| KICK | ___ in the teeth, phrase meaning 'a humiliating setback' (4) |
| SNUB | Take a bus to the North following a humiliating rebuff (4) |
| STEM | Pipe part clenched in the teeth |
| REKT | Defeated in a humiliating way on the web |
| LEEK | Onion relative and Welsh emblem plant that Pistol is forced to eat as a humiliating punishment in Henry V (4) |
| IGNO | In a humiliating way |
| BEAUCOUPBUCKS | Alliterative phrase meaning "a lot of cash" formed by a word meaning "boyfriend" + a word meaning "forceful takeover" + male deer: 2 wds. |
| RARAAVIS | Latin phrase meaning a rare bird or a rarity? (4,4) |
| ASICS | Sneaker brand that's an acronym of a Latin phrase meaning "a sound mind in a healthy body" |
| COCKANDBULLSTORY | Phrase meaning a long and unbelievable tale? (4,3,4,5) |
| SLIGHT | Word for what sounds like a minor affront or slenderly spurning beef, but is in fact a giant kick in the teeth (6) |
| BITINGWIND | What you face in the teeth of a gale? (6,4) |
| BODYBLOW | Kick in the teeth, or punch further down? (4,4) |
| SALADDAYS | Phrase meaning a period of youth and inexperience, coined in Shakespeare's Antony And Cleopatra (5,4) |
| FAUXPAS | French phrase meaning a gaffe or embarrassing blunder (4,3) |
| INNINGS | A good ___ , phrase meaning 'a long life' (7) |
| SUBJUDICE | Latin phrase meaning a case is under consideration by a court |
| DOGSDINNER | Phrase meaning a complete mess (4,6) |
| AFFRONT | A loud style of writing about reading leads to a kick in the teeth (7) |
| ADVENTURES | Note for Victor in the teeth of the action involving many exploits (10) |