| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red learns to become a spreader of malicious gossip (9) | ||
| Islander erroneously accommodates a mud-slinger (9) | Puzzler Cryptic | 08 Dec 2024 |
| Not a good reporter (9) | ||
| Red learns about liar (9) | ||
| Maker of false statements about another | The Times Concise | 08 Apr 2022 |
| Misfit learns about the foreign mudslinger | Irish Times Crosaire | 03 Jun 2021 |
| Whose words may lead to action? | ||
| One traducing Solicitor at Law: and before king! | ||
| Malicious one | ||
| Maligner. | ||
| Backbiter. | ||
| Lady Sneerwell's role in "The School for Scandal.” | ||
| Owner of a bad tongue. |