| Painful rebuff | 14 |
| Openhand hit | 12 |
| Open-handed assault | 19 |
| Open-hand hit | 13 |
| Offended smack | 14 |
| Not-so-subtle no | 16 |
| NHL shot | 8 |
| Moe Howard move | 15 |
| Mild punishment, when applied to the wrist | 42 |
| Metaphorical slight | 19 |
| Make red-faced? | 15 |
| Lead to dash or happy | 21 |
| Kind of stick or shot | 21 |
| Kind of stick or happy | 22 |
| Kind of shot for Trottier | 25 |
| Kind of dash or stick | 21 |
| Kind of dash or happy | 21 |
| James Taylor "___ Leather" | 36 |
| It's an affront | 19 |
| It makes you smart | 18 |
| Invitation to duel, perhaps | 27 |
| Insult, so to speak | 19 |
| Insult of sorts | 16 |
| Indignant reaction | 18 |
| Indicator of freshness? | 23 |
| Indication of freshness? | 24 |
| Hysteria curber | 15 |
| Hit with the palm | 17 |
| Hit with something flat | 23 |
| Hit Stooge-style | 16 |
| Hit openhanded | 14 |
| Hit open-handedly | 17 |
| High-five, really | 17 |
| High-five, for instance | 23 |
| High five, e.g. | 15 |
| Happy or stick preceder | 23 |
| Happy or stick | 14 |
| Happy or dash preceder | 22 |
| Happy or dash | 13 |
| Hand to mouth, maybe | 20 |
| Hand cuff | 9 |
| Fresh fellow's reward | 25 |
| Flat handed blow | 16 |
| Face paste? | 11 |
| Duel provoker | 13 |
| Duel preliminary | 16 |
| Duel invitation, perhaps | 24 |
| Doctor's action to a newborn's bottom | 45 |
| Dash preceder | 13 |
| Come-on comeuppance | 19 |
| Clichéd response to an affront | 33 |
| Challenge to a duel, maybe | 26 |
| Challenge to a duel (using a glove) | 35 |
| Cause of a duel | 15 |
| Carelessly affix (with "on") | 38 |
| Blow from Moe | 13 |
| Blow by Zsa Zsa | 15 |
| Big shot in hockey | 18 |
| Before happy or stick | 21 |
| Before a duel | 13 |
| Be openhanded with? | 19 |
| Bass-guitar technique | 21 |
| Bass player's technique | 27 |
| Apply, in a way (with ''on'') | 45 |
| An affront | 10 |
| Alternative to a punch | 22 |
| Affix carelessly, with "on" | 37 |
| Action to a newborn baby's bottom | 37 |
| [You cad!] | 10 |
| [You brute!] | 12 |
| [How dare you?!] | 16 |
| [How dare you!] | 15 |
| [Don't do that!] | 20 |
| ["You chauvinist pig!"] | 33 |
| "Kiss With a Fist" lyric "You gave a kick, I gave a ___" | 76 |
| "How dare you!" accompanier | 37 |
| "Fresh!" follow-up | 28 |
| "___ Shot" (1977 Paul Newman film) | 44 |
| "___ Shot," Newman film | 33 |
| ___ shot, in hockey | 19 |
| "___ restraining order on him!" | 41 |
| ___ subpoena on (summon) | 24 |
| Stop an attack, in a way | 24 |
| Go after a mosquito, in a way | 29 |
| Go after a mosquito | 19 |
| Painted carelessly: Slang | 25 |
| Hasty and careless | 18 |
| Silly to the extreme | 20 |
| Insult Mrs. Rockefeller? | 24 |
| ___ the face (rebuke) | 21 |
| Apply haphazardly | 17 |
| Apply carelessly | 16 |
| Quickly apply | 13 |
| Apply hastily, as paint | 23 |
| Apply sloppily | 14 |
| Apply hurriedly | 15 |
| Apply hastily | 13 |
| Place quickly | 13 |
| Opening for the wrist or the back? | 34 |
| Apply quickly | 13 |