| Exposure of a piece of stain (4) |
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| Ink stain |
Universal |
18 Apr 2024 |
| Mark group behind bishop (4) |
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| Big amount following black ink spilt (4) |
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| Soak up (ink) |
Puzzler Backwords |
12 Apr 2024 |
| ___ out the name of Haman (4) |
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| To be shown fate is apt to be a bit messy |
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| Second letter has large quantity of spilt ink! (4) |
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| Stain or eyesore (4) |
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| Smear (4) |
Puzzler |
27 Mar 2024 |
| Record flaw |
Newsday |
23 Mar 2024 |
| Be given plenty of ink |
|
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| Dab freshly applied lipstick with a tissue say |
|
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| Ink smear |
Newsday |
13 Mar 2024 |
| Ink splotch, and a synonym for "small imperfection" |
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| Rorschach sample |
|
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| Dab a spill |
|
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| Ink splotch on a white shirt, say |
|
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| A drop of ink, perhaps (4) |
|
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| Ink-mark (4) |
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| Ink splotch |
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| Onus |
|
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| Smear second-rate group |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
25 Dec 2023 |
| Soak up spill |
|
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| Image in the Rorschach test |
|
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| Ink smudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Nov 2023 |
| Ink stain |
|
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| Ink smear |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2023 |
| Printer smudge |
LA Times Daily |
06 Nov 2023 |
| Make use of a paper towel |
Family Time |
05 Nov 2023 |
| Inky stain |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2023 |
| Splotch of ink |
Universal |
03 Oct 2023 |
| Ink stain |
|
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| Ink stain |
Newsday |
29 Aug 2023 |
| Ink smudge |
|
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| Dab with a tissue |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Calligraphy mishap |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2023 |
| Inky stain |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Jun 2023 |
| Exposed checker, in backgammon |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jun 2023 |
| Inky image |
LA Times Daily |
23 May 2023 |
| Ink smudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 May 2023 |
| Messy pen mark |
|
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| Spoil line inserted in software program |
The Guardian Cryptic |
02 May 2023 |
| Ink splotch |
|
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| Inky stain |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Feb 2023 |
| Result of a leaky pen, perhaps |
New York Times |
01 Feb 2023 |
| Dark mark |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jan 2023 |
| Smear black mass |
The Guardian Quiptic |
16 Jan 2023 |
| Dab, as spilled ink |
New York Times |
16 Jan 2023 |
| Dab, as with a paper towel |
New York Times |
09 Jan 2023 |
| Ink stain |
USA Today |
22 Dec 2022 |
| Mark in a Rorschach test |
Universal |
03 Dec 2022 |
| Ink splotch |
|
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| Drunk failing to get dry |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Nov 2022 |
| Ink smudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Oct 2022 |
| Dab at, as lipstick |
LA Times Daily |
25 Sep 2022 |
| Blemish |
The Guardian Quick |
22 Sep 2022 |
| Smudge |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2022 |
| Splotch of ink |
New York Times |
25 Jul 2022 |
| Dab with a napkin |
Universal |
14 Jul 2022 |
| Rorschach test component |
The Washington Post |
07 Jun 2022 |
| Rorschach test component |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jun 2022 |
| Ink smear |
Newsday |
02 May 2022 |
| Rorschach test mark |
|
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| Rorschach test image |
|
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| Patch of ink on a crisp white shirt, say |
|
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| Inky stain |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Mar 2022 |
| Smudge |
Universal |
26 Mar 2022 |
| Ink "oops" |
New York Times |
21 Mar 2022 |
| Inky stain |
LA Times Daily |
14 Mar 2022 |
| Inky stain |
The Washington Post |
14 Mar 2022 |
| Use a paper towel effectively |
Family Time |
27 Feb 2022 |
| Ink smudge |
Universal |
08 Feb 2022 |
| Dark stain |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Jan 2022 |
| Stain |
New York Times |
31 Dec 2021 |
| Boodle's mark |
|
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| Boodle's mark |
The Guardian Cryptic |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Inky smear |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Dec 2021 |
| Dark mark |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Nov 2021 |
| Brahms not having to defect? |
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| Stain |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Nov 2021 |
| Record blemish |
LA Times Daily |
04 Nov 2021 |
| Reputation stain |
The Washington Post |
06 Oct 2021 |
| Reputation stain |
LA Times Daily |
06 Oct 2021 |
| Ink stain |
Newsday |
06 Oct 2021 |
| Rorschach image |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Rorschach image |
The Washington Post |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Inky stain |
Newsday |
28 Sep 2021 |
| Rorschach test mark |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2021 |
| Obscure, with 'out' |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2021 |
| Smudge |
New York Times |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Rorschach test component |
Universal |
24 Jun 2021 |
| Eyesore |
Newsday |
29 May 2021 |
| Ink smear |
Newsday |
10 May 2021 |
| Record concern |
LA Times Daily |
29 Apr 2021 |
| Record concern |
The Washington Post |
29 Apr 2021 |
| Dab with a tissue, say |
USA Today |
22 Apr 2021 |
| Ink smudge |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Apr 2021 |
| Mark footballers not for sale |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Mar 2021 |
| Moral flaw |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Mar 2021 |
| Ink or paint stain |
|
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| Ink spot |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Jan 2021 |
| Ink stain |
Newsday |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Dab with a towel |
Newsday |
26 Nov 2020 |
| Dab at |
USA Today |
06 Nov 2020 |
| Dark mark or stain |
The Times Concise |
06 Nov 2020 |
| Ink stain |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Oct 2020 |
| Ink splotch |
|
|
| Unintended ink, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
10 Sep 2020 |
| Unintended ink, maybe |
The Washington Post |
10 Sep 2020 |
| Inky stain |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Aug 2020 |
| Ink stain |
|
|
| Rorschach test image |
Universal |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Rorschach image |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2020 |
| Blemish; disgrace |
The Guardian Speedy |
28 Jun 2020 |
| Ink stain |
Universal |
19 Jun 2020 |
| Ink smudge |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Jun 2020 |
| Smudge |
Canadiana |
25 May 2020 |
| Ink stain |
|
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| Bit of spatter |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2020 |
| In backgammon, a single checker on a point |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
29 Dec 2019 |
| Disgrace of guts turning in bar |
The Telegraph Toughie |
31 Oct 2019 |
| Paint stain, say |
|
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| Ink stain |
|
|
| Brahms and Liszt refusing to defect |
|
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| Stain that is generally left by p?t? removed from table top |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 Sep 2019 |
| Rorschach test item |
Family Time |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Scribe's mishap |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2019 |
| Flaw on a record |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2019 |
| Rorschach test feature |
Universal |
26 Jun 2019 |
| Moral flaw |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jun 2019 |
| Moral flaw |
The Washington Post |
20 Jun 2019 |
| Stain that is generally left by p?t? removed from table-top |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 May 2019 |
| Mark in second-class band |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 May 2019 |
| Ink stain |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 May 2019 |
| Ink smudge |
Newsday |
02 Apr 2019 |
| Ink smudge |
The Washington Post |
28 Mar 2019 |
| Ink smudge |
LA Times Daily |
28 Mar 2019 |
| Rorschach image |
USA Today |
21 Mar 2019 |
| Dark mark |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Mar 2019 |
| Stain on one's reputation |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2019 |
| Ink stain that rhymes with "slot" |
|
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| Ink smudge |
|
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| Rorschach image |
|
|
| Stain on one's reputation |
|
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| Dark mark |
|
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| Rorschach test feature |
|
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| Ink stain |
|
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| Moral flaw |
|
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| Dark stain |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Ink stain |
|
|
| Blemish |
Universal |
22 Nov 2018 |
| Losing to drunk is a disgrace |
|
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| Smudge |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2018 |
| Smudge |
The Washington Post |
25 Oct 2018 |
| Spot British site |
|
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| Stain |
|
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| Ink stain |
|
|
| Inky mess |
New York Times |
11 Jun 2018 |
| Ink problem |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2018 |
| Stain |
|
|
| Dirt blemish |
Universal |
12 Mar 2018 |
| Ink smudge |
Universal |
07 Mar 2018 |
| Dab with a towel |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2018 |
| Inky mess |
|
|
| Smudge |
|
|
| Dark stain |
|
|
| Dab with a towel |
|
|
| Blemish |
|
|
| Rorschach-test shape |
|
|
| Ink problem |
|
|
| Ink stain |
|
|
| Splotch |
Universal |
22 Nov 2017 |
| Blemish |
Canadiana |
23 Oct 2017 |
| A drop of ink? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Oct 2017 |
| Ink stain |
|
|
| Ink stain |
Family Time |
10 Sep 2017 |
| Make mark on Brunning's first collection |
|
|
| Rorschach image |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Sep 2017 |
| Blemish in book collection |
|
|
| Inky smear |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Aug 2017 |
| Rorschach test shape |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2017 |
| Ink spot |
Premier Sunday |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Smudge |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Record flaw |
LA Times Daily |
15 Apr 2017 |
| Record flaw |
The Washington Post |
15 Apr 2017 |
| Try to contain, in a way, as a spill |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2017 |
| Rorschach image |
The Washington Post |
09 Apr 2017 |
| Rorschach image |
LA Times Daily |
09 Apr 2017 |
| Ink stain, e.g |
Family Time |
03 Apr 2017 |
| Ink stain |
New York Times |
21 Mar 2017 |
| Rorschach image |
Universal |
16 Mar 2017 |
| Dark mark |
Premier Sunday |
12 Feb 2017 |
| Try to contain, in a way, as a spill |
|
|
| Rorschach test shape |
|
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| Ink stain |
|
|
| Record flaw |
|
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| Rorschach image |
|
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| Rorschach image |
|
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| Splotch |
|
|
| Rorschach test pattern |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2016 |
| Dark stain |
Premier Sunday |
13 Nov 2016 |
| Stain |
The Washington Post |
06 Oct 2016 |
| Reputation blemish |
Universal |
28 Aug 2016 |
| Result of an ink mishap |
Universal |
16 Aug 2016 |
| Clean, as with paper towels |
Family Time |
20 Jun 2016 |
| Black mark |
Universal |
20 May 2016 |
| Ink spill result |
Universal |
27 Apr 2016 |
| Problem on a record |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2016 |
| Ink stain |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2016 |
| Rorschach test element |
New York Times |
08 Feb 2016 |
| Ink smudge |
Family Time |
31 Jan 2016 |
| Use a paper towel |
USA Today |
13 Jan 2016 |
| Use a paper towel |
|
|
| Reputation blemish |
|
|
| Result of an ink mishap |
|
|
| Rorschach test element |
|
|
| Bad thing on a record |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2015 |
| Ink mishap |
Newsday |
27 Dec 2015 |
| Mark found at the bar with old books |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 Dec 2015 |
| Second-rate auction item — dry piece of writing |
|
|
| Smudge |
Universal |
22 Jul 2015 |
| Obliterate, with ''out'' |
Newsday |
19 Jun 2015 |
| Record flaw |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2015 |
| Stain |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jun 2015 |
| Mark on Bible at the auctioneers |
Irish Times Crosaire |
04 Jun 2015 |
| Ink spill |
New York Times |
26 May 2015 |
| Rorschach figure |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 May 2015 |
| Reputation tarnisher |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Apr 2015 |
| Dab dry |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2015 |
| Smudge |
|
|
| Ink mishap |
|
|
| Ink spill |
|
|
| Reputation tarnisher |
|
|
| Black mark |
|
|
| Dab dry |
|
|
| Bad thing on a record |
|
|
| Obliterate, with "out" |
|
|
| Ink smear |
|
|
| Ink smudge |
|
|
| Ink stain |
|
|
| Rorschach image |
|
|
| Record flaw |
|
|
| Stain |
|
|
| Rorschach image |
|
|
| Printing mistake |
|
|
| Use absorbent paper |
|
|
| Splotch |
|
|
| Soak up |
|
|
| Rorschach pic |
|
|
| You don't want this on your record |
|
|
| Rorschach image |
|
|
| Inky mess |
|
|
| Dark mark |
|
|
| Printout problem |
|
|
| Rorschach test image |
|
|
| Reputation stain |
|
|
| Dry with absorbent paper |
|
|
| Ink problem |
|
|
| Rorschach test feature |
|
|
| Blemish on one's reputation |
|
|
| Rorschach image |
|
|
| Rorschach test component |
|
|
| Reputation tarnisher |
|
|
| Dab with absorbent paper |
|
|
| Bad mark |
|
|
| Rorschach ink mark |
|
|
| Reputation stain |
|
|
| Smudge |
|
|
| Black mark |
|
|
| Reputation blemish |
|
|
| Stain |
|
|
| Stain |
|
|
| Stain |
|
|
| Bad thing on a record |
|
|
| Bad thing on a record |
|
|
| Rorschach mark |
|
|
| Clean, as with paper towels |
|
|
| Negative on your record |
|
|
| Printing problem |
|
|
| Ink stain, e.g. |
|
|
| Dry, in a way |
|
|
| Dab gently |
|
|
| ___ out (erase) |
|
|
| Ink stain |
|
|
| Sponge up |
|
|
| Dab at with a towel, as a spill |
|
|
| Rorschach test image |
|
|
| Stain or disgrace |
|
|
| Sponge up |
|
|
| Dab at with a towel, as a spill |
|
|
| Rorschach test feature |
|
|
| Ink stain |
|
|
| Ink stain |
|
|
| Part of a Rorschach test |
|
|
| Reputation stain |
|
|
| Apply tissue to fresh lipstick, perhaps |
|
|
| Ink stain |
|
|
| Stain |
|
|
| Black mark |
|
|
| Bad mark on one's reputation |
|
|
| Dab with absorbent paper |
|
|
| Rorschach "image" |
|
|
| Dry with a paper towel |
|
|
| Rorschach "image" |
|
|
| Stain |
|
|
| Splotch |
|
|
| Rorschach "image" |
|
|
| Dry, as a spill |
|
|
| Dry, as a spill |
|
|
| Rorschach test component |
|
|
| Deal with spilled milk |
|
|
| Dark mark |
|
|
| Ink smudge |
|
|
| Too much ink |
|
|
| Soak up |
|
|
| Reputation blemish |
|
|
| Ink smudge |
|
|
| Reputation blemish |
|
|
| Use a paper towel |
|
|
| Backgammon piece that's alone on its point |
|
|
| Rorschach mark |
|
|
| Reputation spoiler |
|
|
| Reputation ruiner |
|
|
| Black mark |
|
|
| Rorschach pattern |
|
|
| Smirch |
|
|
| Soak up liquid |
|
|
| Use a paper towel |
|
|
| Backgammon piece that can be sent to the bar |
|
|
| Pick up, in a way |
|
|
| Pick up, in a way |
|
|
| Remove with absorbent material |
|
|
| Smudge |
|
|
| Stain |
|
|
| Smudge |
|
|
| Reputation blemish |
|
|
| Smudge |
|
|
| Dab dry |
|
|
| Inky mess |
|
|
| Eclipse, with "out" |
|
|
| Absorb |
|
|
| Record ruiner |
|
|
| Soak up liquid, in a way |
|
|
| Rorschach image |
|
|
| Smudge |
|
|
| Printer's mistake |
|
|
| Rorschach test item |
|
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| Dark mark |
|
|
| Escutcheon spoiler |
|
|
| Smudge |
|
|
| Rorschach test item |
|
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| Dark mark |
|
|
| Dry with absorbent paper |
|
|
| Rorschach unit |
|
|
| Ink stain |
|
|
| Blemish |
|
|
| Rorschach stain |
|
|
| Eyesore |
|
|
| Ink smear |
|
|
| Rorschach test feature |
|
|
| Rorschach image |
|
|
| Rorschach test design |
|
|
| Part of a Rorschach test |
|
|
| Rorschach ink mark |
|
|
| Soak up |
|
|
| Use absorbent paper |
|
|
| Rorschach unit |
|
|
| Ink spot |
|
|
| Ink spot |
|
|
| Reputation tarnisher |
|
|
| Clean, as with paper towels |
|
|
| Sully |
|
|
| Rorschach test image |
|
|
| Inky smear |
|
|
| Moral flaw |
|
|
| Apply tissue to fresh lipstick, perhaps |
|
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| Stain |
|
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| Soil |
|
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| Dab dry |
|
|
| Sponge |
|
|
| See 23 Across |
|
|
| Remove with an absorbant |
|
|
| You don't want this on your record |
|
|
| Rorschach stain |
|
|
| Part of a psychological test |
|
|
| Rorschach presentation |
|
|
| Fix as lipstick |
|
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| Stain |
|
|
| Ink stain, e.g. |
|
|
| Rorschach "art" |
|
|
| Disfigurement |
|
|
| Soak up |
|
|
| Rorschach stain |
|
|
| Ink accident |
|
|
| Deal with spilled milk |
|
|
| ___ out (erase) |
|
|
| Dry an inked inscription |
|
|
| Inky smear |
|
|
| Ink mishap |
|
|
| Smudge |
|
|
| Ink entry |
|
|
| Delete, with "out" |
|
|
| Ink ____ |
|
|
| Ink smudge |
|
|
| Blemish |
|
|
| Exposed piece, in backgammon |
|
|
| Soak up |
|
|
| Blemish on one's escutcheon |
|
|
| Escutcheon problem |
|
|
| Disgrace |
|
|
| Escutcheon stain |
|
|
| Rorschach item |
|
|
| Spot |
|
|
| Eclipse, with "out" |
|
|
| Moral flaw |
|
|
| Escutcheon's stain |
|
|
| Stigma |
|
|
| A ___ on one's escutcheon |
|
|
| Escutcheon spoiler |
|
|
| Be absorbent |
|
|
| Backgammon piece exposed to capture |
|
|
| Penman's goof |
|
|
| Scribe's mishap |
|
|
| Rorschach's device |
|
|
| Ink mishap |
|
|
| Escutcheon décor, at times |
|
|
| Ink spot |
|
|
| Escutcheon décor |
|
|
| Dry the ink |
|
|
| Design in Rorschach test |
|
|
| Inkspot. |
|
|
| Smudge. |
|
|
| Eclipse |
|
|
| Spot of a sort. |
|
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| Bespatter. |
|
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| Stain. |
|
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| Splotch. |
|
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| Unsightly thing. |
|
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| Dry, in a way. |
|
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| Absorb. |
|
|
| Sully. |
|
|
| Inkstain. |
|
|
| Soak up. |
|
|
| Erase (with "out"). |
|
|
| Disgrace. |
|
|
| Eclipse (with "out"). |
|
|
| ___ on the landscape. |
|
|
| Stigma. |
|
|
| Ink spot. |
|
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| Escutcheon's stain. |
|
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| Escutcheon stain. |
|
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| Smutch. |
|
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| Obscure (with "out"). |
|
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| Mar. |
|
|
| Stationery spoiler. |
|
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| Darken (with "out"). |
|
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| Be absorbent. |
|
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| Stain on the escutcheon. |
|
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| Cancel (with "out"). |
|
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| Fountain pen faux pas. |
|
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| Blemish. |
|
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| Ink spatter. |
|
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| Ink stain. |
|
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| Black patch. |
|
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| The mark on the 'scutcheon. |
|
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| "___ on the escutcheon." |
|
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| Browning's "___ in the 'Scutcheon." |
|
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| "A ___ on the scutcheon."—Cervantes. |
|
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| Inkjet snafu |
|
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