| Mark on a freshly polished shoe |
New York Times |
26 Oct 2025 |
| Blemish on a shoe |
Commuter |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Mark on a loafer |
Universal |
18 Aug 2025 |
| Touch lightly, scrape (5) |
Puzzler |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Blemish on a shoe |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Abrade the cuffs badly? (5) |
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| Shoe blemish |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Scrape mark, small, on end of sleeve |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Mark (a shoe) (5) |
The Sun Mini |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Scrape spades on sock |
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| Graze (shoes) |
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| Abrade the cuffs? (5) |
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| Mark on a shoe |
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| Scrape (shoes) |
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| Scrape school head's sleeve part (5) |
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| Graze against (5) |
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| Scrape, scratch (a shoe) |
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| Scrape mark on a shoe |
Puzzler Backwords |
27 Dec 2023 |
| Mark by scraping |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Nov 2021 |
| Mark that proves foot-dragging occurred |
Family Time |
24 May 2020 |
| Shoeshine spoiler |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2020 |
| Shoe woe |
Universal |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Shoe blemish |
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| Shoe blemish |
New York Times |
14 Nov 2019 |
| Son put bracelets on, and drag, while walking |
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| Scratch on a shoe or a mark by scraping a surface |
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| Scratch some flawless cufflinks |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 May 2018 |
| A shoe blemish |
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| Shoe blemish |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Oct 2017 |
| Damage caused by rubbing is singular blow |
The Times Cryptic |
24 Aug 2016 |
| Slight blemish |
New York Times |
09 Apr 2016 |
| Shining target |
LA Times Daily |
25 Sep 2015 |
| Oxford mark |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2015 |
| Shoe blemish |
Universal |
22 Apr 2015 |
| Be a bad pitcher? |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2015 |
| Shoe blemish |
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| Be a bad pitcher? |
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| Mark on a loafer |
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| Oxford mark |
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| Shining target |
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| Dirty (up) |
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| Shoeshine spoiler |
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| Converse problem? |
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| Shoe mark |
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| Shoe mark |
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| Shoe imperfection |
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| Wing-tip flaw |
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| Put a mark on, as a baseball |
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| Shoe damage |
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| Shoe mark |
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| Loafer mark |
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| Shoe damage |
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| Shoe damage |
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| Take the shine off |
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| Put a mark on, maybe |
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| Walk without lifting the feet |
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| Slipper that has no fitting around the heel |
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| House slipper |
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| Shoe mark |
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| Scratch on a shoe |
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| Loafer mark |
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| Drag one's feet |
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| Leave a mark on, as shoes |
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| Disaster for a new shine |
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| Scrape something with the foot |
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| Loose slipper |
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| House slipper |
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| Flat-soled house slipper |
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| Type of slipper |
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| Rough spot |
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| Shoe mishap |
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| New-shoe tragedy |
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| Variety of slipper. |
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| Abrade. |
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| Worn or rough spot. |
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| House slipper. |
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