Contaminate, in a way Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% INFECT Contaminate, in a way (6) Wall Street Journal Aug 20, 2016
11% TAINT Contaminate (5) LA Times Daily Oct 10, 2025
11% POLLUTE Contaminate (7) The Telegraph Quick Oct 6, 2025
11% TAINTS Contaminates (6) Commuter Sep 18, 2025
10% ADULTERATING Tainting, contaminating (12) The Times Concise Oct 7, 2025
10% PURER Less contaminated (5) The Times Concise Sep 23, 2025
10% PURE Not contaminated (4)
9% PIKE Uncovered contaminated fish (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 16, 2025
7% PATHS Ways (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 18, 2025
7% VIA By way of (3) USA Today Oct 9, 2025

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