| Apply liberally and carelessly | 30 |
| Feeling literal, the small-time con woman tattooed the word ___ | 63 |
| Mild reprimand | 14 |
| Gave a high-five | 16 |
| Made red-faced? | 15 |
| High-fived | 10 |
| Greeted via the back | 20 |
| "I have this dream where I'm a kid delivering donuts to the Three Stooges. I'm in their office setting up (and listening) and Moe says to Larry, 'Hey, porcupine! Does this new script seem ___?' ..." | 224 |
| Openhanded smiter | 17 |
| Knee ___ (funny joke) | 21 |
| Back nuisance | 13 |
| White of "Sanford and Son" | 36 |
| Makes like Moe, maybe | 21 |
| High-fives | 10 |
| Some hits | 9 |
| Open-handed hits | 16 |
| Light punishments | 17 |
| Hits with an open hand | 22 |
| High-fives, literally | 21 |
| High-fives, essentially | 23 |
| High-fives, e.g. | 16 |
| High-five sounds | 16 |
| Emulates Moe | 12 |
| Duel preludes | 13 |
| Waves-against-rocks sounds | 26 |
| Knee hits | 9 |
| Duel preceders | 14 |
| Comedy type | 11 |
| Whack jobs? | 11 |
| Three Stooges' actions | 26 |
| Three Stooges actions | 21 |
| They may start duels | 20 |
| Stinging hits | 13 |
| Some Bowe blows | 15 |
| Slides some skin | 16 |
| Sharp rebuffs | 13 |
| Sharp insults | 13 |
| Sharp comments | 14 |
| Sarcastic rebukes | 17 |
| Rebuffs a masher | 16 |
| Reacts to a cad | 15 |
| Reactions to freshness? | 23 |
| Parts of a Three Stooges routine | 32 |
| Openhanded hits | 15 |
| Lindross shots | 14 |
| Insults, so to speak | 20 |
| Hurtful rebukes | 15 |
| Hits with the open hand | 23 |
| Hits open-handed | 16 |
| High-fives, for instance | 24 |
| Gives five to | 13 |
| Gives a hand? | 13 |
| Flat-handed blows | 17 |
| Criticizes, with "down" | 33 |
| Challenges to a duel | 20 |
| Buffets | 7 |
| Angry responses | 15 |
| "Snap out of it!" actions | 35 |
| 'Smiler's goal? | 23 |
| Puts in one's place | 23 |
| It's an ice try in sports | 29 |
| Possible goal | 13 |
| Paul Newman movie: 1977 | 23 |
| Paul Newman film: 1977 | 22 |
| Newman hockey film | 18 |
| Newman film: 1977 | 17 |
| It's made with a full backswing | 35 |
| It may help you achieve a goal | 30 |
| Hockey hit | 10 |
| Hockey goal-scoring attempt | 27 |
| Hard-hit scoring try | 20 |
| 1977 Paul Newman hockey movie that featured the Hanson Brothers | 63 |
| 1977 hockey movie that featured the Hanson Brothers | 51 |
| Some NHL attempts on goal | 25 |
| Lightning strikes? | 18 |
| Applies haphazardly | 19 |
| Applies hastily | 15 |
| Applies carelessly | 18 |
| Applies hurriedly | 17 |
| Affixes quickly | 15 |
| ___ the wrist (reprimands) | 26 |
| Mild reprimands | 15 |
| Mild punishments | 16 |
| Silent-film comedy style | 24 |
| Some Marx Brothers humor | 24 |
| Sight gags | 10 |
| Pie-throwing comedy | 19 |
| Pie-thrower's genre | 23 |
| Not exactly subtle comedy | 25 |
| Mack Sennett comedy | 19 |
| It often involves pie throwing | 30 |
| Buster Keaton genre | 19 |
| Mack Sennett offering | 21 |
| Looney Tunes genre | 18 |
| Early movie fun | 15 |
| INSP: "Okay, lieutenant, ___." | 40 |
| Percussive woodwind technique | 29 |
| Excellent, in British lingo | 27 |
| Excellent, to a Brit | 20 |
| Top-notch, to a Brit | 20 |