Dirty sort of business a Republican goes after (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SMEAR Dirty sort of business a Republican goes after (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic May 7, 2024
7% SEEKS Goes after (5) Newsday Sep 11, 2025
6% ELATION Happiness of niece perhaps after dumping Republican (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 6, 2025
6% STINKEYE Dirty look (8) Universal Oct 4, 2025
6% SQUALID Dirty and sordid (7) Puzzler Backwords Sep 30, 2025
6% SOIL Make dirty (4) Commuter Sep 29, 2025
6% DYES Goes after gray hairs, say (4) Universal Sep 27, 2025
6% FILTHY Extremely dirty (6) Universal Sep 19, 2025
6% GOP Republicans, for short (3) New York Times Sep 16, 2025
6% CLEAN Not dirty (5) The Telegraph Quick Sep 2, 2025

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