| Bit of banter | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Gag | The Telegraph Quick | 17 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | What a comment might be made in | New York Times | 17 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Witty remark | New York Times | 24 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | It's not said seriously | New York Times | 23 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Quip | The Telegraph Quick | 21 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Witty remark | Wall Street Journal | 02 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Make a few jokes |  |  | 
          
            | Witty remark | Thomas Joseph | 22 May 2025 | 
          
            | Joke is fair when told in a posh voice |  |  | 
          
            | Witty remark | Thomas Joseph | 21 May 2025 | 
          
            | Joke around (rhymes with "lest") |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___!" | USA Today | 29 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Son entered plane for a bit of fun (4) |  |  | 
          
            | In Skopje starting pleasantry (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Joke cigars ultimately wrapped in black | The Times Quick Cryptic | 19 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Judge established for fun (4) |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___!" | Universal | 29 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | "Surely, you __!" | LA Times Daily | 12 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | For a bit of fun, start singing in plane |  |  | 
          
            | Witticism | The Sun Two Speed | 07 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Reportedly only a joke | The Sun Two Speed | 07 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Wisecrack made by fourth passenger in plane |  |  | 
          
            | Speak jokingly |  |  | 
          
            | Leg-pull | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 08 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Quip | LA Times Daily | 07 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Joke, good fun |  |  | 
          
            | Joke | Mirror Tea Time | 06 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Spirit first put in modern engine - it's a joke! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Is it just mispronounced to make people laugh? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | In ___, as a joke (4) | Puzzler | 27 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Aeroplane going round pole for a joke |  |  | 
          
            | Object of laughter |  |  | 
          
            | Joke around | Newsday | 30 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Crack jokes | New York Times | 30 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Judge linked to established witticism (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Jack set out to have fun (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Gag judge standing in for start of trial (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Witty remark | Thomas Joseph | 09 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Joke | The Telegraph Quick | 07 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | From the beginning jokingly express sarcastic thoughts (4) |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___!" | New York Times Mini | 16 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Joke playfully (4) |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___!" ("You're not serious!") |  |  | 
          
            | Son swamped by stream of water? It's fun | The Times Cryptic | 24 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Joke, jape | The Times Concise | 24 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Joke about the snow-water (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Kid around | Newsday | 05 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Jocularity | Newsday | 31 May 2024 | 
          
            | Joke around (rhymes with "lest") |  |  | 
          
            | Make jokes | USA Today | 02 May 2024 | 
          
            | Joke | The Guardian Speedy | 28 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Joke | Mirror Tea Time | 14 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Tell jokes |  |  | 
          
            | A joke (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Many a true word is spoken in - - -, saying |  |  | 
          
            | Make a joke |  |  | 
          
            | Witticism | Eugene Sheffer | 06 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Joke around | Newsday | 27 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Joke | The Telegraph Quick | 12 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Gag | New York Times | 04 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Witty remark | Thomas Joseph | 07 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | "Surely you ___!" | Universal | 04 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Amusing comment |  |  | 
          
            | Kid around | LA Times Daily | 26 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Kid around |  |  | 
          
            | Make jokes | Universal | 16 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Comical remark | Universal | 15 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Joke around | Universal | 12 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Speak playfully or kid around |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely, you __!" | LA Times Daily | 25 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Crack jokes (rhymes with "pest") |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___!" | Universal | 30 May 2023 | 
          
            | Witty remark | Thomas Joseph | 16 May 2023 | 
          
            | Joke around | Universal | 15 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Crack a joke | The Guardian Quick | 04 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Bit of banter | Eugene Sheffer | 17 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Kid around | Universal | 02 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Speak playfully |  |  | 
          
            | Don’t take it seriously | New York Times | 09 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Don't take it seriously | New York Times | 09 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | In ___ (jokingly) | USA Today | 03 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Joke around | USA Today | 17 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Witty remark | Thomas Joseph | 14 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Kid around | Newsday | 09 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Witty remark | Thomas Joseph | 06 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Playful talk (anagram of "jets") |  |  | 
          
            | Gag son aboard plane |  |  | 
          
            | Joke | The Telegraph Quick | 06 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Joke around | Family Time | 01 May 2022 | 
          
            | Joke around | USA Today | 19 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Fly around Pole? That’s a joke | The Times Cryptic | 01 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Kid around | Newsday | 23 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Joke | Universal | 16 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Jack is in Paris with kid |  |  | 
          
            | Witty remark | Thomas Joseph | 13 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | 'Surely you ___' | The Washington Post Sunday | 26 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Joke | The Times Concise | 24 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Kid | LA Times Daily | 28 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Kid | The Washington Post | 28 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Jokey comment | New York Times | 26 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Josh around | Newsday | 19 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Make jokes | USA Today | 12 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Joke | USA Today | 07 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Witty remark | Thomas Joseph | 05 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Speak playfully |  |  | 
          
            | Kid around | LA Times Daily | 28 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Kid around | The Washington Post | 28 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Son is into black example of humour |  |  | 
          
            | In __ (kiddingly) | Newsday | 28 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Yorick's ''infinite'' asset | Newsday | 26 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | "Surely you ___!" | Universal | 24 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Witty remark | Wall Street Journal | 18 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Not be serious | New York Times | 13 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Joke made by judge is French |  |  | 
          
            | Kid | New York Times | 27 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Bantering remark | New York Times | 20 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Witty remark | Thomas Joseph | 17 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Witticism | Eugene Sheffer | 15 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Bit of banter | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | 'Surely you ___!' | USA Today | 09 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | What a joke is said in | Universal | 20 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Witticism | The Sun Two Speed | 17 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | A joke only heard at the Palace? | The Sun Two Speed | 17 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Joke around | USA Today | 04 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Make a wisecrack | The Washington Post Sunday | 18 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Entertain at a royal court | USA Today | 08 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Joke | The Telegraph Quick | 31 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Kid | LA Times Daily | 15 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Kid | The Washington Post | 15 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Woman leaves Jamestown with kid | Irish Times Crosaire | 01 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Have tongue in cheek | Wall Street Journal | 01 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Laugh inducer | Wall Street Journal | 15 May 2019 | 
          
            | Joke | Premier Sunday | 24 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | In ____, playfully | The Times Concise | 10 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Juliet is in France to fool around |  |  | 
          
            | Entertain at a royal court |  |  | 
          
            | Joke around |  |  | 
          
            | Laugh inducer |  |  | 
          
            | Have tongue in cheek |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___!" |  |  | 
          
            | Kid |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of jocularity | USA Today | 31 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Joke | The Times Concise | 27 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Crack bringing head of safety into aircraft |  |  | 
          
            | Judge is French — that's funny |  |  | 
          
            | Paris's first person on street to make a joke |  |  | 
          
            | Ridicule first person in French street |  |  | 
          
            | Kid | Newsday | 20 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Spades in black? I'm kidding |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ____!" ("You're kidding, right?") |  |  | 
          
            | Joke May has lost grandeur? On the contrary |  |  | 
          
            | Jocularity | Newsday | 22 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Something witty | Newsday | 02 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Joke with son on board plane | The Telegraph Cryptic | 19 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Bit of jocularity |  |  | 
          
            | Make jokes | Newsday | 10 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Fun | The Washington Post | 03 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Fun | LA Times Daily | 03 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Do some leg-pulling |  |  | 
          
            | Clown around | Wall Street Journal | 06 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Woman leaves Jamestown with Sally | Irish Times Crosaire | 23 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Joke | Canadiana | 21 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | An old joke? |  |  | 
          
            | Witticism | The Guardian Speedy | 15 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Don't mean it | Newsday | 14 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Kid around | Newsday | 02 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Son tossed in fountain for a joke |  |  | 
          
            | OK to avoid some witticisms — time for another? |  |  | 
          
            | Fun |  |  | 
          
            | Joke around | Universal | 25 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Clown around | The Washington Post | 13 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Quip | The Telegraph Quick | 08 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Not be serious | The Washington Post | 05 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Kid around | Wall Street Journal | 17 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Succeeded in black form of humour | The Times Cryptic | 08 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | It's not serious | Newsday | 18 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | In __: as a prank | LA Times Daily | 01 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Plane riven by small crack |  |  | 
          
            | Plane riven by small crack | The Times Cryptic | 17 May 2016 | 
          
            | Leg-pulling | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 22 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Banter, joke | The Guardian Speedy | 28 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Son wears black for fun |  |  | 
          
            | Leg-pulling |  |  | 
          
            | In __: as a prank |  |  | 
          
            | Joke around |  |  | 
          
            | Humorous remark | The Telegraph Quick | 20 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Be facetious | Newsday | 10 May 2015 | 
          
            | Witticism, joke or pleasantry | The Telegraph General Knowledge | 19 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Humorous utterance | Eugene Sheffer | 26 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Nonserious remark | New York Times | 02 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Start of scene in plane -- it's not serious, so to speak | The Telegraph Cryptic | 25 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Nonserious remark |  |  | 
          
            | Kid around |  |  | 
          
            | Kid |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of banter |  |  | 
          
            | Be facetious |  |  | 
          
            | Kid around |  |  | 
          
            | Son thrown in fountain for a joke |  |  | 
          
            | Ridicule first person in French street |  |  | 
          
            | Fool around |  |  | 
          
            | Witty remark |  |  | 
          
            | Bon mot |  |  | 
          
            | Bon mot |  |  | 
          
            | Do some leg-pulling |  |  | 
          
            | Concoct quips, say |  |  | 
          
            | Witticism |  |  | 
          
            | Joke around |  |  | 
          
            | Wisecrack |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely, you ___!" |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___!" |  |  | 
          
            | Be less than serious |  |  | 
          
            | Wisecrack |  |  | 
          
            | Kid |  |  | 
          
            | Many a true word is spoken in this |  |  | 
          
            | Witticism |  |  | 
          
            | Tease |  |  | 
          
            | Good-natured taunt |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Play the court clown? |  |  | 
          
            | Kid around |  |  | 
          
            | Tease |  |  | 
          
            | Play the court clown? |  |  | 
          
            | Kid around |  |  | 
          
            | Play the fool |  |  | 
          
            | Good-natured taunt |  |  | 
          
            | That's a laugh |  |  | 
          
            | Banter |  |  | 
          
            | Pull one's leg |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of merriment |  |  | 
          
            | Josh |  |  | 
          
            | Banter |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Joke around |  |  | 
          
            | Fun |  |  | 
          
            | "Infinite ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Do a bit of leg-pulling |  |  | 
          
            | Clown around |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of banter |  |  | 
          
            | Joke around |  |  | 
          
            | What ribs are delivered in |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___!" |  |  | 
          
            | Remark with a smirk, say |  |  | 
          
            | Words said in fun |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___!" |  |  | 
          
            | Quip |  |  | 
          
            | Witticism |  |  | 
          
            | Wisecrack |  |  | 
          
            | Witticism |  |  | 
          
            | Good-natured taunt |  |  | 
          
            | Witty remark |  |  | 
          
            | Witty remark |  |  | 
          
            | Good-natured taunt |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___!" |  |  | 
          
            | Say jokingly |  |  | 
          
            | Comical comment |  |  | 
          
            | Witty remark |  |  | 
          
            | Be less than serious |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you __!" |  |  | 
          
            | Act the fool |  |  | 
          
            | Kid around |  |  | 
          
            | Speak humorously |  |  | 
          
            | Be less than serious |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of banter |  |  | 
          
            | Not be serious |  |  | 
          
            | Humorous remark |  |  | 
          
            | Quip |  |  | 
          
            | Comment not to be taken seriously |  |  | 
          
            | Kid around |  |  | 
          
            | Not be serious |  |  | 
          
            | Fun |  |  | 
          
            | Amusing act |  |  | 
          
            | Sport |  |  | 
          
            | Rib-tickler |  |  | 
          
            | Sport |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of repartee |  |  | 
          
            | Joke around |  |  | 
          
            | Be jocular |  |  | 
          
            | Not be serious |  |  | 
          
            | Kid |  |  | 
          
            | Entertain the court? |  |  | 
          
            | Spirit in which something may be spoken |  |  | 
          
            | Say in play |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___!" |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of humor |  |  | 
          
            | Tell a joke |  |  | 
          
            | Rib |  |  | 
          
            | Gag |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of foolery |  |  | 
          
            | Kid |  |  | 
          
            | Merry prank |  |  | 
          
            | Droll remark |  |  | 
          
            | One-liner, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Laughing matter |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of humor |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of banter |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of humor |  |  | 
          
            | Clown around |  |  | 
          
            | Jocularity |  |  | 
          
            | Crack a joke |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely, you ___!" |  |  | 
          
            | Clown around |  |  | 
          
            | Taunt |  |  | 
          
            | Joke |  |  | 
          
            | Gag |  |  | 
          
            | Merry prank |  |  | 
          
            | Kid |  |  | 
          
            | Bon mot |  |  | 
          
            | Prank |  |  | 
          
            | Be less than serious |  |  | 
          
            | Speak playfully |  |  | 
          
            | Bantering remark |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely, you __!" |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Speak humorously |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of wit |  |  | 
          
            | Don't be serious |  |  | 
          
            | Joke |  |  | 
          
            | Merry prank |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of funny business |  |  | 
          
            | Not be serious |  |  | 
          
            | Witty remark |  |  | 
          
            | Wisecrack |  |  | 
          
            | Sport |  |  | 
          
            | Kid |  |  | 
          
            | Joke |  |  | 
          
            | Banter |  |  | 
          
            | Witticism |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of funny business |  |  | 
          
            | Speak playfully |  |  | 
          
            | Joke |  |  | 
          
            | Witticism |  |  | 
          
            | Do a bit of leg-pulling |  |  | 
          
            | Rib-tickler |  |  | 
          
            | It's not serious |  |  | 
          
            | Merry prank or joke |  |  | 
          
            | Sport |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of banter |  |  | 
          
            | Tomfoolery |  |  | 
          
            | Prank |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely you _____!" |  |  | 
          
            | "Surely, you __!" |  |  | 
          
            | Fly around Pole? That's a joke |  |  | 
          
            | Be less than serious |  |  | 
          
            | Merry prank |  |  | 
          
            | Roast dish-out? |  |  | 
          
            | Be witty |  |  | 
          
            | Wisecrack |  |  | 
          
            | It's said with a poke in the ribs |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of wit |  |  | 
          
            | Kid |  |  | 
          
            | Quip |  |  | 
          
            | Waggery |  |  | 
          
            | Rigoletto's forte |  |  | 
          
            | Witty bit |  |  | 
          
            | Wisecrack |  |  | 
          
            | Prank |  |  | 
          
            | Frolicsome attitude |  |  | 
          
            | Be facetious |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate Feste |  |  | 
          
            | Speak facetiously. |  |  | 
          
            | A Joe Miller item. |  |  | 
          
            | Banter. |  |  | 
          
            | Humorous remark |  |  | 
          
            | Witticism. |  |  | 
          
            | Laughing matter. |  |  | 
          
            | Prank. |  |  | 
          
            | Satirical remark. |  |  | 
          
            | Quip. |  |  | 
          
            | Drollery. |  |  |