| Paint with messy strokes |
The Times Concise |
30 Oct 2025 |
| Splatter or smear (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
30 Oct 2025 |
| Carelessly paint |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Oct 2025 |
| Smear of paint |
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| Paint carelessly |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2025 |
| Paint amateurishly |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Paint hastily |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Paint coarsely |
Premier Sunday |
24 Aug 2025 |
| Apply messily |
Universal |
06 Aug 2025 |
| Smear (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Apply paint, etc. in a rather patchy manner? |
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| Smear, as paint |
Universal |
26 Jun 2025 |
| Carelessly paint or smear (4) |
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| Smear on |
Commuter |
31 May 2025 |
| Smear (paint) |
Mirror Tea Time |
08 May 2025 |
| Apply haphazardly |
LA Times Daily |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Paint clumsily (4) |
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| You, say, inexpert with poor painting? (4) |
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| Apply crudely |
Newsday |
28 Mar 2025 |
| Smear with wattle? (4) |
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| Paint sloppily |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Unacceptable to return, after hemming, posh coat (4) |
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| Apply crudely |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2025 |
| Apply haphazardly |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jan 2025 |
| Apply plaster |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jan 2025 |
| Smear name around America |
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| Ken removed the unbaked paint (4) |
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| A poor painting of a bud |
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| Measure of makeup |
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| Smear |
Universal |
24 Nov 2024 |
| Apply crudely |
Newsday |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Blot |
New York Times |
14 Nov 2024 |
| Smear on sloppily |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Clumsy brush stroke (4) |
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| Apply makeup |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Oct 2024 |
| Smear (paint) |
Mirror Tea Time |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Crudely paint bishop, covered by diamonds and gold |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Oct 2024 |
| Smear of paint (anagram of "baud") |
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| Haphazardly smear on |
USA Today |
15 Aug 2024 |
| Mark on a bingo card |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Crude careless picture |
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| Apply something blotchily (4) |
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| Smear with soft, sticky stuff (4) |
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| Smear uniform worn by expert? The opposite! (4) |
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| A poor painting (4) |
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| Smear (4) |
Puzzler |
06 May 2024 |
| Crude picture of fish swallowing half of us |
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| What a coarse painting with just a bud on it! |
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| University dons brought up poor artist's feeble effort (4) |
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| Smear with paint |
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| Smear expert in uniform? The opposite! (4) |
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| Smear (paint) |
Mirror Tea Time |
26 Feb 2024 |
| Do some crude painting |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Coat crudely |
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| Apply with a spatula, say |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Smear |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Coat with sticky substance |
|
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| Just a rough painting of a bud |
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| Paint messily |
USA Today |
25 Nov 2023 |
| Smear |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Sep 2023 |
| Coat with plaster, say |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Sep 2023 |
| Apply messily |
LA Times Daily |
13 Aug 2023 |
| Paint crudely |
Newsday |
30 Jul 2023 |
| Apply crudely |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jul 2023 |
| Smear of paint (anagram of "baud") |
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| Paint, in a way |
Canadiana |
16 Jan 2023 |
| Smear carelessly |
The Times Concise |
18 Nov 2022 |
| Smear on, as makeup |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Paint crudely |
Premier Sunday |
07 Aug 2022 |
| Carelessly apply, as paint |
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| You must tuck into fish spread |
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| Finger-paint |
Premier Sunday |
12 Jun 2022 |
| Smear, like finger paint |
Universal |
03 Jun 2022 |
| Apply paint on (anagram of "baud") |
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| Apply carelessly, as paint (anagram of "baud") |
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| Apply sloppily |
Universal |
14 May 2022 |
| Paint roughly |
Newsday |
29 Apr 2022 |
| Apply sloppily |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Apr 2022 |
| Spot area knight has captured |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Apply crudely |
LA Times Daily |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Smear on sloppily |
USA Today |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Apply crudely |
The Washington Post |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Smear on |
Universal |
04 Jan 2022 |
| Smear |
New York Times |
24 Oct 2021 |
| Slap (on) |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2021 |
| Slap (on) |
The Washington Post |
16 Oct 2021 |
| Companion to wattle in sustainable building |
The Guardian Weekend |
09 Oct 2021 |
| Smear of paint |
Universal |
16 Aug 2021 |
| Paint sloppily |
USA Today |
04 Aug 2021 |
| Clumsy smear |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Aug 2021 |
| Paint |
Canadiana |
02 Aug 2021 |
| Smear (on) |
Universal |
20 Jul 2021 |
| Apply sloppily |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2021 |
| Smear |
New York Times |
30 Jan 2021 |
| Paint incompetently |
Universal |
13 Dec 2020 |
| Paint crudely |
Premier Sunday |
13 Dec 2020 |
| Smear |
The Times Concise |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Apply paint crudely |
The Guardian Speedy |
20 Sep 2020 |
| Smear on, as paint |
Premier Sunday |
13 Sep 2020 |
| Paint smear |
Universal |
19 Jul 2020 |
| Paint badly |
Newsday |
03 Jul 2020 |
| Amateurish painting technique |
Family Time |
11 May 2020 |
| Smear |
USA Today |
26 Apr 2020 |
| Smear, as paint |
Universal |
02 Apr 2020 |
| Smear |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Feb 2020 |
| Smear |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2019 |
| Spot a man from Clondalkin, for instance, getting to grips with article |
Irish Times Crosaire |
16 Nov 2019 |
| Smear on |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2019 |
| Apply in a slapdash way |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Aug 2019 |
| Apply carelessly, as paint |
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| Apply with a spatula, say |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Smear |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Jul 2019 |
| Apply crudely |
Jonesin |
25 Jun 2019 |
| Smear (on) |
The Washington Post |
17 Jun 2019 |
| Smear (on) |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jun 2019 |
| Plaster |
Canadiana |
27 May 2019 |
| Knight grabbing a coat casually? |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 May 2019 |
| Smear |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 May 2019 |
| Apply sloppily |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2019 |
| Paint carelessly |
New York Times |
19 Mar 2019 |
| Knight grabbing a coat casually |
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| Besmear, as a canvas |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2019 |
| Knight covering a smear |
|
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| Apply in a slapdash way |
|
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| Smear (on) |
|
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| Paint carelessly |
|
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| Besmear, as a canvas |
|
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| Apply paint on |
|
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| Apply sloppily |
|
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| Apply with a spatula, say |
|
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| Cover with mud |
Newsday |
06 Oct 2018 |
| Smear of paint |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Sep 2018 |
| Slap on, as paint |
USA Today |
28 Aug 2018 |
| Apply makeup |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Aug 2018 |
| Smear, as paint |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2018 |
| Smear, as paint |
The Washington Post |
07 Aug 2018 |
| Apply, as plaster |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2018 |
| Apply crudely |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2018 |
| Apply crudely |
The Washington Post |
25 Jul 2018 |
| Apply finger paint |
Family Time |
11 Jun 2018 |
| Cover with broad strokes |
Wall Street Journal |
16 May 2018 |
| Apply crudely, as paint |
|
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| Apply carelessly, as paint |
New York Times |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Smear (on) |
Premier Sunday |
28 Jan 2018 |
| Apply, as plaster |
|
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| Cover with broad strokes |
|
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| Slap on, as paint |
|
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| Smear, as paint |
|
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| Smear |
|
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| Apply crudely |
|
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| Apply carelessly, as paint |
|
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| Paint crudely |
New York Times |
18 Nov 2017 |
| Do some crude painting |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Oct 2017 |
| A bud's botched in bad painting |
|
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| Blot |
Jonesin |
18 Jul 2017 |
| Apply sloppily |
New York Times |
17 May 2017 |
| Lay it on thick, as paint |
Universal |
02 Apr 2017 |
| Paint crudely |
Universal |
20 Feb 2017 |
| Paint crudely |
|
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| Paint crudely |
|
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| Apply sloppily |
|
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| Slap on, as paint |
Newsday |
18 Sep 2016 |
| Put on any old way |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2016 |
| Apply crudely, as paint |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2016 |
| Slap (on), as cologne |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Smear |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2016 |
| Apply crudely, as paint |
USA Today |
20 Jan 2016 |
| Smear |
|
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| Put on any old way |
|
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| Apply crudely, as paint |
|
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| Apply crudely, as paint |
|
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| Smear on, as paint |
Newsday |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Paint unskillfully |
Universal |
26 Oct 2015 |
| Smudge starts to disappear after using blotter |
|
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| Do some fingerpainting |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Jul 2015 |
| Apply plaster |
Universal |
18 Mar 2015 |
| Put a coat on sloppily, say |
New York Times |
19 Feb 2015 |
| Apply haphazardly |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2015 |
| Finger-paint |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Jan 2015 |
| Smear on, as paint |
|
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| Put a coat on sloppily, say |
|
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| Apply haphazardly |
|
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| Apply crudely, as paint |
|
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| Apply plaster |
|
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| Paint unskillfully |
|
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| Apply crudely, as paint |
Universal |
01 Jan 2015 |
| Slap on |
|
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| Apply haphazardly |
|
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| Paint crudely |
|
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| Paint poorly |
|
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| Paint coarsely |
|
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| Paint like a toddler |
|
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| Amateurish painting |
|
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| Paint crudely |
|
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| Plaster |
|
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| Slap on |
|
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| Paint with a sponge |
|
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| Smear |
|
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| Apply amateurishly |
|
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| Coat with plaster |
|
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| Apply paint hastily |
|
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| Apply roughly |
|
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| Apply, as finger paint |
|
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| Paint ineptly |
|
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| Apply, as finger paint |
|
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| Paint ineptly |
|
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| Paint badly |
|
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| Smear (on) |
|
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| Finger-paint |
|
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| Apply carelessly, as paint |
|
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| Smear on, as paint |
|
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| Do some crude painting |
|
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| Slap on, as paint |
|
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| Wipe, as tears |
|
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| Do some finger-painting |
|
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| Apply in a slapdash way |
|
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| Paint poorly |
|
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| Finger-paint |
|
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| Slap on, as paint |
|
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| Apply in a slapdash way |
|
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| Paint unskillfully |
|
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| Apply amateurishly |
|
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| Apply crudely |
|
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| Apply haphazardly, as paint |
|
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| Plaster |
|
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| Smear |
|
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| Apply crudely |
|
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| Apply paint hastily |
|
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| Paint unskillfully |
|
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| Do some fingerpainting |
|
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| Smear |
|
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| Blot |
|
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| Apply artlessly |
|
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| Slap on |
|
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| Slap on |
|
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| Paint none too delicately |
|
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| Smear with grease or mud |
|
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| Paint crudely |
|
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| Apply, as fingerpaint |
|
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| Paint haphazardly |
|
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| Paint without precision |
|
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| Smear (on) |
|
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| Paint amateurishly |
|
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| Paint haphazardly |
|
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| Apply, as plaster |
|
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| Paint unskillfully |
|
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| Use finger paint |
|
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| Smear with grease or mud, e.g. |
|
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| Smear on, as paint |
|
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| Paint carelessly |
|
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| Paint like an amateur |
|
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| Use a Q-Tip, perhaps |
|
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| Smear |
|
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| Color crudely |
|
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| Plaster |
|
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| Paint like an amateur |
|
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| Paint crudely |
|
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| Unskillfully apply |
|
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| Apply crudely |
|
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| Apply thickly |
|
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| Produce amateurish art |
|
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| Slap on |
|
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| Paint sloppily |
|
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| Paint amateurishly |
|
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| Paint unskillfully |
|
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| Smear |
|
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| Paint crudely |
|
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| Slap plaster on |
|
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| Paint unskillfully |
|
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| Finger-paint |
|
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| Pat on |
|
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| Besmear |
|
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| Apply sloppily |
|
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| Paint unskillfully |
|
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| Smear |
|
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| Cover with mud |
|
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| Paint ineffectually |
|
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| Smirch |
|
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| Blot |
|
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| Apply crudely |
|
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| Apply plaster |
|
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| Use fingerpaint |
|
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| Wattle and ___ (building technique) |
|
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| Apply, as plaster |
|
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| Paint crudely |
|
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| Apply crudely |
|
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| Cover with plaster |
|
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| Paint unskillfully |
|
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| Paint poorly |
|
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| Apply, as plaster |
|
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| Cover with wide strokes |
|
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| Apply, as fingerpaint |
|
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| Paint without trying to stay within the lines, say |
|
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| Smear |
|
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| Apply crudely |
|
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| Apply, as plaster or paint |
|
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| Spread (on) |
|
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| Wattle's partner |
|
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| Lay it on thick |
|
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| Apply badly |
|
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| Fingerpaint |
|
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| Paint carelessly |
|
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| Smear on |
|
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| Paint poorly |
|
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| Coat with plaster, say |
|
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| Slosh paint |
|
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| Paint amateurishly |
|
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| Apply crudely, as paint |
|
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| Smear |
|
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| Wipe away, as tears |
|
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| Coat, as with plaster |
|
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| Paint sloppily |
|
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| Apply paint hastily |
|
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| Apply artlessly |
|
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| Brush carelessly |
|
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| Apply paint |
|
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| Splash on |
|
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| Coat, with "on" |
|
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| Paint poorly |
|
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| Apply paint crudely |
|
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| Paint messily |
|
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| Crude painting |
|
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| Apply ointment |
|
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| Do finger painting |
|
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| Paint on Sundays |
|
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| Do fingerpainting |
|
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| Plaster; smear |
|
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| Fingerpainting |
|
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| Poorly painted picture. |
|
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| Splotch. |
|
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| Smear. |
|
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| Apply freely. |
|
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| Finger paint effort. |
|
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| Bad painting. |
|
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| Rudely executed painting. |
|
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| Finger painting. |
|
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| Palette sample. |
|
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| Child's painting. |
|
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| Apply without care, as paint |
|
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| Plaster. |
|
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| Sticky smear. |
|
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| Mud plastering. |
|
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| Finger paint. |
|
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| Inartistic botch. |
|
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| Besmear. |
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