| Scapegoat |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Jan 2026 |
| Victim, say, sent back to be placed on seat interminably (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Dec 2025 |
| Fall guy |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Nov 2025 |
| Lackey |
Universal |
02 Nov 2025 |
| Pawn telly, primarily as substitute for money-grubber's credit |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Sidekick (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
27 Sep 2025 |
| Butt of a comedian's jokes (6) |
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| Gets around with spectacles in being a fall guy (6) |
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| Straight man |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Comedy sidekick |
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| Butt of jokes |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jun 2025 |
| Foil lining trays too generously |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jun 2025 |
| Comedy straight-man |
|
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| Goes to being straight (6) |
|
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| Moe, Larry or Curly |
Universal |
20 May 2025 |
| One in a classic comedy trio |
Universal |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Secondary player who maybe gets out for a duck again (6) |
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| Moe, Larry or Curly |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2025 |
| Comedian's foil |
Mirror Tea Time |
22 Mar 2025 |
| Patsy goes to ruin (6) |
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| Chump |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Underling rings and gets thrown out |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Minion |
Mirror Quick |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Fall guy |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Butt for a comedian (6) |
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| Curly, for instance |
|
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| An actor who feeds lines to a comedian or acts as their foil (6) |
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| Comedian's foil |
Mirror Tea Time |
06 Oct 2024 |
| Curly Joe, for one |
|
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| A performer whose act involves being the butt of a comedian's jokes (6) |
|
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| Performer who is the butt of a comedian's jokes (6) |
|
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| Butt or foil for a comedian? (6) |
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| Larry or Curly or Moe |
|
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| Subservient flunky |
USA Today |
11 Jul 2024 |
| Fall guy |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Possibly goes to the help of a comedian |
|
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| Puppet, fall guy |
|
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| Partner in a comedy team who feeds lines to the other (6) |
Puzzler |
04 Jun 2024 |
| One taking the blame; toes go (anag.) (6) |
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| Moe Howard Larry Fine or Curly Howard |
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| Moe, e.g. |
TV |
11 Feb 2024 |
| Larry, Curly or Moe |
Universal |
06 Jan 2024 |
| Puppet exploited by someone else |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Lowly worker |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2023 |
| Larry, Curly or Moe |
Universal |
21 Aug 2023 |
| Foil lining trays too generously |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Jul 2023 |
| Underling |
Newsday |
28 May 2023 |
| Comic buffoon |
Premier Sunday |
05 Feb 2023 |
| Lackey |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jan 2023 |
| Lackey |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Dec 2022 |
| Comedian’s associate got so upset before end of joke |
The Times Cryptic |
24 Oct 2022 |
| Fall guy |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Oct 2022 |
| Wise also to replace a fall guy |
The Guardian Quiptic |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Wise also to replace a fall guy |
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| Comedian's foil |
The Times Concise |
20 Aug 2022 |
| Minion |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Butt of a joke |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2022 |
| Moe, Larry or Curly |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2022 |
| The butt of a comedian's jokes |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Jun 2022 |
| Moe, Larry or Curly |
Family Time |
08 May 2022 |
| Fall guy |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Apr 2022 |
| Underling |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2022 |
| Patsy |
The Washington Post |
19 Mar 2022 |
| Patsy |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2022 |
| Innocent victim |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2022 |
| Unwitting victim |
Newsday |
02 Feb 2022 |
| Clip of Rose sending up, for example, Patsy |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 Jan 2022 |
| Comedian's straight man |
The Times Concise |
31 Dec 2021 |
| Flunky |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Nov 2021 |
| Unfortunately goes to butt of jokes |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Nov 2021 |
| Comic's straight man |
The Times Concise |
01 Nov 2021 |
| Trim rose, cutting back, for example, for Patsy |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 Oct 2021 |
| Fall guy |
Universal |
24 Sep 2021 |
| Innocent victim |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Unwitting victim |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Fall guy within is too gentle |
|
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| Fall guy |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Gullible accomplice |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2021 |
| One who slapped on TV |
The Washington Post Sunday |
24 Jan 2021 |
| Straight-line speaker |
Newsday |
07 Jan 2021 |
| Fall guy |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Dec 2020 |
| Curly or Larry |
Universal |
04 Jul 2020 |
| Lackey |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Lackey |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2020 |
| Underling |
New York Times |
28 Aug 2019 |
| The butt of a comedian's jokes |
Irish Times Simplex |
01 Aug 2019 |
| Comedian's foil |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jul 2019 |
| Curly, for one |
Universal |
13 Jul 2019 |
| Not-too-bright subordinate |
New York Times |
31 May 2019 |
| Slapstick trio member |
USA Today |
12 May 2019 |
| Moe, Larry or Curly |
New York Times |
23 Apr 2019 |
| Goes to shake cat's-paw |
|
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| Unwitting victim |
The Washington Post |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Unwitting victim |
LA Times Daily |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Last of jokes also recalled for one comedy partner |
|
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| Any of a classic slapstick trio |
USA Today |
04 Jan 2019 |
| Not-too-bright subordinate |
|
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| Comedian's foil |
|
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| Curly, for one |
|
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| Any of a classic slapstick trio |
|
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| Unwitting victim |
|
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| Slapstick trio member |
|
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| Underling |
|
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| Moe, Larry or Curly |
|
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| Foil lining pans too generously |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Oct 2018 |
| Moe or Curly, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2018 |
| Moe or Curly, e.g |
The Washington Post |
20 Aug 2018 |
| Larry, e.g |
Jonesin |
31 Jul 2018 |
| Slapstick trio member |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Slapstick trio member |
The Washington Post |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Flunky |
The New Yorker |
02 Jul 2018 |
| Comic foil |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jun 2018 |
| Patsy |
Newsday |
24 Jun 2018 |
| Moe, for one |
Universal |
10 May 2018 |
| Dupe |
Wall Street Journal |
05 May 2018 |
| Larry Fine was one |
USA Today |
28 Apr 2018 |
| Moe, Curly or Larry |
Family Time |
22 Apr 2018 |
| Con target |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2018 |
| Con target |
The Washington Post |
19 Apr 2018 |
| Moe, for one |
Premier Sunday |
01 Apr 2018 |
| Moe, professionally |
Universal |
26 Mar 2018 |
| Patsy |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Mar 2018 |
| Moe, Larry or Curly |
Family Time |
12 Feb 2018 |
| Moe, Curly or Larry |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2018 |
| Moe, Curly or Larry |
The Washington Post |
29 Jan 2018 |
| Larry Fine or Moe Howard |
Universal |
12 Jan 2018 |
| Comic foil |
|
|
| Moe or Curly, e.g. |
|
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| Moe, for one |
|
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| Larry Fine or Moe Howard |
|
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| Moe, Curly or Larry |
|
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| Slapstick trio member |
|
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| Dupe |
|
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| Con target |
|
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| Larry Fine was one |
|
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| Performer's assistant goes to pieces when given new order |
|
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| Howard, Fine or Howard |
USA Today |
07 Sep 2017 |
| Butt |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Aug 2017 |
| Yes-man |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Jul 2017 |
| Fine portrayal? |
The Washington Post |
25 Feb 2017 |
| Straight man |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jan 2017 |
| Straight man |
|
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| Straight man |
|
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| Howard, Fine or Howard |
|
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| Straight man |
New York Times |
01 Jan 2017 |
| Comedian's feed |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Dec 2016 |
| Over in Singapore, engineer makes a puppet |
|
|
| Patsy |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Oct 2016 |
| Moe or Larry |
Premier Sunday |
02 Oct 2016 |
| Moe, famously |
Universal |
25 Sep 2016 |
| Flunky |
The Washington Post |
14 Sep 2016 |
| Moe, Curly, or Larry |
The Washington Post |
27 Aug 2016 |
| Straight man |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Aug 2016 |
| Straight man |
The Guardian Speedy |
27 Mar 2016 |
| Comic's straight man |
The Times Concise |
10 Mar 2016 |
| Moe, famously |
|
|
| Lackey |
|
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| Larry or Shemp |
Universal |
10 May 2015 |
| Slapstick trio member |
New York Times |
07 May 2015 |
| Moe, for one |
Family Time |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Goose bumps covering either side of tight butt |
|
|
| Moe, Larry or Shemp |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jan 2015 |
| Nose-tweaking trio member |
|
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| Slapstick trio member |
|
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| Unwitting victim |
|
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| Slapstick trio member |
|
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| Larry or Shemp |
|
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| Comedian's sidekick |
|
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| Moe, for one |
|
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| Flunky |
|
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| Howard, Howard or Fine |
|
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| Moe, Curly or Larry |
|
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| Moe or Larry |
|
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| Cat's-paw |
|
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| Pawn |
|
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| Larry, Curly or Moe |
|
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| Fall guy |
|
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| Willing butt of gags |
|
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| Patsy |
|
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| Easy mark |
|
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| Curly or Larry |
|
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| Moe, Larry or Curly |
|
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| Patsy |
|
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| Larry Fine, for one |
|
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| Larry, Curly or Moe |
|
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| Larry, Curly or Moe |
|
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| Comedian's sidekick |
|
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| Moe, Curly or Larry |
|
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| Comedian's sidekick |
|
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| Unwitting victim |
|
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| Underling |
|
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| Patsy |
|
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| Fall guy |
|
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| Easy mark |
|
|
| Curly or Moe |
|
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| Larry Fine, for one |
|
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| Any one of a slapstick trio |
|
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| Straight man |
|
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| Moe, for one |
|
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| Curly or Moe |
|
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| Patsy |
|
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| Moe, for one |
|
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| Any of a comedic trio |
|
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| Shemp, for one |
|
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| Second banana |
|
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| Pie-in-the-face giver or receiver |
|
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| Innocent victim |
|
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| Puppet |
|
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| Slapstick group member |
|
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| Moe, Larry, or Curly |
|
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| Bozo |
|
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| Accomplice |
|
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| Comedian's assistant |
|
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| Straight man |
|
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| Henchman |
|
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| Fall guy |
|
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| Larry or Moe |
|
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| Comic's foil |
|
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| Fall guy |
|
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| Comic trio member |
|
|
| Patsy |
|
|
| Slapstick trio member |
|
|
| Vaudeville comic's partner |
|
|
| Curly, e.g. |
|
|
| Howard, Fine or Howard |
|
|
| Slapstick trio member |
|
|
| Curly or Moe |
|
|
| Curly's vocation |
|
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| Second fiddle |
|
|
| Laughingstock |
|
|
| Larry Fine, for instance |
|
|
| Moe or Curly |
|
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| Butt of jokes |
|
|
| Moe, for one |
|
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| Curly or Larry |
|
|
| Moe, for one |
|
|
| One of a Columbia Pictures trio |
|
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| Butt of jokes |
|
|
| Larry, for one |
|
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| Curly or Larry |
|
|
| Larry Fine, for one |
|
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| Comic underling |
|
|
| Moe, e.g. |
|
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| Puppet |
|
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| Slapstick trio member |
|
|
| Larry, for one |
|
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| Straight man |
|
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| Underling |
|
|
| Flunky |
|
|
| Larry, e.g. |
|
|
| Curly, e.g. |
|
|
| One of a slapstick trio |
|
|
| Straight man |
|
|
| Shemp, for one |
|
|
| Criminal's puppet |
|
|
| Howard, Howard or Fine |
|
|
| Straight man |
|
|
| Fine character? |
|
|
| Shemp or Larry |
|
|
| Comedian's sidekick |
|
|
| Howard, Fine or Howard |
|
|
| Patsy |
|
|
| Line feeder |
|
|
| Curly or Moe |
|
|
| Larry, Curly or Moe |
|
|
| Larry Fine role |
|
|
| Straight man |
|
|
| Dimwit |
|
|
| Underling |
|
|
| Complete idiot |
|
|
| Numbskull |
|
|
| Accomplice |
|
|
| Howard, Howard, or Fine |
|
|
| Larry was one, Moe was another |
|
|
| Line feeder, of a sort |
|
|
| Larry or Shemp |
|
|
| Unfortunately goes to butt of jokes |
|
|
| Larry Fine, for one |
|
|
| Fall guy |
|
|
| Larry, Moe or Curly |
|
|
| Second banana |
|
|
| Lackey |
|
|
| Larry or Moe |
|
|
| Foil on the stage |
|
|
| Curly or Shemp |
|
|
| Larry or Moe or Curly |
|
|
| Curly for one |
|
|
| Dummy |
|
|
| Comedian's foil |
|
|
| Larry Fine for example |
|
|
| Puppet |
|
|
| Foil |
|
|
| Filmland's Joe Besser, e.g. |
|
|
| Moe, Curly or Larry |
|
|
| What Burns was to Allen |
|
|
| Comedian's assistant |
|
|
| Curly was one |
|
|
| Moe, e.g. |
|
|
| Comedian's foil |
|
|
| Curly, e.g. |
|
|
| Hanger-on |
|
|
| Benny Hill aide, e.g. |
|
|
| Gag feeder |
|
|
| One of a film trio |
|
|
| Moe or Curly |
|
|
| Moe Howard role |
|
|
| Stage butt |
|
|
| Curly, Moe or Larry |
|
|
| Patsy for a comic |
|
|
| Larry, Moe or Curly |
|
|
| Comic's foil |
|
|
| Foil or underling. |
|
|
| Comedian's foil. |
|
|
| Comedian's aide. |
|
|
| Foil. |
|
|
| Foil for a comedian. |
|
|
| Live puppet. |
|
|
| Henchman: Colloq. |
|
|
| He "feeds" a comedian. |
|
|
| Stage role. |
|
|
| Puppet. |
|
|
| Straight man. |
|
|
| Foil on stage. |
|
|
| Actor of a sort. |
|
|
| Cousin of a straight man. |
|
|
| Comedian's target. |
|
|
| Relative of a straight man. |
|
|
| Comedian's butt. |
|
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