| Clever lads initially have comic |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Performer with a red nose |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2025 |
| PlusWord No 1155 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
20 Jul 2025 |
| The title character of Stephen King's It takes the form of a ___. (5) |
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| Bozo or Krusty |
Commuter |
12 Jul 2025 |
| Comedian from Cavan drinking, depressed |
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| 150 possess it? What a laugh! (5) |
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| Entertainer with exaggerated make up and costume (5) |
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| Bozo or Krusty, e.g. (5) |
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| Pennywise, e.g. |
The Telegraph Plusword |
07 May 2025 |
| He's funny, as many will admit (5) |
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| Red-nosed joker |
Puzzler Backwords |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Buffoon (5) |
Puzzler |
18 Apr 2025 |
| A comic, but does he figure to be the proprietor? (5) |
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| A hundred and fifty admit to being Auguste (5) |
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| Foolish person |
The Telegraph Mini |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Circus buffoon (5) |
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| Chuckles or Bozo |
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| Cathy's ___, Everly Brothers song (5) |
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| Red-nosed circus character like Pennywise |
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| Krusty who appears in The Simpsons is this circus performer (5) |
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| Joker now going round class first (5) |
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| Joseph Grimaldi, e.g. |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Dec 2024 |
| Comic performer |
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| Somewhat melancholic, low - need a comedian? (5) |
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| Fool around with blue note |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Nov 2024 |
| Comical circus performer |
The Times Concise |
28 Oct 2024 |
| The profession of Krusty, Bozo and Joseph Grimaldi? (5) |
The Guardian Weekend |
26 Oct 2024 |
| Comic entertainer in a circus (5) |
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| Play the fool in chic low neckline (5) |
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| Circus performer with a red nose |
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| Cold miserable northern circus entertainer |
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| Painted circus fool (5) |
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| Circus performer of humble origin entering sides of cabin (5) |
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| Royal regalia item changing hands for a risible figure |
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| Performer making balloon animals |
USA Today |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Circus entertainer |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Performer gloomy in cold north |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Buffoon |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Jul 2024 |
| The Tears of a ___, Smokey Robinson hit (5) |
Puzzler |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Ridiculous fellow |
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| Circus entertainer |
Mirror Classic |
18 Jul 2024 |
| A funny circus entertainer (5) |
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| Comic of little value new, cents tops |
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| Circus comedian |
Mirror Tea Time |
16 Jun 2024 |
| A funny circus performer (5) |
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| Circus joker |
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| Base-hearted entertainer (5) |
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| *¡ |
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| Circus preformer |
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| Circus funny person (5) |
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| Cathy's _ (5) |
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| Class have joker (5) |
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| Performer depressed in cold north |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Mar 2024 |
| Circus entertainer |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Mar 2024 |
| The figures, you confess, in baggy pants can make you laugh (5) |
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| Circus fixture |
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| Circus comic (5) |
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| Downhearted jester! (5) |
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| Little bit won over by joker (5) |
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| He's a buffoon, and mean at heart (5) |
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| Hundred pounds possibly won by an entertainer |
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| Circus artist (5) |
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| With careful limits, individual top entertainer (5) |
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| Circus entertainer |
Mirror Classic |
01 Jan 2024 |
| Circus comedian |
LA Times Mini |
31 Dec 2023 |
| Fright wig wearer |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Dec 2023 |
| Peasant |
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| Incompetent monarch changing sides |
The Times Cryptic |
31 Oct 2023 |
| Circus entertainer |
The Times Concise |
23 Oct 2023 |
| Buffoon |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Performer who might drive an implausibly small car |
USA Today |
07 Jun 2023 |
| Comic title changing hands |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Apr 2023 |
| Jester |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Feb 2023 |
| Bozo, e.g |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Jan 2023 |
| Costume with a big red nose |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2023 |
| Rodeo or circus performer |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Dec 2022 |
| Conservative lied at first — now in trouble, the buffoon |
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| Conservative lied at first — now in trouble, the buffoon |
The Guardian Cryptic |
22 Nov 2022 |
| Star performer at a circus |
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| Stilt-sporting circus performer |
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| Grock or Grimaldi? |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Mar 2022 |
| Balloon-animal-making entertainer |
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| Circus comedian |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2022 |
| Birthday party entertainer or frightener |
Family Time |
10 Oct 2021 |
| Buffoon |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Aug 2021 |
| Circus entertainer |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 May 2021 |
| Fool sad in cold north |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 May 2021 |
| Made-up horn honker |
Newsday |
27 May 2021 |
| Circus entertainer |
Universal |
25 Dec 2020 |
| Circus character |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Nov 2020 |
| Class cutup |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2020 |
| Class cutup |
The Washington Post |
28 Sep 2020 |
| Performer depressed in cold north |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Sep 2020 |
| Comic entertainer |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Sep 2020 |
| Colorful circus performer |
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| Comic entertainer |
The Times Concise |
24 Jun 2020 |
| Joke with most of those in 27 across |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 Apr 2020 |
| Funny circus performer |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Performer who might be found funny or scary |
USA Today |
18 Apr 2020 |
| Is fooling around with one of those in 5 down |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 Oct 2019 |
| Class comedian |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2019 |
| Krusty, on 'The Simpsons' |
USA Today |
25 Aug 2019 |
| Head has left for run, the idiot |
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| Limits to comedian embracing depressed funny man |
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| Comic entertainer; fool |
The Times Concise |
01 Apr 2019 |
| Red-nosed circus charmer? |
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| First couple of clubs to admit entertainer |
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| Rodeo __ |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jan 2019 |
| Rodeo __ |
The Washington Post |
30 Jan 2019 |
| ___ car (circus vehicle) |
USA Today |
06 Jan 2019 |
| Krusty, on "The Simpsons" |
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| Rodeo __ |
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| ___ car (circus vehicle) |
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| Comical circus performer |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2018 |
| Colorful performer |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Nov 2018 |
| Circus performer |
Irish Times Simplex |
10 Oct 2018 |
| ___ Fish, colorful species seen in "Finding Nemo" |
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| Circus performer |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Class cutup |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2018 |
| Could be Coco Chanel on vacation getting personal |
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| Circus performer shows both sides of coin, depressed inside |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Mar 2018 |
| Clothes primarily large? Admit one could be in a big top |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Mar 2018 |
| Birthday party entertainer |
USA Today |
16 Feb 2018 |
| Circus entertainer |
The Times Concise |
12 Jan 2018 |
| Bozo, for one |
Canadiana |
08 Jan 2018 |
| Colorful performer |
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| Birthday party entertainer |
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| Scary figure in Stephen King's 'It' |
New York Times |
30 Nov 2017 |
| Pennywise, for one |
Jonesin |
08 Aug 2017 |
| Comedian calls Down missing lads |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 Jul 2017 |
| Clumsy fool |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 May 2017 |
| Scary figure in Stephen King's "It" |
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| One who's not serious |
LA Times Daily |
12 Nov 2016 |
| Krusty or Bozo |
USA Today |
03 Oct 2016 |
| Comedian, one whose heart is given over to depression |
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| Rodeo worker |
Newsday |
12 Jun 2016 |
| Cutup |
New York Times |
10 May 2016 |
| __ car (circus prop) |
Universal |
06 May 2016 |
| Circus performer |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2016 |
| Card player put in virtually double for joker |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Jan 2016 |
| Krusty or Bozo |
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| One who's not serious |
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| Fright wig wearer |
New York Times |
10 May 2015 |
| Kids' party performer |
LA Times Daily |
10 Mar 2015 |
| Bozo, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
18 Jan 2015 |
| Bozo, e.g. |
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| Fright wig wearer |
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| Kids' party performer |
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| Animated Krusty, for one |
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| Entertainer that scares some kids |
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| Ronald McDonald, for one |
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| Class __ |
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| Performer with a big mouth? |
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| Everly Brothers "Cathy's ___" |
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| Circus attraction |
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| Circus employee |
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| Rodeo performer |
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| Funny one |
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| Coulrophobe's bugaboo |
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| Cut-up |
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| Entertainer at a kid's birthday party |
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| Cut-up |
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| Jester |
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| Circus performer |
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| Entertainer at a kid's birthday party |
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| Pantomime performer at the circus |
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| Performer with a big mouth? |
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| Circus performer |
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| Circus comedian |
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| Pantomime performer at the circus |
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| Circus employee |
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| Circus employee |
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| Comical circus performer |
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| Animated Krusty |
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| Performer with a big mouth? |
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| One with big shoes to fill? |
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| Gaudy makeup wearer |
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| Rodeo staple |
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| Class ___ |
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| Kind of costume |
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| Joke (around) |
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| Circus regular |
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| Circus regular |
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| Bozo, famously |
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| See 79-Across |
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| Fool (around) |
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| Kind of costume |
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| Rodeo sight |
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| One in a fright wig |
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| Fool (around) |
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| Circus performer |
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| Circus employee |
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| "It" in "It" |
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| * :o) |
|
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| Funnyman on stilts |
|
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| Clarabell on "Howdy Doody" |
|
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| Bumpkin |
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| Bozo, e.g. |
|
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| Children's party performer |
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| Performer with a painted-on smile |
|
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| Circus performer |
|
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| Jester |
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| One with a smiley face? |
|
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| Ringling employee |
|
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| Grimaldi or Krusty |
|
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| Goof (around) |
|
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| Emmett Kelly persona |
|
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| Krusty, for one |
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| Bozo or Krusty |
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| Kind of costume |
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| Make faces, say |
|
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| Circus funnyman |
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| Buffoon |
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| Felix Adler, e.g. |
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| Jester |
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| Kiddy-party entertainer |
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| Pantaloonery expert |
|
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| Emmett Kelly was one |
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| Joker |
|
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| Emmett Kelly, for one |
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| Epithet for 7 Down |
|
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| Merry-andrew |
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| Circus feature. |
|
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| Yorick, for one. |
|
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| Funny fellow. |
|
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| Comedy performer. |
|
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| Emmett Kelly for instance. |
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| Madison Square performer. |
|
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| Comedy character. |
|
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| Gobbo, for one. |
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| Play the buffoon. |
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| Type of entertainer. |
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| Emmett Kelly, for instance. |
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| Circus feature |
|
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| Launcelot Gobbo. |
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| Droll fellow. |
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