| Contaminate, infect |
Puzzler Backwords |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Mar |
Puzzler Backwords |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Spoil |
New York Times |
20 Jun 2025 |
| It isn't slang, but still a defect (5) |
|
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| Contaminate |
Commuter |
17 Jun 2025 |
| Spoil a shade outside (5) |
|
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| Contaminate |
Universal |
27 May 2025 |
| Maintain that it hid infectious trace (5) |
|
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| Article in the wash causes a stain (5) |
|
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| Colour without a blemish |
|
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| Tense is not dirty (5) |
|
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| Spot money market closing around afternoon (5) |
|
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| It isn't commonly a contaminating influence |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Tarnish |
Mirror Tea Time |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Become contaminated thanks to damaged tin (5) |
|
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| Corrupt condition in Britain terrible |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Spoil |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Tarnish |
LA Times Daily |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Pollute |
The Telegraph Plusword |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Sully |
Universal |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Sully |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Some maintain this smear (5) |
|
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| Adulterate |
Newsday |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Model is not Mark (5) |
|
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| It will contaminate it when given a tan (5) |
|
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| Stain article in pale shade |
|
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| Dye around a stain (5) |
|
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| Besmirch |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Corrupt |
New York Times |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Colour drawn around a black mark (5) |
|
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| Make impure |
Newsday |
15 Dec 2024 |
| Infection? Maybe it isn't (5) |
|
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| Sully |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Nov 2024 |
| Introduce impurities to |
|
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| Defile, sully |
|
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| Contaminate, infect |
Puzzler Backwords |
12 Nov 2024 |
| Trace of contamination - it isn't Cockney (5) |
|
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| Head of theology isn't commonly dirty |
|
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| Titan's awful infectious trace (5) |
|
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| Contaminate,...the water supply |
|
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| Pollute in mountaintops (5) |
|
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| Commonly speaking it isn't an unpleasant stigma (5) |
|
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| Stain (reputation) |
|
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| Tarnish |
Mirror Tea Time |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Tarnish |
Mirror Classic |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Soil temperature is not common (5) |
|
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| Contaminate |
Universal |
10 Sep 2024 |
| Infection making a tint possibly visible |
|
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| After new beginning maybe Mark becomes mark |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Aug 2024 |
| Discredit (reputation) |
|
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| Sully, contaminate (5) |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Aug 2024 |
| "'Tis" opposite |
Family Time |
18 Aug 2024 |
| In common parlance, it isn't dirty |
|
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| Spoil |
The Telegraph Mini |
23 Jul 2024 |
| Infection, pollution (5) |
|
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| Infection by high-explosive with first-class content (5) |
|
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| Corrupt damage |
|
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| Make impure |
Newsday |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Sully |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Spoil article that's in colour (5) |
|
|
| Contaminate, infect (5) |
Puzzler |
12 Jul 2024 |
| Make impure |
Commuter |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Sully, - his reputation |
|
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| Colloquially speaking, it isn't corruption |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Ain't following model trace of infection (5) |
|
|
| Colour isn't common to be begun quietly (5) |
|
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| Adulterate |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Pollution will produce a bit of uncertainty (5) |
|
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| Spot senorita in trendy clothes (5) |
|
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| Tarnish |
The Telegraph Mini |
12 May 2024 |
| State of being contaminated (5) |
|
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| It isn't corruption - it is corruption (5) |
|
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| It isn't a blemish (5) |
|
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| Some maintain this is moral degeneration (5) |
|
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| Colour on the outside of a black mark (5) |
|
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| Contaminate |
Premier Sunday |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Spoil; t'isn't! (5) |
|
|
| Contaminate |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Maybe it isn't bad? (5) |
|
|
| Sully, tarnish |
The Times Concise |
28 Mar 2024 |
| Pollute |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Mar 2024 |
| It is not bad grammar to be affected by pollution (5) |
|
|
| Tarnish |
Mirror Tea Time |
19 Mar 2024 |
| "It's not", you say ungrammatically, "a blemish" (5) |
|
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| Commonly, it isn't corrupt (5) |
|
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| What winds purist up isn't dirty |
|
|
| Contaminate first parts of this area in Thailand (5) |
|
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| Tarnish |
Mirror Tea Time |
05 Feb 2024 |
| Contaminating trace |
New York Times |
28 Jan 2024 |
| It is not commonly something that causes pollution |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Jan 2024 |
| It is not commonly something that causes pollution (5) |
|
|
| Sully |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Infect with rubbish collecting at home (5) |
|
|
| Sully |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Dec 2023 |
| To damage, as reputation (rhymes with "paint") |
|
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| Contaminate or corrupt, say |
|
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| Sully |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Sep 2023 |
| Sully |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Aug 2023 |
| Make impure |
Newsday |
22 Aug 2023 |
| Tarnish |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2023 |
| Contaminate |
USA Today |
04 Jun 2023 |
| Contaminate |
The Times Concise |
27 May 2023 |
| Besmirch |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2023 |
| As some might say, it's not muddy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Mar 2023 |
| Make impure |
Universal |
27 Jan 2023 |
| Contaminate |
USA Today |
14 Nov 2022 |
| Sully |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Oct 2022 |
| Contaminate |
Canadiana |
17 Oct 2022 |
| Blemish |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Sep 2022 |
| Pollute |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Sep 2022 |
| Informally, it is not corrupt? |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Aug 2022 |
| Damage, as a reputation |
Universal |
02 Aug 2022 |
| To damage the quality of (rhymes with "faint) |
|
|
| Base of allotment isn't soil |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Jul 2022 |
| Besmirch |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jul 2022 |
| Contaminate or spoil (rhymes with "faint") |
|
|
| Corrupt leaders in thrash arranged inside Number Ten |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Feb 2022 |
| Corrupt leaders in thrash arranged inside Number Ten |
|
|
| Contaminate home, leaving rubbish round |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Feb 2022 |
| Senorita in town concealing dishonour |
|
|
| Make impure |
Newsday |
08 Sep 2021 |
| Tarnish |
Universal |
12 Aug 2021 |
| Sully |
New York Times |
12 Jul 2021 |
| Corrupt document finally isn't |
|
|
| It isn't commonly a stain or blemish |
|
|
| Pollute |
Thomas Joseph |
22 May 2021 |
| Corrupt |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2021 |
| Corrupt |
The Washington Post |
02 May 2021 |
| Apt letters missing from con_ _m_ _a_e |
New York Times |
27 Apr 2021 |
| Infect certain territories partially |
|
|
| Pollute |
Premier Sunday |
07 Mar 2021 |
| Tesla is not corrupt |
|
|
| Tarnish, as a reputation |
Newsday |
07 Dec 2020 |
| Besmirch |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Oct 2020 |
| Make impure |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2020 |
| Contaminate |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2020 |
| Make impure |
Newsday |
26 May 2020 |
| Contaminating influence |
The Times Concise |
28 Mar 2020 |
| Besmirch |
LA Times Daily |
22 Mar 2020 |
| Besmirch |
The Washington Post |
22 Mar 2020 |
| Stigmatize |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Feb 2020 |
| Tarnish |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Contaminate |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2019 |
| Contaminate |
The Washington Post |
05 Oct 2019 |
| Sully |
Universal |
28 Sep 2019 |
| Corruption in Britain today |
|
|
| Area in shade will be soil |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Sep 2019 |
| Sully |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2019 |
| It's not low-class to smear? |
|
|
| Pollute |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Apr 2019 |
| Contamination in data in transit |
|
|
| Explosive pervaded by a current contamination |
|
|
| It is not commonly a defect |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Feb 2019 |
| Colour to hide a blemish |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Jan 2019 |
| Spoil |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jan 2019 |
| Contamination in data in transit |
|
|
| Corrupt |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jan 2019 |
| Corrupt |
|
|
| Sully |
|
|
| Corrupt |
|
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| Contaminate |
|
|
| Spoil |
|
|
| It isn't commonly corrupt |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Defined by 'stain', this? |
|
|
| It is not pollution |
|
|
| Sully |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Sep 2018 |
| Tarnish, as a reputation |
USA Today |
09 Sep 2018 |
| Corrupt |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2018 |
| Sully |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jul 2018 |
| Stigmatize |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2018 |
| Foul rubbish gathering at home |
|
|
| Sully |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
23 Feb 2018 |
| 'T isn't corrupt |
|
|
| Sully |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2018 |
| Sully |
The Washington Post |
01 Feb 2018 |
| Make impure |
|
|
| Sully |
|
|
| Sully |
|
|
| Sully |
|
|
| Corrupt |
|
|
| Tarnish, as a reputation |
|
|
| Besmirch |
|
|
| Spoil top number among the abstemious |
|
|
| Spoil |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Nov 2017 |
| Corrupt |
The Washington Post Sunday |
05 Nov 2017 |
| It is not commonly a defect |
|
|
| Pollute |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Oct 2017 |
| Contaminate |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 Sep 2017 |
| Stigma, albeit isn't common |
|
|
| It is not commonly a corrupting influence |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 May 2017 |
| Contaminate |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Mar 2017 |
| Contaminate |
The Guardian Speedy |
05 Mar 2017 |
| Light shade contains a blemish |
|
|
| Sully |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Feb 2017 |
| Make impure |
Universal |
12 Jan 2017 |
| Hint of disgrace? It's not said commonly? |
|
|
| Hint of disgrace? It's not said commonly? |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Jan 2017 |
| Tarnish |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2017 |
| Opposite of ''purify'' |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2017 |
| Make impure |
|
|
| Spot of contamination from area in shade |
|
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| Corrupt, as evidence |
USA Today |
03 Jul 2016 |
| Pollute |
New York Times |
05 Jun 2016 |
| At home wearing shoddy stuff - a flaw |
|
|
| Make impure |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2016 |
| For the illiterate, it's not a flaw |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Feb 2016 |
| Contaminate |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Jan 2016 |
| Corrupt, as evidence |
|
|
| Pollute |
|
|
| Besmirch |
Newsday |
25 Dec 2015 |
| Colour to conceal a blemish |
|
|
| Adulterate |
New York Times |
22 Oct 2015 |
| Nasty colour? One should be in shade |
|
|
| Contaminate, pollute |
The Times Concise |
24 Mar 2015 |
| Make impure |
Family Time |
22 Mar 2015 |
| Contamination — it is not very common |
|
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| Besmirch |
|
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| Adulterate |
|
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| Adulterate |
|
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| Contaminate |
|
|
| Perineum, slangily |
|
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| Tarnish |
|
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| Bad influence |
|
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| Besmirch |
|
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| Cast aspersions on |
|
|
| Blemish |
|
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| Tarnish, as a reputation |
|
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| Contaminate |
|
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| Dirty |
|
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| Sully |
|
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| Pollute |
|
|
| Contaminate, as water |
|
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| Blemish |
|
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| Blemish |
|
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| Opposite of "'tis" |
|
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| Make impure |
|
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| Mar |
|
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| Sully |
|
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| Render impure |
|
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| Trace of dishonor |
|
|
| Tarnish |
|
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| Tarnish |
|
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| Contaminate |
|
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| Spoil |
|
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| Stain |
|
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| Sully |
|
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| Contaminate |
|
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| Spoil |
|
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| Spoil |
|
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| Poison |
|
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| Befoul |
|
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| Opposite of purify |
|
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| Contaminate |
|
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| Corrupt |
|
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| Slangy opposite of 'tis |
|
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| Sully |
|
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| Tarnish |
|
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| Tarnish |
|
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| Poison |
|
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| Besmirch |
|
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| Besmirch |
|
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| "___ funny, McGee!" |
|
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| Ruin morally |
|
|
| Slangy opposite of 'tis |
|
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| Contaminate |
|
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| Spoil |
|
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| Slight contamination |
|
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| Render impure |
|
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| Spoil |
|
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| Despoil |
|
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| Tarnish |
|
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| Sully |
|
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| 'Tis counter |
|
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| Slangy denial |
|
|
| Old-fashioned contraction |
|
|
| Put a stain on |
|
|
| Ruin morally |
|
|
| Sully |
|
|
| Mark of Cain |
|
|
| Give a bad name to |
|
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| Tarnish |
|
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| Contaminate |
|
|
| Cast doubt upon |
|
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| Sully |
|
|
| Stigmatize |
|
|
| Rejoinder to "'Tis!" |
|
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| Cast doubt upon |
|
|
| Trace of dishonor |
|
|
| Slangy denial |
|
|
| Poison |
|
|
| Corrupt |
|
|
| Spoil |
|
|
| Contaminate |
|
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| Blemish |
|
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| Sully |
|
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| Dogpatch negative |
|
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| Infect |
|
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| Adulterate |
|
|
| Rejoinder to "'Tis!" |
|
|
| "___ funny, McGee!" |
|
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| Spoil |
|
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| Trace of dishonor |
|
|
| 'Tis not |
|
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| Sully |
|
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| Stain |
|
|
| Tarnish |
|
|
| Corrupt |
|
|
| Rejoinder to "'Tis!" |
|
|
| Contaminate |
|
|
| Sully |
|
|
| Contaminate home, leaving rubbish round |
|
|
| Tarnish, as a reputation |
|
|
| Despoil |
|
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| Corrupt |
|
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| Dishonor |
|
|
| Corrupt |
|
|
| Sully |
|
|
| Stain |
|
|
| Answer to "'Tis!" |
|
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| Slangy rejoinder |
|
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| Slight contamination |
|
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| Discolor |
|
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| Discredit |
|
|
| "___ so!" |
|
|
| Spot |
|
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| Vitiate |
|
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| Poison |
|
|
| Slangy contraction |
|
|
| Hint of scandal |
|
|
| Vitiate |
|
|
| Contaminate |
|
|
| "But never ___ my love": Shak. |
|
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| Infect or spoil |
|
|
| Pollute |
|
|
| Make noxious |
|
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| Smirch |
|
|
| Contaminate |
|
|
| "___ funny, McGee" |
|
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| 'Tisn't's vulgar cousin |
|
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| Stigmatize |
|
|
| Blemish |
|
|
| Opposite of 'tis |
|
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| "___ so!" (not true) |
|
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| Stain |
|
|
| One way to say "It isn't." |
|
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| Sully. |
|
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| Blacken |
|
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| Besmirch |
|
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| "___ so!" |
|
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| Smirch. |
|
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| Spoil. |
|
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| Stain. |
|
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| Discolor |
|
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| Spoil |
|
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| Corrupt. |
|
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| Germ of decay. |
|
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| 'Tisn't. |
|
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| Contaminate. |
|
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| Spot or stain. |
|
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| A touch of dishonor. |
|
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| Colloquial opposite of 'tis. |
|
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| Vitiate. |
|
|
| Blemish. |
|
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| One way of saying "It is not." |
|
|
| Trace of evil. |
|
|
| Contamination. |
|
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| Besmirch. |
|
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| Infect. |
|
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| Blot. |
|
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