Parody
Crossword Clue & Answers

4 December 2021
Last seen in: The Guardian Quick

We found 69 answers for the crossword clue 'Parody', the most recent of which was seen in the The Guardian Quick.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Parody a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Parody as an answer itself some 76 times.

Parody is a single word clue made up of 6 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'The Guardian Quick' on Saturday, 04 December 2021 with the answer being MOCKERY, but the most popular answer for this clue is SKIT.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• The Guardian Quick - 4 Dec 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 28 Jan 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 25 Dec 2020
• The Sun Cryptic - 30 Oct 2020
• The Mirror Quick - 23 Oct 2020
• The Daily Mail Quick - 24 Jan 2020
• The New York Times Crossword - 8 Sep 2019
• The New York Times Crossword - 10 Aug 2019
• The Guardian Quick - 12 Apr 2019
• The Guardian Quick - 21 Aug 2018

Definitions and usage

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• A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
• Humorous or satirical mimicry
• Make a spoof of or make fun of
• Make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

ACT
Something that people do or cause to happen

APE
Represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

FUN
Violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun"

RIB
Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

4 Letters

COPY
Matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

JEER
Showing your contempt by derision

JEST
Activity characterized by good humor

JOKE
A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

MIME
A performance using gestures and body movements without words

MOCK
The act of mocking or ridiculing; "they made a mock of him"

SHOW
Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show"

SKIT
A short theatrical episode

5 Letters

FARCE
Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs

IRONY
Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

MIMIC
Someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)

PUTON
Increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"

ROAST
Negative criticism

SHEIK
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

SPOOF
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

SQUIB
Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

TRICK
(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner

6 Letters

DERIDE
Treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"

PLAYON

SATIRE
Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

SENDUP
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

7 Letters

APOLOGY
A poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"

CARTOON
A film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence

CHARADE
A word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

DISTORT
Affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

DRAWING
The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

IMITATE
Appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art"

LAMPOON
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

LAUGHAT
Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

MIMICRY
The act of mimicking; imitative behavior

MOCKERY
Showing your contempt by derision

PASQUIL

PORTRAY
Portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"

PRETEND
The enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"

TAKEOFF
A departure; especially of airplanes

8 Letters

DERISION
The act of deriding or treating with contempt

NONSENSE
Ornamental objects of no great value

PASTICHE
A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources

PRETENSE
An artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

RAILLERY
Light teasing repartee

RIDICULE
The act of deriding or treating with contempt

SATIRISE
Ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal"

SATIRIZE
Ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal"

TAKEDOWN
A crushing remark

TRAVESTY
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

9 Letters

BURLESQUE
A theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)

DISPARAGE
Express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"

IMITATION
Something copied or derived from an original

INVECTIVE
Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will

MAKEFUNOF

POKEFUNAT

REPRESENT
Describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"

SPECTACLE
A blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself

10 Letters

CARICATURE
Represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

EXAGGERATE
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

IMPRESSION
An impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician"

MOCKHEROIC

PASQUINADE
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

SIMULATION
The act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)

11 Letters

DESCRIPTION
A statement that represents something in words

EXTRAVAGANT
Recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"

IMPERSONATE
Assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

12 Letters

ENTERTAINING
Agreeably diverting; "an entertaining puppet show"; "films should be entertaining"

EXTRAVAGANZA
Any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment

17 Letters

MISREPRESENTATION
A willful perversion of facts