| Blot |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Smeared mark |
The Times Concise |
12 Aug 2025 |
| What mascara might do |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2025 |
| Dirty splodge |
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| Blot |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 May 2025 |
| Mark in trousers mud generally |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 May 2025 |
| Small dirt for example, round blot (6) |
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| Mascara goof |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Quantity of brickies mud gets dirty (6) |
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| Dirty mark in U.S. gem thrown around department (6) |
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| Soot mark, e.g. |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Blurred streak (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Jan 2025 |
| Southern 70s pop group backing, say, Blur |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 Dec 2024 |
| For example, mud's responsible for a rubbed mark (6) |
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| Road's mud generates hedges with blemish (6) |
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| Smear, blot: the pen will - |
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| Nuisance for lefties |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Mug Des breaks due to smear (6) |
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| Guardsmen ran away causing smear (6) |
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| Smeared stain, a ... of ink |
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| Some of boot's mud gets to make blurred mark (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
03 Oct 2024 |
| Painter's boo-boo |
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| Eg mud's splattered - causing this? (6) |
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| E.g. mud's spattered, creating blurred mark (6) |
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| Ink spot |
Newsday |
12 Sep 2024 |
| Mark lifted M&S confectionery, losing head |
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| Ink stain |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Stain(6) |
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| Dirty mark (6) |
Puzzler |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Ink stain, perhaps (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
18 May 2024 |
| Mark, blot (6) |
Puzzler |
28 Apr 2024 |
| Daub |
The Guardian Quick |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Smeared writing (6) |
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| Blur part of mass mud geyser (6) |
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| Smear, blur (6) |
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| Dirty blurred mark (6) |
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| Dirty mark spoiling Ed's mug (6) |
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| Mused about carrying headgear for Mark (6) |
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| Son for example taken aback over wet soft earth making a dirty mark! (6) |
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| Name of the cat that was one of the shortest serving Blue Peter pets (6) |
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| Spot of glorious mud? Genuinely |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Jun 2023 |
| Blotch on a phone's screen |
Universal |
04 Jan 2023 |
| Greasy fingerprint, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
01 Dec 2022 |
| Makeup mishap |
Newsday |
07 Oct 2022 |
| First of shirts with dirt, say, held up has blurred mark |
The Guardian Quiptic |
26 Sep 2022 |
| Blur |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Sep 2022 |
| Glasses annoyance |
Universal |
26 Aug 2022 |
| Become blurred |
The Times Concise |
10 Jun 2022 |
| Mascara mishap |
Universal |
18 May 2022 |
| Photocopy flaw |
New York Times |
09 Mar 2022 |
| Printer's goof |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Nov 2021 |
| Second European defends abuse over guitarist originally in Blur |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Nov 2021 |
| Dirty rim of mug used for a brew |
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| Song opens with slander, say, about Mark |
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| Small slander for example elevated smear |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Blot spread by rubbing |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Mascara mishap |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Mar 2021 |
| Mark mused wretchedly embracing godhead |
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| Visible fingerprint |
Newsday |
06 Feb 2021 |
| It's covered in Ypres mud, getting a dirty mark |
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| Mark made by rubbing |
USA Today |
18 Jun 2020 |
| A fingerprint can leave one |
New York Times |
03 May 2020 |
| Mark in trousers, mud generally |
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| Makeup mishap |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2019 |
| Blurred mark |
The Times Concise |
27 Nov 2019 |
| Small slander for example brought about smear |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Aug 2019 |
| Blot |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Aug 2019 |
| Ran away from guardsmen with Mark |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Aug 2019 |
| Second slander, say, upset Mark |
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| Makeup mishap |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2019 |
| Messy smear caused by rubbing |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 Mar 2019 |
| Printing goof |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Sep 2018 |
| Dirty mark from gross mud generally |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Apr 2018 |
| Some viscous mud generates dirty mark |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Mar 2018 |
| Target for a 44-Across |
USA Today |
02 Feb 2018 |
| Printing goof |
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| Target for a 44-Across |
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| Blur, smear |
The Times Concise |
28 Dec 2017 |
| Small slander, for example, turning to smear |
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| Photo marrer |
Universal |
21 Oct 2017 |
| Ink stain |
Newsday |
20 Jun 2017 |
| Blotch |
The Washington Post |
19 Jun 2017 |
| Blotch |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2017 |
| Blot on society, slander say, in retrospect |
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| Complacent about daughter needing English mark |
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| Indistinct fingerprint, e.g |
Universal |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Window cleaner's target |
USA Today |
03 Apr 2017 |
| Throws mud generously helping to make soil |
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| Printer's goof |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Feb 2017 |
| Blur, first sign of drunkenness in self-complacent European |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Jan 2017 |
| Blotch |
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| Photo marrer |
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| Window cleaner's target |
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| Indistinct fingerprint, e.g. |
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| Printing goof |
Family Time |
14 Nov 2016 |
| Dark mark |
LA Times Daily |
10 Nov 2016 |
| Dirty mark |
Premier Sunday |
16 Oct 2016 |
| Smoky fire to drive away insects |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
31 Jul 2016 |
| Makeup mishap |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jul 2016 |
| Smear mark |
Premier Sunday |
03 Apr 2016 |
| Some of boot's mud gets to make blurred mark |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Feb 2016 |
| Dark mark |
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| Makeup mishap |
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| Spot daughter in the embrace of self-satisfied head of ethics |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Oct 2015 |
| Calligraphy goof |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2015 |
| Blotch |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Feb 2015 |
| Mascara mark, maybe |
Newsday |
15 Jan 2015 |
| Calligraphy goof |
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| Mascara mark, maybe |
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| Mark from an old eraser |
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| Ink stain |
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| Artist's goof |
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| Mark that might be left with greasy fingers |
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| Streak across mud, getting immersed |
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| Smear |
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| Dirty streak |
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| Makeup mishap |
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| Makeup mishap |
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| Polisher's target |
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| Dirty smear |
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| Mark from dirty fingers |
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| Artist's goof |
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| Artist's goof |
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| Messy mark |
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| Ink spot |
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| Messy mark |
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| Dark mark |
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| Eraser leaving |
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| Leaky-pen leaving |
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| Dirt stain |
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| Eraser mark |
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| Mark from dirty fingers |
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| Makeup mishap |
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| Target for a gum eraser |
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| Blur |
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| Erasure remnant |
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| Erasure remnant |
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| Avocado grove pot |
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| Soot spot |
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| Blur |
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| Blur |
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| Printing goof |
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| Eraser leaving |
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| Finger mark |
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| Inky blur |
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| Fingerprint, say |
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| Fire in an orchard |
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| Calligraphy accident |
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| Artist's goof |
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| Soot spot |
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| Dirty mark |
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| Polisher's target |
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| Photo marrer |
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| Makeup mishap |
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| Soil |
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| Soot mark |
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| Smeary mark |
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| Blur |
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| Soil or blur |
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| Smear |
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| Smear |
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| Dirty mark |
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| Anti-mosquito fire |
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| Result of careless erasure |
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| Dense smoke to drive away insects. |
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| Blur. |
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| Dirty mark |
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| Bad mark |
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| Smoky fire, used to protect fruit from frost. |
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