| Dirty mark or streak | The Times Concise | 20 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Mascara stain | Newsday | 14 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap | USA Today | 12 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Makeup smudge | Newsday | 29 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Anoint |  |  | 
          
            | Smudge | LA Times Daily | 10 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | New York Times | 25 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Vilify | Puzzler Backwords | 19 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Defame during a campaign | Universal | 12 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | New York Times | 05 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Besmirch, as character | The Telegraph Plusword | 04 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap | LA Times Daily | 04 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | Newsday | 27 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Makeup mishap | USA Today | 21 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Spread messily, as ink |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty mark or stain (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Mess up, as makeup |  |  | 
          
            | Mudslinging campaign? |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick slip | Thomas Joseph | 04 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Defame small business on the outskirts of Aughagower |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud at | The Telegraph Plusword | 28 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Soil the good name of |  |  | 
          
            | Mess up, as makeup |  |  | 
          
            | Same sort of king to slander (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Slander | The Sun Two Speed | 11 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Dirty mark or marks scorch clothes | The Sun Two Speed | 11 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Paint on messily (5) | Puzzler | 05 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Bit of mud on a campaign trail |  |  | 
          
            | Coat brand Mark is wearing (5) | The Guardian Cryptic | 22 May 2025 | 
          
            | Name-calling campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Slur | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 07 May 2025 | 
          
            | Shows me a rough but hidden smudge (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick slip | Thomas Joseph | 05 May 2025 | 
          
            | Reputation damaging accusation |  |  | 
          
            | Low blow, politically |  |  | 
          
            | Defamatory (campaign or tactics) (5) |  |  | 
          
            | (and 4 Across) Scatter IMacs around, which may discredit an adversary (5,7) |  |  | 
          
            | Blacken starter of mutton, burn outside |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick stain | Commuter | 25 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Vilify | Puzzler Backwords | 22 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Daub reams for a change (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mess | Newsday | 07 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Slander | Eugene Sheffer | 03 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Tarnish (reputation) |  |  | 
          
            | Unfair attack |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick slip | Thomas Joseph | 12 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | TV adventurer Ray's last to start slanderous attack (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty campaign tactic | Wall Street Journal | 27 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Underhanded political tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Smudge | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 13 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Bad-mouth | Wall Street Journal | 02 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Smudge | Mirror Tea Time | 02 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Calumniate | New York Times | 24 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Slur received from some odd listener (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Daub, smudge (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Post-kiss lip smudge | USA Today | 06 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Summer air's regularly causing stain (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Slander can be a sort of test (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Wipe all over the place |  |  | 
          
            | Result of smudging wet ink, often |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign that tends to blur the facts |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mishap | Newsday | 20 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Political attack | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 15 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Daub | The Telegraph Quick | 15 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Eyeliner mishap | Universal | 14 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Makeup mishap | USA Today | 12 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Blot, daub |  |  | 
          
            | ___ tactics (dirty tricks) |  |  | 
          
            | Daub mares messily (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Officer has feature on defamatory remark (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Slander so loveless on warm-hearted me (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Type of campaign coat (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Damaging - and false - rumour (5) | The Guardian Quick | 19 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Damaging a and false a rumour (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Besmirch | New York Times | 16 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Malicious vilification (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Denigrate wild mares? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Sample on a slide | Newsday | 03 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Spread e.g. vaseline on rod rings (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Besmirch; smudge | The Telegraph Plusword | 28 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Vilify return of artist beside German river (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mishap | LA Times Daily | 24 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Sweden's Ministry of External Affairs rule is a slander (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Apply unevenly |  |  | 
          
            | Bad-mouth | New York Times | 15 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Slander | New York Times | 06 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Jelly mishap | Newsday | 05 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | It may be a slur that's taken for microscopic examination (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Sully; defame (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Smudge | LA Times Daily | 17 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Finger-painting smudge | New York Times | 12 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Makeup mishap | Newsday | 11 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Slanderous comment | The Times Concise | 01 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Smudge | Mirror Tea Time | 01 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Lipstick smudge | Newsday | 22 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | 107-Down mishap | Newsday | 21 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Medical examiner may take this slander |  |  | 
          
            | Defamatory type of campaign | The Telegraph Plusword | 17 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Consequence of crying while wearing mascara |  |  | 
          
            | Vilify | Puzzler Backwords | 13 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Slanderous defamation (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Mess up, as makeup |  |  | 
          
            | Slander mares terribly (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Greasy mark |  |  | 
          
            | Spread sloppily | Universal | 15 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Defame | New York Times | 06 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Besmirch | TV | 02 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Calumny (5) | The Guardian Quick | 31 May 2024 | 
          
            | Minute burn around plaster (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Lip liner mishap | LA Times Mini | 25 May 2024 | 
          
            | Stain small pool, say (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Besmirch | The Sun Mini | 14 May 2024 | 
          
            | Slanderous story (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty sort of business a Republican goes after (5) | The Guardian Cryptic | 07 May 2024 | 
          
            | Dirty kind of campaign | Universal | 03 May 2024 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | Newsday | 28 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Smudge | Mirror Tea Time | 17 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Makeup slip-up | LA Times Daily | 16 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap | LA Times Daily | 15 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Sully; slander (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Smudge | Commuter | 04 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Slander mares, perhaps (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Daub | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Type of campaign in which 36-Across might be used | Universal | 30 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Attack ad tactic | Wall Street Journal | 30 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Reams written to defame (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Pap ___ | USA Today | 18 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Campaign allegation (5) |  |  | 
          
            | How to anoint mares |  |  | 
          
            | Smudge | LA Times Daily | 06 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Greasy streak |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap | LA Times Daily | 29 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | New York Times | 25 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Mess up, like makeup | USA Today | 21 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | The same trickling rain does smudge (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Anoint it with reams of the stuff (5) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ tactic (bit of dirty politics) |  |  | 
          
            | Paint, toddler-style | LA Times Daily | 08 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Daub with a sticky or dirty substance (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Hurt, as a reputation | TV | 04 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Bedaub | Mirror Classic | 04 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Defamatory accusation; reams (anag.) |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup-applying mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Politician's __ campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Burn front of memo - included slander |  |  | 
          
            | Smudge | Mirror Tea Time | 16 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Libel finally receives maximum attention |  |  | 
          
            | A false accusation intended to damage someone's reputation (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Apply lip gloss with a heavy hand | LA Times Mini | 09 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Libel finally receives maximum attention (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Mascara splotch |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mishap | Newsday | 31 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Sticky spot | Newsday | 30 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Daub; slander | The Sun Two Speed | 28 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Mascara smudge | USA Today | 28 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Dirty mark or marks scorch clothes | The Sun Two Speed | 28 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Spread thinly |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick slip | Thomas Joseph | 09 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Make a smudge worse | Commuter | 01 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Eyeliner flaw | Premier Sunday | 19 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Lipstick slip | Thomas Joseph | 07 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Paint on messily (5) | Puzzler | 06 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Blacken or scorch outside, medium inside | The Times Cryptic | 03 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Pap ___ | USA Today | 21 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap | Newsday | 13 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Lipstick goof | Thomas Joseph | 13 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Kind of campaign to tarnish reputation |  |  | 
          
            | Eyeliner mishap | Universal | 24 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Drag through the mud | Newsday | 02 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Smudge | LA Times Daily | 15 May 2023 | 
          
            | Possibly libellous remark needs attention on returned manuscript | The Times Cryptic | 09 May 2023 | 
          
            | Streaky mark | USA Today | 29 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Mascara smudge | Newsday | 18 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Streaky smudge | USA Today | 14 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Defamation | The Guardian Speedy | 26 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap | USA Today | 08 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Apply messily | Universal | 20 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Spread false accusations | Universal | 13 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Makeup flaw | Premier Sunday | 25 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Windshield annoyance | New York Times | 11 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Lipstick blemish | USA Today | 09 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Glasses annoyance | New York Times | 07 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Problem with 82-Across | LA Times Daily | 06 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Eyeliner problem | USA Today | 28 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Eyeliner mishap | USA Today | 28 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Application error, perhaps | LA Times Daily | 24 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Spread sloppily | Universal | 19 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Spread messily | LA Times Daily | 16 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Ink mishap | LA Times Daily | 11 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Pass me a report concealing false accusation | The Times Cryptic | 08 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Daub | Eugene Sheffer | 07 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Slander | Wall Street Journal | 01 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Makeup mishap | LA Times Daily | 31 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Spread that jelly around | Family Time | 11 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Defame | Universal | 08 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Drag through the mud | LA Times Daily | 07 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | USA Today | 04 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap | The Washington Post | 12 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap | LA Times Daily | 12 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Campaign strategy | Wall Street Journal | 19 May 2022 | 
          
            | Malign type of business a republican supports | Irish Times Crosaire | 02 May 2022 | 
          
            | Drag through the mud | Wall Street Journal | 31 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Reputation-ruining campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | Eugene Sheffer | 09 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Makeup smudge | Newsday | 21 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Makeup mishap | USA Today | 05 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Drag through the mud, as a campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty accusation given attention by NCO | The Guardian Cryptic | 15 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Nasty accusation given attention by NCO |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick or eyeliner mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Smudge | USA Today | 07 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Coat brand's about solemnity at heart |  |  | 
          
            | Eyeliner flaw | Premier Sunday | 31 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Finger-paint, say | Wall Street Journal | 14 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Smudge with a greasy substance |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud at Byrne on the radio over starting mischief | Irish Times Crosaire | 06 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Makeup mess | Newsday | 02 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | MacGregors' leader plunged into burn for cover |  |  | 
          
            | Told off old master producing false accusation | Irish Times Crosaire | 24 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Denigrate | The Telegraph Quick | 20 May 2021 | 
          
            | Streaky mark | USA Today | 09 May 2021 | 
          
            | Eyeliner mishap | USA Today | 28 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Pap ___ | USA Today | 27 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Dishonest campaign tactic | Universal | 15 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Makeup mishap | Newsday | 08 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Use finger paint | Newsday | 07 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Makeup mess | Newsday | 04 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap | USA Today | 14 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Mess up, as makeup |  |  | 
          
            | Attack ad, at times | Universal | 08 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Makeup smudge | Newsday | 25 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Rub | The Telegraph Quick | 08 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Spread, like paint |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty campaign trick | Newsday | 27 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Dirty mark or marks scorch clothes |  |  | 
          
            | Spread unflatteringly |  |  | 
          
            | Calligraphy mishap | USA Today | 29 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Tainting tactic | Newsday | 27 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Defame | Canadiana | 23 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Bit of character assassination | The Washington Post | 15 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Bit of character assassination | LA Times Daily | 15 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Makeup streak | The Washington Post | 20 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Makeup streak | LA Times Daily | 20 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Slander | Canadiana | 19 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Type of campaign? |  |  | 
          
            | Apply unevenly |  |  | 
          
            | Mascara mistake | Premier Sunday | 27 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Printing problem | Newsday | 25 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Slanderous attack | USA Today | 17 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Mudslinging campaign? |  |  | 
          
            | Spread messily |  |  | 
          
            | Oil applied in early baptism after swap? | The Telegraph Toughie | 28 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Haphazard application | The Washington Post | 16 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Haphazard application | LA Times Daily | 16 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Daub | Eugene Sheffer | 24 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | Newsday | 01 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Dishonest attack | New York Times | 28 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Mark made by rubbing | USA Today | 18 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Blur, smudge | The Times Concise | 16 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Calligraphy fail | Wall Street Journal | 10 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap | Newsday | 07 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Lipstick slip | Thomas Joseph | 21 May 2020 | 
          
            | Lipstick woe | Universal | 15 May 2020 | 
          
            | Coat in two sizes gaining appreciation |  |  | 
          
            | Printing problem | Wall Street Journal | 01 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Mascara risk | The New Yorker | 09 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Ray's bottom is starting to get dirty |  |  | 
          
            | Mudsling | Universal | 07 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | Eugene Sheffer | 07 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Defame male drowned in burn |  |  | 
          
            | ___ campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Slander | Eugene Sheffer | 26 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Attack ad insult | USA Today | 10 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Blurry mess | Family Time | 25 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Lipstick or mascara mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mishap | Wall Street Journal | 06 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | USA Today | 14 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Microscope slide sample | Newsday | 05 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Defame | The Telegraph Quick | 28 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Campaign ploy | The Washington Post Sunday | 22 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Sling mud at | USA Today | 08 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Damage the reputation of | Universal | 24 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Bit of election season ugliness | The Washington Post | 24 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Bit of election season ugliness | LA Times Daily | 24 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Mud marking | Universal | 15 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Makeup mishap | USA Today | 07 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Mascara misadventure | New York Times | 27 May 2019 | 
          
            | Medium in dried-up sample on slide | The Telegraph Toughie | 14 May 2019 | 
          
            | Campaign tactic | Thomas Joseph | 11 May 2019 | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap | New York Times | 23 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Below-the-belt campaign tactic | New York Times | 17 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | New York Times | 14 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Dirty campaign tactic | USA Today | 11 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Try to take down before Election Day, perhaps | The New Yorker | 28 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Lipstick slip | Premier Sunday | 20 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | False accusation | The Times Concise | 17 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | ___ campaign (effort to tarnish someone's reputation) |  |  | 
          
            | Mascara mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Mascara misadventure |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Below-the-belt campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Mascara mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud at |  |  | 
          
            | Cervical cancer diagnostic test |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Mud marking |  |  | 
          
            | Damage the reputation of |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of election season ugliness |  |  | 
          
            | Slanderous attack | The Telegraph General Knowledge | 16 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Disgusting political tactic | Universal | 11 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Spread a greasy substance |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap | Wall Street Journal | 20 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Spread false report |  |  | 
          
            | Outer edge of a smoky eye | The New Yorker | 17 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap | Universal | 15 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Do fingerpainting | Universal | 31 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Result of tears on makeup | New York Times | 15 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Bit of ugly campaigning | USA Today | 24 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Jam mishap | Newsday | 05 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Primary aspirant's challenge | LA Times Daily | 24 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Primary aspirant's challenge | The Washington Post | 24 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | LA Times Daily | 28 May 2018 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | The Washington Post | 28 May 2018 | 
          
            | Apply jelly | Universal | 03 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Bit of campaign ugliness | LA Times Daily | 02 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Bit of campaign ugliness | The Washington Post | 02 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Lipstick stain | Newsday | 26 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Makeup malfunction | The Washington Post | 25 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Makeup malfunction | LA Times Daily | 25 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Slather | The Washington Post | 04 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Slather | LA Times Daily | 04 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Dirty trick on the campaign trail | Wall Street Journal | 29 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Slather |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Primary aspirant's challenge |  |  | 
          
            | Apply jelly |  |  | 
          
            | Mascara mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup malfunction |  |  | 
          
            | Disgusting political tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Result of tears on makeup |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of campaign ugliness |  |  | 
          
            | Mudsling |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of ugly campaigning |  |  | 
          
            | Do fingerpainting |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Besmirch | New York Times | 26 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Political hit job | USA Today | 26 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Blotch | The Washington Post | 15 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Blotch | LA Times Daily | 15 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Apply, as fingerpaint | USA Today | 12 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Feature of a no-holds-barred campaign | LA Times Daily | 05 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Feature of a no-holds-barred campaign | The Washington Post | 05 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Lipstick problem | New York Times | 28 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Printer's problem | Wall Street Journal | 21 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Dirty campaign tactic | Wall Street Journal | 12 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Slathered portion | Newsday | 02 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Apply Vaseline or jelly | Universal | 15 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Glasses problem | The Washington Post | 06 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Glasses problem | LA Times Daily | 06 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Bit of campaign nastiness | New York Times | 01 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Spot burn mark on the inside |  |  | 
          
            | Work with finger paints | Wall Street Journal | 22 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Reams off what leads to false accusation | Irish Times Crosaire | 13 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Attack ad tactic | New York Times | 03 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Dirty political tactic | The Washington Post | 28 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Ink mishap | Universal | 23 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Apply, as fingerpaint |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick problem |  |  | 
          
            | Political hit job |  |  | 
          
            | Blotch |  |  | 
          
            | Feature of a no-holds-barred campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Glasses problem |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of campaign nastiness |  |  | 
          
            | Besmirch |  |  | 
          
            | Attack ad tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Apply Vaseline or jelly |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mishap | LA Times Daily | 20 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Some journalism earnestly shows slander |  |  | 
          
            | Bad-mouth | Newsday | 28 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Defamatory accusation | The Telegraph General Knowledge | 02 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Campaigner's low blow | USA Today | 13 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Drag through the mud | Wall Street Journal | 15 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Spread on, as jelly | Family Time | 10 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Spread a greasy or sticky substance over something | Irish Times Simplex | 09 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Defame | LA Times Daily | 12 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Sully | LA Times Daily | 09 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Dirty campaign tactic | The Washington Post | 04 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Bit of ugly politics | LA Times Daily | 22 May 2016 | 
          
            | Apply messily, as lipstick | The Washington Post | 29 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Ugly campaign tactic | LA Times Daily | 27 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Black mark that may be examined in the lab | The Telegraph Cryptic | 04 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Underhanded campaign tactic | USA Today | 12 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Mascara mess | Wall Street Journal | 10 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Political attack | Wall Street Journal | 28 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Mascara mishap | Wall Street Journal | 13 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Defame |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of ugly politics |  |  | 
          
            | Underhanded campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Campaigner's low blow |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Sully |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty political ad | Universal | 12 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Makeup mishap | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 13 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Bad-mouth | New York Times | 02 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Malign | Thomas Joseph | 01 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Makeup problem | USA Today | 27 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Ink mishap | LA Times Daily | 14 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Blur start off Simple Minds' No.1 on the organ |  |  | 
          
            | Stain or smudge | USA Today | 10 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Spread over | Jonesin | 16 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Sling mud at | Newsday | 05 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Apply jam | USA Today | 02 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Cosmetic mishap | Newsday | 18 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Greasy or sticky mark | The Times Concise | 27 May 2015 | 
          
            | Dirty Sergeant Major coming to attention | The Times Cryptic | 08 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Bit of painting carelessness | USA Today | 14 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Political attack, e.g | USA Today | 20 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Apply jam |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of painting carelessness |  |  | 
          
            | Talk shit about |  |  | 
          
            | Bad-mouth |  |  | 
          
            | Stain or smudge |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Political attack, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Pol's low tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup problem |  |  | 
          
            | Ink mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud at |  |  | 
          
            | Cosmetic mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty political ad |  |  | 
          
            | Ruin, as calligraphy |  |  | 
          
            | Unsavory type of political campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Window cleaner's goof |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup applier's boo-boo |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Paint problem |  |  | 
          
            | Drag through the mud |  |  | 
          
            | Eyeliner problem |  |  | 
          
            | Cosmetic problem |  |  | 
          
            | Do finger painting |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud at |  |  | 
          
            | Apply liberally, as jelly |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup muck-up |  |  | 
          
            | Pol's mud |  |  | 
          
            | Attack ad, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick flaw |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign dirt |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty political attack |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick smudge |  |  | 
          
            | Use finger paint |  |  | 
          
            | Spread generously |  |  | 
          
            | Daub |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign dirty trick |  |  | 
          
            | Campaigner's dirty trick |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of ugly politics |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Defame |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick slip |  |  | 
          
            | Drag through the mud |  |  | 
          
            | Cosmetician's goof |  |  | 
          
            | Mascara problem |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of campaign nastiness |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of mudslinging |  |  | 
          
            | Printing problem |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty political attack |  |  | 
          
            | Ruin, as calligraphy |  |  | 
          
            | Window-washing flaw |  |  | 
          
            | Campaigner's dirt |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty rumor |  |  | 
          
            | Political mud |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty race tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Blacken |  |  | 
          
            | What decrepit windshield wipers do |  |  | 
          
            | Mascara problem |  |  | 
          
            | Not spread carefully |  |  | 
          
            | Negative campaigner's tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Blacken |  |  | 
          
            | Mascara problem |  |  | 
          
            | Smudge |  |  | 
          
            | Smudge |  |  | 
          
            | Bad-mouth |  |  | 
          
            | Lab specimen |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Apply haphazardly |  |  | 
          
            | Apply haphazardly |  |  | 
          
            | ___ campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Attack ad, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Lab specimen |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of campaign nastiness |  |  | 
          
            | Vilify |  |  | 
          
            | Apply lipstick unsteadily |  |  | 
          
            | October surprise, often |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of campaign nastiness |  |  | 
          
            | Bad mark |  |  | 
          
            | Vilify |  |  | 
          
            | Microscope-slide sample |  |  | 
          
            | Slur |  |  | 
          
            | Apply lipstick poorly |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup artist's mistake |  |  | 
          
            | Microscope sample |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Blur, as wet ink |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty political attack |  |  | 
          
            | Blur, as wet ink |  |  | 
          
            | Cast aspersions on |  |  | 
          
            | Political tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty campaign trick |  |  | 
          
            | Slander |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup boo-boo |  |  | 
          
            | Finger-paint, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of mudslinging |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign unpleasantry |  |  | 
          
            | Not spread carefully |  |  | 
          
            | Spread |  |  | 
          
            | Blur by rubbing |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of mudslinging |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign unpleasantry |  |  | 
          
            | Not spread carefully |  |  | 
          
            | Spread |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty politician's tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of painting carelessness |  |  | 
          
            | Besmirch |  |  | 
          
            | Window-washing flaw |  |  | 
          
            | Mascara mess |  |  | 
          
            | Wet mascara worry |  |  | 
          
            | Sully the name of |  |  | 
          
            | Slather |  |  | 
          
            | Do some mudslinging |  |  | 
          
            | Oily stain |  |  | 
          
            | Window cleaner's goof |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty trick on the campaign trail |  |  | 
          
            | Window washer's boo-boo |  |  | 
          
            | Bad-mouth |  |  | 
          
            | Slander |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Sample on a slide |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign nastiness |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty political tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Eyeliner boo-boo |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup applier's boo-boo |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign ugliness |  |  | 
          
            | Bad mouth |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign staple |  |  | 
          
            | Artist's mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup problem |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Spread |  |  | 
          
            | Ink goof |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick slip |  |  | 
          
            | Daub |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign ugliness |  |  | 
          
            | Microscope sample |  |  | 
          
            | Sully the name of |  |  | 
          
            | Staple of political dirty tricks |  |  | 
          
            | Stain or smudge |  |  | 
          
            | Defame |  |  | 
          
            | Blotch |  |  | 
          
            | Eyeliner problem |  |  | 
          
            | Bedaub |  |  | 
          
            | Pol's assault |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick slip |  |  | 
          
            | Daub |  |  | 
          
            | Drag through the mud |  |  | 
          
            | Tarnish |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty comment from a runner? |  |  | 
          
            | Use finger paint |  |  | 
          
            | Charge falsely |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty comment from a runner? |  |  | 
          
            | Use finger paint |  |  | 
          
            | Spread, as finger paint |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty politician's tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of negative campaigning |  |  | 
          
            | Apply jam |  |  | 
          
            | Become unsteady applying lipstick |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign low blow |  |  | 
          
            | Besmirch |  |  | 
          
            | Type of campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Unpleasant political tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Go negative against, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Publish lies about |  |  | 
          
            | Besmirch |  |  | 
          
            | Character assault |  |  | 
          
            | Spread sloppily |  |  | 
          
            | Libel |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup problem |  |  | 
          
            | Apply haphazardly |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup flaw |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign nastiness |  |  | 
          
            | Reputation threat |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud at |  |  | 
          
            | Ink mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Reputation threat |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign nastiness |  |  | 
          
            | Mascara mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Apply haphazardly |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud |  |  | 
          
            | Vilify during a campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Mess up the makeup |  |  | 
          
            | Defame |  |  | 
          
            | Make a finger painting |  |  | 
          
            | Sort of campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign abuse |  |  | 
          
            | Type of political campaign |  |  | 
          
            | ___ campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Mascara mistake |  |  | 
          
            | Slander |  |  | 
          
            | Malign |  |  | 
          
            | Mirror marrer |  |  | 
          
            | Microscope sample |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Political ploy |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Stain |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup stain |  |  | 
          
            | Do finger painting |  |  | 
          
            | Impugn |  |  | 
          
            | Problem with eyeliner |  |  | 
          
            | Daub |  |  | 
          
            | Vilify |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud at |  |  | 
          
            | Give a black eye to |  |  | 
          
            | Vilify |  |  | 
          
            | Mirror marrer |  |  | 
          
            | Type of political campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Mudslinger's campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud at |  |  | 
          
            | Political attack |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of painting carelessness |  |  | 
          
            | Lipstick mishap |  |  | 
          
            | Fingerpaint |  |  | 
          
            | Fingerpaint, for example |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud at, politically |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of painting carelessness |  |  | 
          
            | Inky blur |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud at |  |  | 
          
            | Daub |  |  | 
          
            | Daub |  |  | 
          
            | Publish lies about |  |  | 
          
            | Use labels |  |  | 
          
            | Election season tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Mirror marrer |  |  | 
          
            | Slight on the stump, say |  |  | 
          
            | Window washer's mistake |  |  | 
          
            | Bad-mouth |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Political campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Ruin, as a reputation |  |  | 
          
            | Window cleaner's goof |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud at |  |  | 
          
            | Stain |  |  | 
          
            | Underhanded campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup problem |  |  | 
          
            | Sort of campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Spread, as butter |  |  | 
          
            | Some mud-slinging |  |  | 
          
            | Wipe the floor with |  |  | 
          
            | Type of campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Sully |  |  | 
          
            | Libel |  |  | 
          
            | Political tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Sleazy campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Window cleaner's goof |  |  | 
          
            | Attack ad, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup artist's problem |  |  | 
          
            | Bedaub |  |  | 
          
            | Grease spot, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Slide specimen |  |  | 
          
            | Blacklist |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty political tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Bad mouth |  |  | 
          
            | Bedaub |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Type of campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Fingerpaint |  |  | 
          
            | Engage in calumny |  |  | 
          
            | Blur |  |  | 
          
            | Common campaign strategy |  |  | 
          
            | Apply liberally |  |  | 
          
            | Villify |  |  | 
          
            | Microscope sample |  |  | 
          
            | Fingerpaint |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty kind of campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Vilify |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Blacklist |  |  | 
          
            | Taint politically |  |  | 
          
            | Make a mess |  |  | 
          
            | Beat soundly |  |  | 
          
            | Publish lies about |  |  | 
          
            | Daub |  |  | 
          
            | Type of tactics |  |  | 
          
            | Libel |  |  | 
          
            | Political campaign  often |  |  | 
          
            | Blacken |  |  | 
          
            | Soil |  |  | 
          
            | Illustrator's goof |  |  | 
          
            | Ruin, as calligraphy |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign ploy |  |  | 
          
            | Denigrate |  |  | 
          
            | Insult |  |  | 
          
            | Type of campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Use finger paints |  |  | 
          
            | Vilification |  |  | 
          
            | Sully |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign tactic, sometimes |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign calumny |  |  | 
          
            | Blotch |  |  | 
          
            | Calumniate |  |  | 
          
            | Slanderous attack |  |  | 
          
            | Engage in mudslinging |  |  | 
          
            | Glaze for pottery |  |  | 
          
            | Untidy mark |  |  | 
          
            | Political slander |  |  | 
          
            | Malign |  |  | 
          
            | Throw mud at |  |  | 
          
            | Mess up |  |  | 
          
            | Fingerprint |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty campaign tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Sling mud |  |  | 
          
            | Defamation |  |  | 
          
            | Medical-lab technique |  |  | 
          
            | ___ campaign (dirty politics) |  |  | 
          
            | Flub a paint job |  |  | 
          
            | Finger painting, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Dirty-politics ploy |  |  | 
          
            | Finger painting, often |  |  | 
          
            | Defile |  |  | 
          
            | Lab-slide material |  |  | 
          
            | Snide attack |  |  | 
          
            | Stain |  |  | 
          
            | Political tactic |  |  | 
          
            | Smudge |  |  | 
          
            | Prepare a lab slide |  |  | 
          
            | Besmirch |  |  | 
          
            | Blurry mess |  |  | 
          
            | Vilification. |  |  | 
          
            | Defamation in print |  |  | 
          
            | Rude blog post |  |  | 
          
            | Political mud pack. |  |  | 
          
            | "___ the sleepy grooms with blood." |  |  | 
          
            | Technique of the witch-hunt. |  |  | 
          
            | Politically extreme tactic. |  |  | 
          
            | Sling campaign mud. |  |  | 
          
            | Work of art with finger paints. |  |  | 
          
            | Character assassination. |  |  | 
          
            | Wrongful accusation by inference or innuendo. |  |  | 
          
            | Partial erasure. |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign brickbat. |  |  | 
          
            | Untidy mark. |  |  | 
          
            | Political slander. |  |  | 
          
            | Spread over. |  |  | 
          
            | Lab sample |  |  | 
          
            | Bedaub |  |  | 
          
            | Slander. |  |  | 
          
            | Use finger paints. |  |  | 
          
            | Political weapon. |  |  | 
          
            | Mud-sling. |  |  | 
          
            | Campaign weapon. |  |  | 
          
            | Sully. |  |  | 
          
            | Defame. |  |  | 
          
            | Make messy. |  |  | 
          
            | Fingerpaint. |  |  | 
          
            | Denigrate. |  |  | 
          
            | Daub. |  |  | 
          
            | Blur. |  |  | 
          
            | Besmirch. |  |  | 
          
            | Stigmatize. |  |  | 
          
            | Blotch. |  |  | 
          
            | Bedaub. |  |  | 
          
            | Mudslinger's delight. |  |  | 
          
            | Partial glaze on pottery. |  |  | 
          
            | Frequent political charge. |  |  | 
          
            | Malign. |  |  | 
          
            | Smudge. |  |  | 
          
            | Vilify. |  |  | 
          
            | Apply Vaseline |  |  |