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| 25% | 8 | Extreme physical pain inflicted as punishment or punishment | ||
noun • extreme mental distress • unbearable physical pain • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean • the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason verb • torment emotionally or mentally • subject to torture | ||||
| 21% | 8 | Gave someone a physical punishment with the hand | ||
noun • a joint of a finger when the fist is closed verb • press or rub with the knuckles • shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground | ||||
| 21% | 7 | Inflicted punishment by hand | ||
noun • a slap with the flat of the hand verb • give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | ||||
Hand Out Punishment
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SLAP ON THE WRIST which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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SLAP ON THE WRIST
Updated: September 9, 2025
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➡️ | Extreme physical pain inflicted as punishment or punishment | |
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