| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| GRIMACE | Forced smile | |
| CONSTRAINED | Forced (smile) | |
| SOLECISM | Very forced smile concealing Charlie's gaffe | |
| SMIRK | A forced or affected smile; a simper. | |
| SARDONIC | Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety. | |
| GRIN | The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile. | |