Clues for the word "SMEARS"
We've had 70 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 172 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on January 23, 2026.
Referring Clues
- Blurs
- Spreads, as cream cheese
- Slanders
- Sullies
- Uses finger paints, say
- Drags through the mud
- Slide preparations
- Speaks ill of
- Dirty tricks on the campaign trail
- Artists' boo-boos
- Dirty attacks
- Defames
- Ruins one's reputation
- Slings mud at
- Applies, as finger paint
- Campaign tactics
- Blurs by rubbing
- Mascara mishaps
- Maybelline mishaps
- Bad-mouths
- Some dirty politics
- Finger-paints, e.g.
- Campaign strategies
- Mascara stains
- Smudges
- Paint stains
- Mirror marrers
- Lipstick slips
- Vilifies politically
- Fingerpaints
- Libels
- Works with finger paints
- Campaign attacks
- Window washer's concern
- Makeup mishaps
- Mascara messes
- Slaps on, as jelly
- Cheap campaign tactics
- False accusations
- Vilifies jam?
- Lipstick messes
- Lipstick mishaps
- Badmouths
- Puts jam on bread
- Makeup problems
- Campaign ugliness
- Calligraphy problems
- Eyeliner mishaps
- Slings mud at, so to speak
- Streaks
- Paints without care
- What journalist does to enemy rocker
- Maligns
- False attacks on someone's good name
- Slings mud
- Greasy streaks
- Daubs
- They may be on a slide after slur campaigns
- Slanders non-U masseur, perhaps
- Mudslingers' attacks
- Dirty campaigners' attacks
- Staples of political ads
- Inky goofs
- Campaign nastiness
- Blackens small and medium corncobs
- Finger-painting strokes
- Slings mud at, in a campaign
- Spreads sloppily
- Colors outside the lines?
- Negative campaign attacks
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - January 23, 2026
- Your Life Choices - December 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 06, 2025
- LA Times - October 05, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 09, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 10, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 04, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 12, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 10, 2024
- New York Times - September 16, 2024
- Your Life Choices - September 04, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 28, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 21, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - April 30, 2024
- Mirror Daily - April 14, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - April 03, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 04, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - March 01, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 13, 2024
- Your Life Choices - February 08, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 02, 2024
- And in 142 more crossword puzzles...