Clues for the word "STAIN"
We've had 194 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 370 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 01, 2026.
Definition of stain
- v. t. - To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.
- v. t. - To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass.
- v. t. - To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.
- v. t. - To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
- v. i. - To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
- n. - A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth.
- n. - A natural spot of a color different from the gound.
- n. - Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
- n. - Cause of reproach; shame.
- n. - A tincture; a tinge.
Referring Clues
- Microscopist's reagent
- Microscopy supply
- Laundry woe
- Gravy spot
- See 64-Across
- One may be taken to the cleaners
- Get a bad mark on?
- Spot of tea?
- Soil
- Wood finish
- Congo red, for one
- Spill consequence
- Spot
- Carpet cleaner target
- Result of an ink spill
- Discoloration
- Tide target
- Unwelcome spot
- Bad spot
- Dishonor
- Flaw
- Paint alternative
- Cleaning challenge
- Splotch
- Fantastik assignment?
- Squirt on a shirt, perhaps
- Spot to get off
- Coffee spot
- "Mancha," translated from Spanish
- Annoying spot
- Reputation damage
- Spot on a tie, say
- Dry cleaner's challenge
- Place a blot on
- Deck finish
- Sully
- Laundry challenge
- Washday woe
- Washday worry
- Blood leaves one
- Laundry problem
- Discolor
- Wood coloring
- Tarnish or varnish
- Corrupt
- Detergent target
- Blemish
- Blotch
- Coffee-spill result
- Spray 'n Wash target
- Carpet mark
- Washday challenge
- Stigma
- Dry-cleaner's target
- Dry cleaner's target
- Cleaner's problem
- Cleaning problem
- Cleaner's concern
- Dry cleaner's problem
- Alternative to varnish
- Dry cleaner's concern
- Tablecloth spoiler
- Blot
- Varnish alternative
- Reputation spoiler
- Carpet cleaner's target
- Biz target
- Woodworker's choice
- Woodworker's application
- Woodworker's supply
- Deck protector
- Carpet blemish
- It may be taken to the cleaners
- Ink smudge on a shirt
- Unintended spot
- Post-spill carpet spot
- Spot not easily removed
- Rug discoloration
- A red wine one is hard to get out
- Tarnish
- Shout target
- Prepare a slide
- Discolored spot
- Deck application
- Varnish, for instance
- Woodworker's need
- Laundry day target
- Smudge on a shirt
- Shirt spoiler
- Spot on a tie
- Disgrace
- Mark
- Besmirch
- Woodworking supply
- Tough job for a dry cleaner
- Wine may leave one
- Clothing discoloration
- Undesirable spot
- Spot on clothes
- Discolour
- Soiled Living Colour album?
- Lit song that's off to the cleaners?
- Red Hot Chili Peppers "Purple ___"
- Modest Mouse "Novocain ___"
- '93 Living Colour album
- Living Colour's third
- Discolour - blemish
- It can spoil satin
- Mark a tin's possibly made?
- You can shift it out of satin
- Bad mark for a boy who gets out of line
- It could ruin satin
- Discoloration of satin maybe
- It can blacken the character of a boy getting out of line
- Mark and Stanley getting out of line
- Mark, no ordinary saint
- Mark and I interrupt Stan
- Dye
- Mark, that tormented saint
- Discolouration in satin
- Mark, the stand-in deprived of a part
- Mark and Stan getting out of line
- It gets taken to the cleaners
- Spot - shame
- Taint
- Wine-on-the-tablecloth problem
- Discoloration on clothing
- Bad mark for a boy getting out of line
- Mark is wrong about the Territorial Army
- Blot on the character of a chap getting out of line
- Get ink on, say
- Blemish on one's reputation
- Mark and I interrupt Stanley
- It can, of course, spoil satin
- Black mark for a chap getting out of line
- Serious damage to one's reputation
- Fantastik job?
- Something bad about terriers being the wrong colour!
- Rug ruiner
- Stuff on the deck
- Blemish on a rug
- Color
- Top spot?
- About Saint Mark?
- Mark isn't a convert
- It can blemish satin badly
- Spill result
- Tide may wash it away
- Bring discredit upon
- Deck treatment
- It looks bad when a tin's spilt
- Indelible mark
- Leave a mark on
- Unwanted spot
- Mark, reformed as a saint
- Sofa mishap
- A bad mark
- Bio lab preparation
- Spot for a laundromat?
- Much-hated laundry spot?
- "Razors pain you ... Acids ___ you" (Dorothy Parker)
- Tough spot?
- What a Tide to Go pen can remove
- Dye for wood
- Lip ___ (gloss alternative)
- Thanks to participating in crime, a bad mark
- Couch blotch
- Risk of drinking coffee or wine
- It looks bad when a chap gets out of line
- Wood furniture application
- White shirt woe
- Table finish (or ruiner)
- Coffee spot?
- Turmeric may leave one
- Mark a tin's possibly made?
- Blotch on a bib
- Mark, in a strange way, the top
- Tough spot to get out
- It can be markedly unsightly
- What tomato sauce may do to a shirt
- Red wine on a blouse, for example
- Treat, as wood
- A tin's possible discolouration
- OxiClean target
- Ketchup on a carpet, for example
- Reputation ruiner
- Mark and Ian may be on the street
- Spot on a shirt, say
- Spot on a shirt, perhaps
- Leave a mark
- Darken, as wood
- Product in the paint department
- Trouble spot
- Wood dye
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 19, 2025
- Daily American - November 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 24, 2025
- LA Times - September 13, 2025
- Daily American - August 18, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 07, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 03, 2025
- New York Times - July 02, 2025
- New York Times - June 29, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 25, 2025
- Daily American - April 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 25, 2025
- LA Times - March 25, 2025
- LA Times - March 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 07, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 17, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 29, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 25, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 17, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 14, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 03, 2024
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