Referring Clues

• Daub
• Publish lies about
• Campaign tactic
• Dirty political tactic
• Slide specimen
• Attack ad, maybe
• Makeup artist's problem
• Window cleaner's goof
• Makeup problem
• Window washer's mistake
• Slight on the stump, say
• Mirror marrer
• Sling mud at
• Problem with eyeliner
• Impugn
• Besmirch
• Makeup mishap
• Cosmetician's goof
• Bit of negative campaigning
• Campaign dirty trick
• Eyeliner problem
• Campaign staple
• Artist's mishap
• Eyeliner boo-boo
• Wet mascara worry
• Makeup applier's boo-boo
• Dirty campaign tactic
• Window washer's boo-boo
• Slander
• Mascara mess
• Bedaub
• Nasty campaign tactic
• Drag through the mud
• Ruin, as a reputation
• Type of political campaign
• Character assault
• Stain
• Sling mud
• Defame
• Charge falsely
• Dirty trick on the campaign trail
• Kind of campaign
• Dirty political attack
• Blur by rubbing
• Bit of mudslinging
• Campaign unpleasantry
• Makeup boo-boo
• Dirty politician's tactic
• Go negative against, in a way
• Spread
• Oily stain
• Not spread carefully
• Slather
• Campaign ugliness
• Lipstick slip
• Nasty comment from a runner?
• Use finger paint
• Ink mishap
• Campaign nastiness
• Apply haphazardly
• Political tactic
• Spread, as finger paint
• Vilify
• Sully the name of
• Sample on a slide
• Spread sloppily
• Lipstick mishap
• Bit of painting carelessness
• Apply lipstick poorly
• Do some mudslinging
• Blotch
• Stain or smudge
• Type of campaign
• Unpleasant political tactic
• Microscope sample
• Sort of campaign
• Give a black eye to
• Dirty campaign trick
• Blur, as wet ink
• Lipstick smudge
• Cast aspersions on
• Slur
• Bad mark
• Smudge
• Bit of campaign nastiness
• Bad-mouth
• Malign
• Makeup artist's mistake
• Campaign
• Mudslinging
• ___ campaign
• Denigrate
• Fingerprint
• October surprise, often
• Lab specimen
• Microscope-slide sample
• Apply lipstick unsteadily
• Use fingerpaints
• Window-washing flaw
• Makeup flaw
• Besmirch the reputation of
• Libel
• Libel
• Mascara problem
• Blacken
• What decrepit windshield wipers do
• Bit of ugly politics
• Spread (on) sloppily
• Dirty tactic
• Ruin, as calligraphy
• Spread generously
• Nasty race tactic
• Campaigner's dirty trick
• Mascara mishap
• Makeup muck-up
• Cosmetic problem
• Do finger painting
• Lipstick flaw
• Apply jam
• Apply liberally, as jelly
• Paint problem
• Unsavory type of political campaign
• Political attack, e.g.
• Nasty political ad
• Underhanded campaign tactic
• Ugly campaign tactic
• Sully
• Campaign abuse
• Greasy mark
• Attack ad tactic
• Greasy streak
• Glasses problem
• Apply Vaseline or jelly
• Slathered portion
• Lipstick problem
• Feature of a no-holds-barred campaign
• Apply jelly
• Blur
• Negative campaign tactic
• Attack unfairly
• Apply jelly to bread
• Spread over
• Spread on, as jelly
• Makeup mess-up
• Napalm Death "___ Campaign"
• Vilify me in a sarcastic piece
• Political attack
• Bedaub with oily stuff - defame
• Slander - tissue sample used for testing
• Slanderous denigration of character
• Work with finger paints
• Printer's problem
• Pat of Foo Fighters
• Print-job error
• Negative campaigner's tactic
• Campaigner's low blow
• Makeup malfunction
• Bit of ugly campaigning
• Lipstick stain
• Bit of campaign ugliness
• Primary aspirant's challenge
• Jam mishap
• Denigrate wild mares?
• Medical examiner may take this slander
• Result of tears on makeup
• Do fingerpainting
• Disgusting political tactic
• Slander so loveless on warm-hearted me
• Campaign that tends to blur the facts
• Below-the-belt campaign tactic
• Apply, as fingerpaint
• Political hit job
• Mascara misadventure
• Mud marking
• Makeup smudge
• Bit of election season ugliness
• Damage the reputation of
• Blurry mess
• Attack ad insult
• Inker's mishap
• Mudsling
• Printing problem
• Lipstick woe
• Mark made by rubbing
• Dishonest attack
• Haphazard application
• Slanderous attack
• Makeup streak
• Bit of character assassination
• Tainting tactic
• Calligraphy mishap
• Attack ad, at times
• Bagel spread
• Dishonest campaign tactic
• Pap ___
• Eyeliner mishap
• Streaky mark
• Spread that jelly around
• Spread messily
• Application error, perhaps
• Problem with 82-Across
• Glasses annoyance
• Lipstick blemish
• Windshield annoyance
• Streaky smudge
• Lipstick goof
• Mascara smudge
• Paint, toddler-style
• Mess up, like makeup
• Makeup slip-up
• Finger-painting smudge
• Post-kiss lip smudge
• Calumniate
• Spread, as peanut butter
• Lipstick blunder
• Dirty mark
• Spread, as cream cheese
• Negative attack on a political opponent