Reacts to a punch
The crossword clue "Reacts to a punch" is answered by REELS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
REELS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REELS answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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