Open-handed hit Crossword Clue

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Open-handed hit Crossword Answer

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SMACK

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(noun)
1. the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
2. a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
(adverb)
1. directly
(verb)
1. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HANDED (adjective)
1. having or involving the use of hands
OPEN (adjective)
1. (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
2. not defended or capable of being defended
OPEN (verb)
1. start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
2. spread out or open from a closed or folded state
OPEN (noun)
1. a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
2. where the air is unconfined

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SMACK
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
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More Newsday Crossword (4/29/2025) Answers

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19. Number typed into an ATM

22. Old-fashioned school cheer

23. Automated Web browser

24. Football throws

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30. Rank above Cpl

33. Burn-soothing plant

34. Travel by ship

36. "Ditto"

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41. Garbage kept in cans

42. At no cost

43. Factually correct

44. Letters after ells

45. Watson or Stone of films

47. Has faith in

49. Qty.

50. A pair of

51. Number typed to prove software ownership

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60. "Grizzly" beast

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64. Right away, in memos

65. Road test turns

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Down

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5. Dog, slangily

6. Not more than

7. Boyfriend

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9. Having no skill

10. Fuzzy brown fruit

11. Supply-and-demand subj.

12. Family room

14. Pablo of abstract art fame

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24. Attach to a scrapbook

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27. Gets a look at

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29. Author Wiesel

30. Mixes with a spoon

31. Leave the house

32. Shades of color

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37. Caesar's rebuke

39. Scientists with test tubes

40. CBS or NBC

46. Pioneering rock-video channel

48. Harry Potter pal Weasley

49. Bothered greatly

50. Small jeweled crown

51. Land measure

52. Gourmet cook

53. Up to a task

54. Eye droplet

55. Layer of paint

56. Roughly

57. Much loved

58. Airer of many pro sports games

59. Ocean east of the US

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