Running gag Crossword Clue

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Running gag Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. an indefinitely short time
2. a small fragment

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

RUNNING (noun)
1. the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
2. the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
RUNNING (adjective)
1. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
2. measured lengthwise
GAG (verb)
1. prevent from speaking out
2. make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
GAG (noun)
1. restraint put into a person’s mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
2. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

More New Yorker Crossword (3/10/2026) Answers

Across

1. Deplete

6. Honey substitute

10. That guy?

13. Many a Tonys performance

15. Similar to

16. Big hullabaloo

17. Perspective examined by feminist film theorists

19. Actress Goth of Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein”

20. Nineteenth-century pharmacist Lilly

21. Feel remorse about

22. Rodríguez who stars in “Will Trent”

24. Something to chew on

29. Thwack

30. Like some municipal races

32. Flamboyance : flamingos :: gaggle : ___

35. ___ Golf (Saudi-backed sports tour whose name is fifty-four in Roman numerals)

36. Boarding area at an airport

37. Quad bike, e.g.

38. Like some fashionable pants . . . or what can be found in four of this puzzle’s entries

43. Put away

45. Prom-goer’s rental, for short

46. Adidas alternative

48. Rhyming beverage

50. Sleeveless top, familiarly

52. Playground fixture

55. Lacklustre

56. Office PC connection

57. Hype up

60. Brest buddy

61. Krypton or xenon, for example

66. Keynote speaker at a corporate event, often

67. Valley

68. Defeats decisively

69. TV channel for retail enthusiasts

70. Abbr. on a memo

71. Get by with little effort

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Down

1. “We should chat on Insta”

2. Bona fide

3. Think quickly onstage

4. Under the weather

5. Word in an alumni newsletter, perhaps

6. Something that may be everything

7. Anne Brontë, ___ Acton Bell

8. URL ending that suggests commercial use

9. Quantity that can be measured in calories

10. Early code developer?

11. Difficult to translate, in a way

12. Sound of pleasure or distress

14. ___ mate (steeped South American drink)

18. “This doesn’t look good”

23. Astonished

25. Naval letters

26. Biffed (it)

27. Name that’s a citrus backward

28. Architectural overhang

31. "It's a date!"

32. Express astonishment

33. “At Last” singer

34. Subject of the 1925 Scopes “monkey trial”

35. DC Comics villain Luthor

39. "___ only take a minute"

40. One-on-one contest

41. Getting the ___ back together

44. Departed

47. Firmament

49. List of action items

50. Duck that lends its name to a blue-green color

51. “___ Grey” (début novel by Anne Brontë)

53. Pompeo of Greys Anatomy

54. Hot stuff in the underground scene?

55. ___ 1 (speed of sound)

58. Google app with a pin icon

59. 'Hey! Over here!'

62. Grain in an açai bowl

63. Sandwich with strips, leaves, and slices

64. “Jesus, ___” (2002 Wilco song)

65. Gunk

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