__ in the face; insult
The crossword clue "__ in the face; insult" is answered by SLAP, a 4-letter entry. Used 26 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SLAP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLAP answer page.
Used 26 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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