

56. Very close, as a couple

57. "Rumor has it ..."

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Down

1. Three, in Spanish

2. Float above the ground

3. "Yes, sir!," on a ship

4. Black gooey stuff

5. Gymnast Raisman

6. "The Color Purple" and "The Scarlet Letter"

7. Reproductive cell on a fungus

8. Dampens

9. "Before," to a poet

10. Animals sometimes called "masked bandits" or "trash pandas"

11. Agitated, à la Elvis Presley

12. Guided parts of museum visits

13. Like juries in a deadlock

14. Sparkling Italian wine

15. "___ of the d'Urbervilles" (Thomas Hardy novel)

22. Walk heavily

23. 'Also . . .'

24. Say "But Mo-o-o-om …," say

26. Contaminate

27. Bigger half, in an idiom

28. Finishes

29. Alternative to Amazon Handmade

30. Sounds from a dog park

31. Caramel-filled chocolate

32. Jupiter has 95 of them (more than any other planet)

33. Muscat resident

35. Sneaks closer to home plate, to a baseball announcer

38. Before

42. ___ and Noble (bookstore)

43. Step in a smoothie recipe

44. "Inferno" author

45. "I want another card," in blackjack

46. Puppy ___ (snack also called "muddy buddies")

47. Paul of "Swiss Army Man"

48. Step in a risotto recipe

49. "Holy cow!," in a modern spelling

51. Annoying sibling, perhaps

53. London clock setting, in brief

54. Lawyer (Abbr.)

55. Scarlett Johansson film whose title is a pronoun

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