| Close to rearing horse in protest |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Nov 2025 |
| Sound of displeasure |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2025 |
| Sound made in response to pain or a bad joke |
The Telegraph Mini |
23 Oct 2025 |
| Rhyming partner of moan |
New York Times Mini |
10 Oct 2025 |
| Swollen, it's said, producing bellyache |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Sep 2025 |
| React to a bad joke |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Low sound increased aurally (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
19 Jul 2025 |
| Grunt's counterpart |
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| Unhappy sound proceeding from organ (5) |
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| Moan in pain, eg |
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| Complain, moan %26 ... |
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| Probable response to the joke "What do you call a pig that's lying down? Ground pork!" |
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| Moan and ___ (complain a lot) |
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| Reaction to a corny joke |
LA Times Mini |
02 Jun 2025 |
| A disapproving noise has developed, one hears (5) |
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| To moan as a complaint |
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| Complaint initially gives Richard Osman anxious nights |
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| Be overburdened |
Newsday |
10 May 2025 |
| Response to a dad joke |
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| Matriarch imbibes fourth of Famous Grouse (5) |
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| Reaction to many a dad joke |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Apr 2025 |
| Hint of exasperation adult expressed |
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| Response to a bad pun |
Commuter |
27 Mar 2025 |
| [Here we go again] |
New York Times |
22 Mar 2025 |
| Reaction to an awful pun |
New York Times Mini |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Low sound, developed sound (5) |
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| Creak |
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| Adult expressed hint of exasperation |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Relative will eat nothing and grumble |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Feb 2025 |
| A NO from the king and a deep moan is heard (5) |
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| Complaint of a little old lady who has nothing (5) |
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| "Music" to a punster's ears |
LA Times Mini |
02 Feb 2025 |
| Grumble or moan, informally (5) |
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| Express suffering |
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| No! A king has a way of letting you know he's suffering |
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| Sound of distress when girl's first put on horse |
|
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| Response to bad pun mature we hear? |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Creak loudly |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Dec 2024 |
| [That pun was terrible!] |
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| Sound of derision from Greek - loan not initiated |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
07 Dec 2024 |
| Complaint |
Mirror Tea Time |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Organisation backed an objection (5) |
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| Pained sound coming from organ (5) |
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| Complaint caused by diseased organ (5) |
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| Pained sound that could be got from a church instrument (5) |
|
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| Grumble, commonly (5) |
|
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| Deep sound expressing pain (5) |
|
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| Pun response |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Oct 2024 |
| Cry when an organ's out of order (5) |
|
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| Instability in an organ will cause a complaint (5) |
|
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| Express pain |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Oct 2024 |
| Unhappy sound from organ (5) |
|
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| Adult heard sound of pain (5) |
|
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| Titus ___, Mervyn Peake novel (5) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Sep 2024 |
| Sound of a maladjusted organ? |
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| Sound of pain or anguish (5) |
|
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| A pained sound issuing from the organ (5) |
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| Developed plant, perhaps, but sounding like a grumble! (5) |
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| Unhappy sound got bigger, as heard (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Unhappy sound got bigger, as heard (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
25 Aug 2024 |
| 61-Across and ___ (complain) |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2024 |
| A bad pun can induce one |
Universal |
23 Jul 2024 |
| Sigh loudly |
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| Low sound of pain (5) |
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| What to do when an organ is out of order |
|
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| Sigh with pain (5) |
|
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| Low sound of distress or disapproval (5) |
|
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| Pained noise from horse briefly stopping Grand National |
|
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| Sound produced by damaged organ? (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
28 May 2024 |
| Grumble at organ arrangement (5) |
|
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| Deep moan |
|
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| Creaking noise |
|
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| Sound of distress from good horse |
|
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| Titus ___, first in Mervyn Peake's trilogy of novels (5) |
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| 11 down from the organ (5) |
|
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| Grumble, complaint (5) |
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| Must you make that miserable noise when you go to the navy? |
|
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| Evince annoyance |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2024 |
| Express disapproval of organ transplantation |
|
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| Moan and ____ |
|
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| Reaction to bad news or bad jokes |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Mar 2024 |
| Classic reaction to a pun |
USA Today |
18 Mar 2024 |
| No! A king gives this sound when suffering |
|
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| Protest disc covered by pop producer? |
|
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| 1 sound of ecstasy or pain, aggro, anger inside (5) |
|
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| Pun response |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Moan in pain |
|
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| Punster's preferred reaction |
|
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| Mum's mum having nothing to eat: complain (5) |
|
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| [But I don't wanna do my homework!] |
LA Times Daily |
24 Nov 2023 |
| Complaint of old lady needing to inhale oxygen |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Nov 2023 |
| Pained sigh |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Aug 2023 |
| Moan and __ (complain) |
Newsday |
09 Aug 2023 |
| Pun product, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jul 2023 |
| Moan, grumble |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Oct 2022 |
| Reaction to a bad pun |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Pretend to be a ghost |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Aug 2022 |
| Response to a bad pun |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2022 |
| Moan and ___ |
Family Time |
28 Mar 2022 |
| Let everyone know you're in pain |
Family Time |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Haunted house sound |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Oct 2021 |
| ''Aw, Mom!'' intonation |
Newsday |
24 Sep 2021 |
| Response to a bad pun |
Universal |
09 Sep 2021 |
| (That was corny!) |
Universal |
09 May 2021 |
| Pained sound |
New York Times |
04 Apr 2021 |
| Creak loudly; complain |
The Times Concise |
02 Apr 2021 |
| Response to bad pun mature we hear? |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Mar 2021 |
| Creak loudly |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Mar 2021 |
| Moan's partner |
|
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| Reaction to an awful pun |
Premier Sunday |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Noise of complaint increased in the auditorium |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Oct 2020 |
| [Not again!] |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2020 |
| Moan and __ |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2020 |
| Response to a bad joke |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Mar 2020 |
| Frequent response to a dad joke |
Universal |
28 Mar 2020 |
| Nasty noise increased for listeners … |
|
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| Pun response |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Mar 2020 |
| Response to a computer crash |
New York Times |
19 Feb 2020 |
| Pained utterance |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Complain when love concealed by relative |
|
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| React to a dad joke |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Nov 2019 |
| "Do I have to?" sound |
Universal |
26 Oct 2019 |
| Sound of distress |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2019 |
| See 18 Down |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Sep 2019 |
| Swollen, we hear, producing bellyache |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Aug 2019 |
| Complaint filled out orally |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Jul 2019 |
| Moan and __ (complain) |
Newsday |
01 Jul 2019 |
| Express exasperation when elderly relative pinches ring |
|
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| Complaint |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jun 2019 |
| Ruling family in Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Preceder of 'Do I have to?' |
New York Times |
27 Jan 2019 |
| "Do I have to?" sound |
|
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| Preceder of "Do I have to?" |
|
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| Moan aloud |
|
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| Indian rebel leader held during protest |
|
|
| React to a bad pun |
Universal |
22 Nov 2018 |
| Reaction to a 'dad joke' |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2018 |
| A pun can induce one |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2018 |
| Pained sound |
Jonesin |
28 Aug 2018 |
| Bad pun response |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jul 2018 |
| [Ugh, not this again!] |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2018 |
| "Aw, mom!" utterance |
Universal |
14 Mar 2018 |
| Express stress, in a way |
New York Times |
09 Mar 2018 |
| Reaction to bad news |
|
|
| Sound of pain or despair |
The Times Concise |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Bellyache |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Feb 2018 |
| Response to a bad pun |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Feb 2018 |
| Punster's reward? |
LA Times Daily |
10 Feb 2018 |
| Punster's reward? |
The Washington Post |
10 Feb 2018 |
| Express dismay as relative has nothing to eat |
|
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| Express stress, in a way |
|
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| Punster's reward? |
|
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| React to a bad pun |
|
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| A pun can induce one |
|
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| Bad pun response |
|
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| Reaction to a "dad joke" |
|
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| [Ugh, not this again!] |
|
|
| Response to a bad pun |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2017 |
| Sound of pain |
Universal |
14 Jun 2017 |
| Reaction to pain |
Canadiana |
29 May 2017 |
| 'Do I have to?' accompaniment, say |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
05 May 2017 |
| Moan, grumble |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Mar 2017 |
| Reaction to a pun |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jan 2017 |
| Sound of pain |
|
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| "Do I have to?" accompaniment, say |
|
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| Response to a bad pun |
|
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| Partner of moan |
Family Time |
19 Dec 2016 |
| Show displeasure |
Newsday |
11 Nov 2016 |
| Reaction to a bad pun |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2016 |
| Reveal that one's in pain |
Universal |
10 Oct 2016 |
| Pop quiz reaction, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jun 2016 |
| Response to a stupid joke in new organ |
Irish Times Crosaire |
23 Jun 2016 |
| 'Oh, that's a horrible pun' reaction |
Jonesin |
21 Jun 2016 |
| Sound from a haunted house |
New York Times |
14 Apr 2016 |
| "Aw, mom!" sound |
LA Times Daily |
02 Apr 2016 |
| Moan and ___ |
Family Time |
13 Mar 2016 |
| Pop quiz reaction, perhaps |
|
|
| Complaint cultivated on the radio |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Dec 2015 |
| Sound of pain |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Dec 2015 |
| Adverse reaction to corn? |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Oct 2015 |
| Response to a weak joke |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2015 |
| Pained sound |
Universal |
24 Jul 2015 |
| Grumble's increased audibly |
|
|
| React to a pun |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 May 2015 |
| Playing organ may cause complaint |
|
|
| Complaint that's developed in one's hearing? |
|
|
| Music to a punster's ears |
Universal |
13 Mar 2015 |
| Complaint from groom, losing space for horse |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Mar 2015 |
| Good horse to audibly indicate distress |
|
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| Playing organ may cause complaint |
|
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| Pun reaction |
Universal |
03 Feb 2015 |
| Good horse beef |
|
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| Pun reaction |
|
|
| Pained sound |
|
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| Bad pun outcome |
|
|
| Adverse reaction to corn? |
|
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| Response to a weak joke |
|
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| Music to a punster's ears |
|
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| Sound displeased |
|
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| Pun reaction, often |
|
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| ["Oh no!"] |
|
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| Show annoyance |
|
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| Moan and __ |
|
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| Mournful cry |
|
|
| Pun follower, at times |
|
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| Reaction to bad news |
|
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| Sound unimpressed |
|
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| "Ouch!" relative, in response to a pun |
|
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| Pun reaction, maybe |
|
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| "Ouch!" relative, in response to a pun |
|
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| Response to "Clean your room," perhaps |
|
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| Response to a bad pun |
|
|
| Reaction to a pun, perhaps |
|
|
| [I've heard that one too often] |
|
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| Reaction to a pun, perhaps |
|
|
| [I've heard that one too often] |
|
|
| Sound of distress |
|
|
| Bad-joke response |
|
|
| Moan and __ (complain) |
|
|
| Reaction to a pun |
|
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| Complain |
|
|
| Response to a bad pun |
|
|
| Pun reaction |
|
|
| Punster's reward |
|
|
| Pun follower, at times |
|
|
| What a lame joke might elicit |
|
|
| Music to a punster's ears |
|
|
| Corny joke reaction |
|
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| Pun reaction |
|
|
| Haunted house sound |
|
|
| Corny joke reaction |
|
|
| Reaction to a pop quiz, often |
|
|
| [That's an old one!] |
|
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| Reaction to a bad joke |
|
|
| This might follow a bad pun |
|
|
| [That's an old one!] |
|
|
| Wordless "Ouch!" |
|
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| Pun product |
|
|
| Sound of pain |
|
|
| Pained sound |
|
|
| Show displeasure |
|
|
| Complain, so to speak |
|
|
| Pun reaction, perhaps |
|
|
| Reaction to a pun |
|
|
| Response to a bad pun |
|
|
| Pun reaction |
|
|
| Reaction to a pun, often |
|
|
| [Not more homework!] |
|
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| Painful sound |
|
|
| Reaction to a pun, perhaps |
|
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| Pun response, perhaps |
|
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| Pun response, perhaps |
|
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| Pun follower, often |
|
|
| Response to a weak joke |
|
|
| Reaction to "Take my wife, please!" |
|
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| Bad pun response |
|
|
| React to a bad pun |
|
|
| Mournful sound |
|
|
| Haunted house sound |
|
|
| Response to a weak joke, perhaps |
|
|
| Haunted house sound |
|
|
| React to an outrageous pun |
|
|
| It often follows a pun |
|
|
| Bad pun reaction |
|
|
| Response to a bad pun |
|
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| Bad pun reaction |
|
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| Moan partner |
|
|
| Pun reaction, perhaps |
|
|
| Reaction to bad news |
|
|
| Be overburdened |
|
|
| This might follow a bad pun |
|
|
| Pun reaction, maybe |
|
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| Pun reaction, perhaps |
|
|
| Sound of disappointment |
|
|
| [Man, this is heavy!] |
|
|
| Mournful sound |
|
|
| Reaction to a pun? |
|
|
| Punch line postlude, perhaps |
|
|
| [Oh, that's awful!] |
|
|
| Slave's response |
|
|
| Reaction to bad news |
|
|
| Today's reaction to "Take my wife, please!" |
|
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| Pun reaction |
|
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| Complain |
|
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| Painful sound |
|
|
| [Oh no!] |
|
|
| [Not that one again!] |
|
|
| Response to a pun |
|
|
| Grumble |
|
|
| More than a murmur |
|
|
| Frequent reaction to a pun |
|
|
| What full tables do |
|
|
| Pro-wrestling sound |
|
|
| Punster's evocation |
|
|
| Respond to a corny joke |
|
|
| Sound of grief |
|
|
| Painful sound |
|
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| Disappointed response |
|
|
| Sound of distress |
|
|
| Reaction to a bad pun |
|
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| Sound of dismay |
|
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| Sound of despair |
|
|
| Sound of anguish |
|
|
| Despairing sound |
|
|
| Sad sound. |
|
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| Sound of distress. |
|
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| Be loaded down. |
|
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| Moan. |
|
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| Deep sound |
|
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| The language of the "rasslers." |
|
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| Mournful sound. |
|
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| Plaintive sound. |
|
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| Sound of disappointment |
|
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| Painful cry. |
|
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| Emulate Bing Crosby. |
|
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| Agonized sound. |
|
|