The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PUNY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PUNY
- Small play on words ending in hilarity
- Finished with recession, US city is in need of development
- Weak play on words, ultimately ropey
- Joke ultimately unsavoury and feeble
- Small article from Grasse among peripheral items of perfumery
- Rolled up joint we’re told is undersized
- Feeble joke — start to yawn
- Feeble witticism by Yankee
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What does PUNY mean?
PUNY noun- (Oxford University slang) A new pupil at a school etc.; a junior student.
- A younger person.
- A beginner, a novice.
- An inferior person; a subordinate.
- Of inferior size, strength or significance; small, weak, ineffective.