"Before you go, what animal crosses the road in that old joke?" Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue "Before you go, what animal crosses the road in that old joke?" featured in New York Times puzzle on June 24, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CHICKENOUT.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CHICKENOUT "Before you go, what animal crosses the road in that old joke?" (10) New York Times Jun 24, 2026
5% INTO "What's gotten ___ you?" (4)
5% SOW "You reap what you ___" (3) New York Times Jun 21, 2026
5% NEWS What's going on (4) New York Times Jun 19, 2026
5% TRY What comes before a conversion (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jun 19, 2026
5% REAP "You ___ what you sow" (4) USA Today Jun 18, 2026
5% TRUEFACT "No joke!" (8) New York Times Jun 14, 2026
5% GAGS Jokes, they leave you speechless (4) (4) Puzzler Cryptic Jun 7, 2026
5% THEE Old-timey "you" (4) Universal Jun 5, 2026
5% DOORSTEP Sweetheart's cross going over threshold (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Jun 4, 2026

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