The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FARCE , but the solution may also be SATIRE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Burlesque crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FARCE | 33 % | 5 |
| PARODY | 17 % | 6 |
| TRAVESTY | 13 % | 8 |
| TAKEOFF | 7 % | 7 |
| SATIRE | 7 % | 6 |
| SENDUP | 7 % | 6 |
| MOCK | 3 % | 4 |
| APE | 3 % | 3 |
| CARICATURE | 3 % | 10 |
| REVUE | 3 % | 5 |
| COMICAL | 3 % | 7 |
Why may SATIRE be the right solution?
"Satire" is the right solution for "Burlesque" because both involve using humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize or mock something, typically in a comedic way.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Burlesque
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- parody
- sendup
- spoof
- travesty
- pasquinade
- lampoon
- mockery
- charade
- takeoff
- farce
- cabaret
- vaudeville
Crossword Answer definitions
FARCE noun- A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
- A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
- A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.
- A ridiculous or empty show.
- Forcemeat, stuffing.
- To stuff with forcemeat.
- To fill full; to stuff.
- To make fat.
- To swell out; to render pompous.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result FARCE
- Light dramatic work
- Spoof
- Mockery
- Tomfoolery
- Feydeau specialty
- "Tartuffe," for one
- It's absurd
- Ridiculous comedy
- Marx Brothers' specialty
- Screwball production
More clues leading to the result PARODY
- Viral video, perhaps
- Takeoff
- Monty Python piece
- Many a Firesign Theatre skit
- "Saturday Night Live" fare
- Burlesque
- Lampoon
- Spoof
- Typical Mad piece
- Make fun of
More clues leading to the result TRAVESTY
- Grotesque parody
- Grotesque imitation
- Grotesque burlesque
- Absurd distortion
- Sham
- Grotesque imitiation
- Mockery
- Burlesque.
- Mockery.
- Ludicrous imitation.
More clues leading to the result TAKEOFF
- Start of an airline flight
- Parody
- Start of a flight
- Start up
- Spoof
- Blow
- Leave in a hurry (m)
- Rise from the runway
- Start a plane trip
- Start of a plane trip
More clues leading to the result SATIRE
- "Gulliver's Travels," for one
- Lampoon
- Parody
- "SNL" specialty
- "Monty Python's Life of Brian," e.g.
- Frank Zappa genre
- Onion bit?
- Pope's creation
- Burlesque
- Witty opus
More clues leading to the result SENDUP
- Takeoff
- Parody
- Satirize
- Burlesque
- Satirization
- Spoof
- Roast toast
- Cause to rise.
- Assign to prison
- Put in the pen
More clues leading to the result MOCK
More clues leading to the result APE
- "Going __!" (Danza bomb)
- Act like
- Brutish one
- Copy
- Lummox
- Make like
- O'Neill's "The Hairy __"
- O'Neill's hairy title character
- Rue Morgue culprit
- Aldous Huxley's "__ and Essence"
More clues leading to the result CARICATURE
- Style used at times by 63 Across
- MacNelly's depiction of Clinton, e.g.
- Exaggerated depiction
- Unflattering portrait
- Politician in a political cartoon, e.g.
- Hirschfeld drawing
- Hirschfeld's specialty
- Figure in a political cartoon
- From Italian for "distorted"
- "With a ___ of a face."
More clues leading to the result REVUE
- Stage production
- Traveling show
- Variety show
- Song-and-dance show
- Las Vegas show
- Skit
- Medley production
- Song-and-dance act
- Stage offering
- Show full of songs