Oscar winner shockingly hits man's face (5)
I believe the answer is:
smith
'oscar winner' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'shockingly hits man's face' is the wordplay.
'shockingly' is an anagram indicator.
'face' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'man' is 'm'.
'hits'+'m'='hitsm'
'hitsm' with letters rearranged gives 'SMITH'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for smith that I've seen before include "Bessie - - , blues singer" , "Adam, economist" , "Person who makes things in metal, may be black" , "Common English surname" , "Shoemaker" .)