| One with gags | 13 |
| One whose bag is gags | 21 |
| One applauded for a bit | 23 |
| Minsky attraction | 17 |
| Martin or Lewis | 15 |
| Many a late-night host | 22 |
| Like some timing | 16 |
| Like a harlequin | 16 |
| Laurel or Hardy | 15 |
| Laugh-inducing | 14 |
| Laugh-getter | 12 |
| Laugh provider | 14 |
| Late Martha Raye e.g. | 22 |
| King or Newhart | 15 |
| Kind of valentine | 17 |
| Kind of strip or opera | 22 |
| Kind of opera or strip | 22 |
| Jocose | 6 |
| Improv entertainer | 18 |
| Humorous or humorist | 20 |
| Hope or Youngman | 16 |
| Gagman | 6 |
| Funny performer | 15 |
| Eddie Murphy is one | 19 |
| Doer of stand-up | 16 |
| Dangerfield, e.g. | 17 |
| Club joke teller | 16 |
| Chris Rock or Ellen DeGeneres | 29 |
| Buddy Hackett | 13 |
| Book with drawings | 18 |
| "The Tonight Show" performer | 38 |
| "The Katzenjammer Kids," e.g. | 39 |
| "Pearls Before Swine," e.g. | 37 |
| "Nancy" or "Cathy" | 38 |
| "Luann" or "Blondie" | 40 |
| "Little Lulu," for one | 32 |
| "Dilbert," for one | 28 |
| "Dilbert," e.g. | 25 |
| "Cathy" or "Garfield" | 41 |
| "Cathy" or "Blondie" | 40 |
| "Cathy," for one | 26 |
| "Cathy," e.g. | 23 |
| ''Peanuts,'' e.g. | 33 |
| ''Cathy'' or ''Blondie,'' e.g. | 62 |
| ''Broom-Hilda,'' for example | 44 |
| Rich | 4 |
| Like Buster Keaton | 18 |
| Laugh-worthy | 12 |
| Like Judy Tenuta | 16 |
| Like a gag | 10 |
| Batman or Robin? | 16 |
| Kirby | 5 |
| Illustrator who does stand-up? | 30 |
| Broadway offering | 17 |
| "The Barber of Seville," e.g. | 39 |
| "The Mikado," e.g. | 28 |
| Rossini's "Cinderella," e.g. | 42 |
| Pergolesi's forte | 21 |
| Gilbert & Sullivan genre | 28 |
| Sunday reading | 14 |
| Sunday paper section | 20 |
| Sunday section | 14 |
| Funnies | 7 |
| Where one might see the sounds embedded in this puzzle's theme answers | 74 |
| Shtick figures | 14 |
| Improv experts | 14 |
| Funny papers | 12 |
| Funny pages | 11 |
| Daily page | 10 |
| Certain strips | 14 |
| "Funny sheets" | 24 |
| Pauly | 5 |
| "Peanuts," for one | 28 |
| Skelton junket is depicted in the funnies | 41 |
| Series of cartoons | 18 |
| Place for bubbles and balloons | 30 |
| Place for balloons | 18 |
| Peanuts' showcase | 21 |
| Funny-paper cartoon | 19 |
| Funny performance by an ecdysiast? | 34 |
| Funny newspaper feature | 23 |
| Excursion for Jerry Seinfeld or Chris Rock? | 43 |
| "Peanuts" or "Pearls Before Swine" | 54 |
| "FoxTrot" or "Dilbert" | 42 |
| "Blondie," for one | 28 |
| "B.C.," for one | 25 |
| 'Dilbert' or 'Garfield' | 39 |
| 'Blondie' or 'Beetle Bailey' | 44 |
| Sam and Dave's "Hold On! I'm ___" | 51 |
| Sam & Dave's "Hold On, I'm ___" | 53 |
| Mel Tormé's "___ Home Baby" | 44 |
| "The Campbells are ___ . . . " | 40 |
| "---' Thro' the Rye" | 38 |
| "--- Thro' the Rye" | 33 |
| "___ Thro' the Rye" | 33 |
| "___ Home Baby" (1962 Mel Tormé hit) | 49 |
| "__ Thro' the Rye" | 32 |
| Debut | 5 |
| Deb's activity | 18 |
| Losing it | 9 |