| GAUGES | They measure the use of a gag (6) |
| FARADS | They measure the capacity of remote advertisements (6) |
| INJOKE | Popular comedian briefly the subject of a gag among a small group (2-4) |
| TURNIP | "_" Townshend, nickname of the 18th-century politician who supported the use of a certain vegetable in crop rotation (6) |
| RULERS | They measure lannisters, for example, in Game of Thrones (6) |
| ARCHER | Person skilled in the use of a bow and arrow (6) |
| BANTAM | Prohibit the use of a mat? You must be chicken! (6) |
| QUARTZ | We"re told they measure liquid rock (6) |
| ENGAGE | Born with a gag and a promise to wed (6) |
| ISOBAR | Is there nothing to prohibit the use of a curve such as this? (6) |
| GADGET | Ted puts a gag on what could be very useful (6) |
| WHEEZE | A gag suggests rather strained inspiration (6) |
| PUNCHLINE | Row of strikers, perhaps, get the point of a gag (9) |
| REDEYE | Caused by the use of a flash, this phenomenon makes people in photos look demonic (3,3) |
| RAINGAUGES | They measure the drops in, eg, a sugar solution (4,6) |
| QUIETS | Places a gag order on, say |
| DENTAL | "___ plan!" "Lisa needs braces!" (Simpsons dialogue played on loop in a gag) |
| CALENDARS | They measure the passage of time from land races |
| DEGREES | They measure the temperature and seriousness of burns (7) |
| AMPS | They measure the juice for a chemist (4) |
