Clues for the word "SMUT"
We've had 174 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 354 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on February 03, 2026.
Definition of smut
- v. t. - Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
- v. t. - Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
- v. t. - An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.
- v. t. - Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
- v. t. - To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.
- v. t. - To taint with mildew, as grain.
- v. t. - To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
- v. t. - To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.
- v. i. - To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
- v. i. - To give off smut; to crock.
Referring Clues
- Porn
- Censor's target
- Dirty stuff
- Blue books
- Dirt
- It's not clean
- No children's viewing
- Censor's concern
- Blue books?
- Moralist's target
- Skin flicks and such
- Federal Communications Commission target
- Contents of some plain brown wrappers
- Blue material
- Tom Lehrer's anti-censorship song
- Dirty literature
- Certain fungus
- Dirty reading
- Blue prints?
- Scuzz
- Blue matter
- Dirty magazines and such
- Great literature it's not
- X-rated stuff
- Brown-wrapped stuff, sometimes
- XXX-rated material
- Salacious material
- Filthy stuff
- Target of obscenity laws
- Stuff in blue books?
- Blue stuff
- Offensive lines?
- Net Nanny no-no
- What pornographers peddle
- Net Nanny target
- Porn mags, e.g.
- Tom Lehrer song
- Lewd material
- Obscenity
- Obscene material
- Soot particle
- Sooty stuff
- Plant fungus
- Censors go after it
- Sooty matter
- V-chips block it
- Web filter target
- Carbon black, e.g.
- Carbon black
- Flue residue
- Adult material, to some
- Salacious stuff
- Pornography
- Raw material?
- Crop problem
- Grain bane
- Particle of soot
- Grass fungus
- Middle school contraband
- Filth
- Black mark
- Cereal grain disease
- Indecent language
- Blue material?
- Filthy material
- Dirty matter
- Ergot
- What a V-chip blocks
- Hentai, e.g.
- Sanitization target
- Target of many Internet filters
- "Adult" reading material
- Manhub.com content, e.g.
- Chimney deposit
- What some banned books contain, according to the banners
- Some pulp fiction
- XXX material
- Chimney dirt
- Bluenose's bane
- Unclean stuff
- Material blocked by parental controls
- Filthy matter
- Nasty stuff
- James Joyce's "Ulysses," per a 1921 court decision
- Flue find
- It's blue
- Dirty material
- Carbon deposit
- Soot
- Some banned literature
- Grain fungus
- Grain disease
- Oft-censored stuff
- Google SafeSearch target
- X-rated material
- Prurient material
- "Adult" literature
- X-rated reading
- Censored material
- Oft-filtered fare
- Grime
- X-rated literature
- Unlikely book club recommendation
- Fire leftover
- Larry Flynt's stock-in-trade
- Porn, to porn haters
- Adult material
- Obscene word(s)
- Small bit of soot
- (Small piece of ) filth
- Pornographic material
- Obscenities begin to be uttered after sadomasochism
- Mildly obscene remarks
- Flake of soot
- Erotica
- Turning stomachs seeing filth
- Coarseness makes stomachs turn
- Black spot
- Speck of soot
- Corporations up for filth
- Indecent stuff
- Obscene filth
- Obscenity that turns stomachs
- Must edit filth!
- South African leader has no end of blue material
- Something suggestive of the rise of corporations
- Some solvers may love it; some others mutter
- Indecent items or talk
- Dirty object or talk
- Bellies up! Bit of rudeness
- Obscene stuff
- Muck that gets stomachs turning over
- Mild obscenity
- Obscenity makes stomachs turn
- Point to virtually dumb filth
- Obscenity's black spot
- Censored stuff
- Flue collection
- Bluenose's anathema
- Moral-crusade target
- Lewdness that turns stomachs
- Particle of dirt
- South African general failing to finish gets black mark
- Repulsive material makes stomachs turn
- Filth seems moderate under Tories for starters
- Lewd talk
- Blue material?
- Indecent material
- Stuff to be filtered
- Raunchy material
- Corporation's rejected material unsuitable for Auntie?
- Speck of soot or dirt
- "Give me ___ and nothing but": Tom Lehrer lyric
- Must change into something black
- Stain
- Obscene matter
- Lewd stuff
- Dirty pics
- Obscene stuff turned stomachs
- N.S.F.W. stuff
- Indecent matter
- A mark that must be shifted
- Inappropriate material
- Object of dirty looks?
- Lurid material
- Plant disease
- Raunchy writing
- Racy material
- Crude content
- Blue prints, e.g.?
- "Not safe for work" stuff
- Some NSFW material
- Filthy writing
- Raunchy reading material
Last Seen In
- New York Times - February 03, 2026
- LA Times - September 08, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 22, 2025
- Daily American - July 26, 2025
- New York Times - July 15, 2025
- New York Times - June 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 14, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 29, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 20, 2025
- LA Times - February 16, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 30, 2024
- Daily American - December 29, 2024
- USA Today - November 24, 2024
- Daily American - October 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 02, 2024
- USA Today - July 28, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - July 19, 2024
- Daily American - May 26, 2024
- New York Times - April 30, 2024
- Mirror Mini - April 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - April 17, 2024
- USA Today - March 04, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - January 29, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 10, 2024
- New York Times - December 27, 2023
- USA Today - November 25, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - November 12, 2023
- Your Life Choices - October 23, 2023
- USA Today - October 20, 2023
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