Clues for the word "SOOT"
We've had 221 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 553 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on February 21, 2026.
Definition of soot
- n. - A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke.
- v. t. - To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land.
- a. - Alt. of Soote
Referring Clues
- Fly ash
- Chimney accumulation
- Lampblack
- Fire damage
- Chimney covering
- What chimney sweeps sweep
- Santa's coat?
- Santa's spot?
- Flue residue
- Smog contributor
- Flue buildup
- Santa soiler
- Combustion byproduct
- Grate stuff
- Spot on Santa
- Chimney residue
- Pipe sullier
- Dirty coat
- Chimney grime
- *Sweep ... coal ... Santa
- Chimney schmutz
- It settles on sweeps
- It's found in stacks
- Epitome of blackness
- Pipe residue
- Sweep's schmutz
- Lampblack, essentially
- Shade of black
- Symbol of blackness
- Chimney sweep's target
- Target of a sweep
- Stack buildup
- Blackener of Santa's suit
- Some particulates
- Chimney buildup
- The dirt on Santa
- Chimney coating
- It soils Santa
- Santa's suit covering, maybe
- Brick pollution
- Flue liner
- Dirt on a Santa suit
- Santa suit soiler
- Furnace film
- Stain on Santa's suit
- Chimney blackener
- Stain on Santa
- Flue coating
- Laundry challenge for a chimney sweep
- Chimney powder
- Flue coat
- Sweep's target, perhaps
- Burning evidence
- Film about a furnace
- Black powder
- It might be found on a sweep hand
- Flue filth
- Chimney sweep's sweepings
- Component of Japanese sumi ink
- Spot for Santa?
- Lampblack source
- Spot for Santa
- Chimney dust
- Chimney sweep's collection
- Flue stuff
- Sweep's sweepings
- Coal dust
- Flue deposit
- Chimney dirt
- Burnt-coal residue
- Toner ingredient
- Chimney sweep's removal
- Chimney-flue coating
- Fireplace residue
- Smudge on Santa
- Chimney lining
- Fine, black stuff
- Schmutz on Santa
- Something sweeps sweep
- Flue substance
- Diesel fuel pollutant
- Flue accumulation
- Combustion residue
- It should cover Santa
- Pollution on some bricks
- Black buildup
- Chimney coat
- Sweep's take?
- Santa's soil
- Sweep's collection
- Stain on Santa's coat, you'd think
- Carbon buildup
- Combustion by-product
- Flue blackener
- Carbon coating
- Blackener of Santa's boots
- Sweeping matter
- Chimney sweep grime
- Fireplace by-product
- Grate film
- Sweep's target
- Flue grime
- Santa's washday problem
- Sartorial concern for Santa
- Coat on Santa's coat
- Black dust
- Black dust
- Chimney sweepings
- Santa spoiler
- Santa's laundry problem
- Santa's laundry woe
- Hearth dust
- Santa's laundry stains
- Stainer of Santa's coat
- Chimney stuff
- Smoke residue
- Byproduct of organic combustion
- Schmutz on Santa's coat
- Sweep spots?
- Chimney sweep coating
- Black substance
- Santa's bootblack?
- Chimney black
- Dirt on Santa
- Stains on a red suit?
- Dirt on Santa's suit
- Flue problem
- Carbon deposit
- Diesel discharge
- Pipe buildup
- Coke product?
- Smudge on 49-Across's suit
- Dirty coat?
- Flue dirt
- Chimney sweep's grime
- Smudge on Dick Van Dyke in "Mary Poppins"
- Grime
- Fire proof?
- Chimney substance
- A pollutant
- Chimney sweep's concern
- 29-Down buildup
- Form of carbon
- Film in a flue
- Laundry woe at the Claus home?
- Dirty coat in a chimney
- Some air pollution
- Air polluter
- Fossil fuel residue
- It may be caught in the flue
- The black in the stack
- It turns Santa's suit black
- Smokestack buildup
- Diesel by-product
- Coat inside a chimney
- Pollution component
- Santa suit stainer
- Sweep's removal
- Challenge for Santa's dry-cleaner
- Santa's suit stainer
- Chimney clogger
- Residue in a chimney
- Dirty stuff in a chimney
- Chimney dirt and grime
- Dirt and grime inside a chimney
- Carbon black
- Chimney deposit
- After a fire, this can cause darkness
- Carbon dust from fire
- Carbon deposit from burning
- Carbonaceous grime
- Chimney pollutant
- Stack film
- Coke product?
- Fireplace carbon
- Fine carbon deposit
- Heavy drinker gets in another round - hence black mark?
- Gunk in a fireplace
- Black dust of a sort
- Chimney liner
- Dirt
- Dust in a chimney
- Smokestack emission
- Fireplace blackener
- Dust
- Santa's suit soiler
- Santa's laundry woe?
- Smudge on Santa's suit
- Chimney gunk
- It makes smoke darker
- Stack blackener
- Laundry problem for Santa
- Makeup for Dick Van Dyke in “Mary Poppins”
- Gunk on Santa's suit
- Old chimney lining
- Dirt inside a chimney
- Fireplace grime
- Fireplace buildup
- Annoyance for Santa
- Stuff in a chimney
- It appears in stacks
- Dirt in chimney
- Santa's coat?
- Chimney particles
- Coat for Santa?
- Stuff on chimney walls
- What sweeps sweep
- Grime on Santa's suit
- Coating inside a chimney
- Fire residue
- Coating in a chimney
- Emissions concern
- Remnants on chimney walls
- Residue on Santa's suit
- Fire proof?
- Schmutz on a chimney sweep's face
- Wood stove buildup
- #3
- Flue symptom?
- Stuff washed off of Santa's suit, presumably
- So not reduced because of the fire
Last Seen In
- Daily American - February 21, 2026
- LA Times - February 12, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 29, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 23, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 21, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 13, 2025
- New York Times - November 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 07, 2025
- LA Times - September 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 23, 2025
- Mirror Mini - June 29, 2025
- LA Times - June 22, 2025
- Daily American - June 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 24, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 11, 2025
- USA Today - February 24, 2025
- USA Today - January 27, 2025
- New York Times - January 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 31, 2024
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