Crossword Clue:

to ridicule to make fun of

Answer	Crossword Clue
VHKORNGQH	Socially uncomfortable one everybody turned to make fun of (3,2,4)
PARTYON	Continue with the fun, and a hint to each part of the answers to starred clues
TEDIOUS	No fun to listen to

YMCA	Place "it's fun to stay at," according to song
BEEFARONI	According to its jingle, it's "really neat" and "fun to eat"
INBED	Words added to the end of cookie fortunes to make them humorous
FISH	Word to add to each theme answer that will make sense of its clue
DOWNINFRONT	Annoyed moviegoer's shout ... or what's needed to make sense of the answers to starred clues
CALLME	1980 Blondie chart-topper, and what's needed to make sense of the answers to starred clues
PHOTOSYNTHESIS	"Iggy, this picture you doctored to make us look like a prom couple is of no use to our study on ..."
BRIDGE	Apt word to substitute for each of four black squares to make sense of the across answers on either side of them

SANTA	"Ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood" according to a New York Sun editorial of September 21, 1897