| Problematic person |
Universal |
25 Sep 2025 |
| Corrupt person in a group |
Mirror Classic |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Rotter! |
Mirror Tea Time |
06 Feb 2025 |
| Graduate lapped up, but is a poor influence (3,5) |
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| One metaphorically spoiling the bunch |
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| Academic spotted a morally reprehensible person (3,5) |
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| Graduate gets a mark for being a bad influence on others (3,5) |
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| Negative influence on others, metaphorically |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2024 |
| A rotten russet for a person with corrupting influence (3,5) |
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| Troublemaker |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Apr 2022 |
| Proverbial fruit that 'spoils the whole barrel' |
USA Today |
27 Feb 2022 |
| No-goodnik |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Feb 2021 |
| Corrupt person |
USA Today |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Not-so-good member of an otherwise good group |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2020 |
| One who is rotten to the core? |
LA Times Daily |
05 Sep 2019 |
| One who is rotten to the core? |
The Washington Post |
05 Sep 2019 |
| No-goodnik |
New York Times |
03 May 2019 |
| Group spoiler |
New York Times |
25 Jan 2019 |
| No-goodnik |
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| Group spoiler |
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| One who is rotten to the core? |
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| Troublemaker |
LA Times Daily |
17 Sep 2017 |
| Troublemaker |
The Washington Post |
17 Sep 2017 |
| Troublemaker |
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| Ne'er-do-well |
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| Habitual troublemaker |
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| Spoiler of a sort |
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| Family outcast, perhaps |
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| Barrel spoiler |
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| Family outcast, perhaps |
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| Troublemaker |
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| Habitual troublemaker |
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| No-goodnik |
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| No-goodnik |
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| No-goodnik |
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| Habitual troublemaker |
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| Troublemaker |
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| Habitual troublemaker |
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