| HITOUT | Physically or verbally attack (3,3) |
| LETFLY | Attack physically or verbally (3,3) |
| ASSAIL | Attack, either physically or verbally |
| BELABOUR | Attack physically or verbally (8) |
| TEARSINTO | Attacks physically or verbally (5,4) |
| ASSAILED | Attacked physically or verbally (8) |
| ASSAILANT | A person who attacks another physically or verbally (9) |
| TURNON | Verbally attack with excitement (4,2) |
| GOPHER | Verbally attack a burrowing rodent |
| SCATHE | Verbally attack |
| RANTAT | Verbally attack |
| JAB | 2-Down could deliver one physically or verbally |
| POINTS | Word, from "pierce", for abstractly, physically or symbolically sharp or punctuated things, including dots, etching needles, full stops, moments in time, nibs, promontories, scores in games, tips of b |
| TAXING | Physically or mentally demanding |
| ELUDES | Escapes, either physically or mentally. (6) |
| RUINED | Destroyed physically or morally. (6) |
| VICTIM | Someone harmed either physically or emotionally (6) |
| HARDON | Manifestation of desire - physically or metaphorically |
| PRONUS | Inclined, physically or mentally |
| SLANDERED | Maligned or verbally defamed |
