Smear in the newspaper Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Smear in the newspaper featured in Wall Street Journal puzzle on October 25, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LIBEL.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LIBEL Smear in the newspaper (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 25, 2025
39% INK Smear in a newspaper? (3)
4% PAP ___ smear (3) Universal Oct 18, 2025
4% TARS Smears (4) New York Times Sep 7, 2025
3% COLUMNINCHES Amount of newspaper coverage (12) The Times Concise Oct 24, 2025
3% STYLE Newspaper section, perhaps (5) The Telegraph Plusword Oct 24, 2025
3% UCLA Sch. with the Daily Bruin newspaper (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 21, 2025
3% ARTS Newspaper section (4) Thomas Joseph Oct 20, 2025
3% THEFT Job with the business newspaper (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Oct 20, 2025
3% ADS Newspaper revenue sources (3)

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