Answer:

pun

Answer	Crossword Clue
PUN	Crossword clue, sometimes
PUN	Play on words
PUN	"Silent knight," e.g.

PUN	Bit of wordplay
PUN	Play on a name, say
PUN	No .. intended
PUN	"A pistol let off at the ear": Charles Lamb
PUN	Groucho Marx specialty
PUN	Berle specialty
PUN	Nash specialty
PUN	"Treat homonyms as synonyms": Walter Redfern

PUN	It may not be intended
PUN	Knock-knock joke, usually
PUN	Wordplay groaner
PUN	According to Oscar Levant, it's "the lowest form of humor--when you don't think of it first"
PUN	Groan inducer
PUN	Many a joke involves one
PUN	"I'd like to study philosophy, but I just Kant," e.g.
PUN	"When the smog clears in California, UCLA," e.g.

PUN	"Whirled peas" is one
PUN	"Doing a crossword with a broken pencil is pointless," for example
PUN	One may not be intended
PUN	Jeu de mots
PUN	Tricky puzzle clue, perhaps
PUN	Knock-knock joke, essentially
PUN	"Shoot first and ask Christian Slater," e.g.
PUN	Equivoque

PUN	No ... intended
PUN	"Whirred play," for example
PUN	Groaner
PUN	"My bike won't stand up. It's two tired," e.g.
PUN	Knock-knock joke payoff
PUN	"Don't be fuelish," e.g.
PUN	"Some nylons will give you a run for your money," e.g.
PUN	"New kid on the blog," e.g.

PUN	Something that may not be intended
PUN	Many a Groucho Marx quip
PUN	Ogden Nash specialty
PUN	Punch line, perhaps
PUN	Tom Swifty, e.g.