Clues for the word "SOOT"
We've had 220 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 527 times in crosswords. It was last seen in USA Today crossword on February 24, 2025.
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
Last Seen In
- USA Today - February 24, 2025
- USA Today - January 27, 2025
- New York Times - January 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 31, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 30, 2024
- New York Times - November 28, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 07, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 29, 2024
- LA Times - September 23, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 07, 2024
- Mirror Mini - August 24, 2024
- Daily American - August 19, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 14, 2024
- LA Times - August 05, 2024
- LA Times - July 23, 2024
- Daily American - July 19, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 15, 2024
- Daily American - July 01, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 14, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 06, 2024
- Your Life Choices - June 03, 2024
- Mirror Daily - May 28, 2024
- Mirror Daily - May 22, 2024
- Daily American - May 20, 2024
- USA Today - May 18, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 30, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 24, 2024
- Mirror Daily - April 16, 2024
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