The Clue
Artists' boo-boos (6 letter answer)
The Answer
SMEARS
Tags
Notes
The answer SMEARS is uncommon, appearing about once every 500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Blotches
Blurs
Daubs
Maligns
Slanders
Smudges
Sullies
Traduces
Vilifies
Bad-mouths
Bad paintings
Defeats utterly
Makeup mishaps
Pathologist's specimens
Slide preparations
Slings mud
Slings mud at
Speaks ill of
Drags through the mud
Spreads, as cream cheese
Dirty tricks on the campaign trail
Uses finger paints, say
Definition
SMEAR as a noun:
1. (smear, vilification, malignment) = slanderous defamation
2. (smear, cytologic smear, cytosmear) = a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
3. (smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur) = a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
4. (blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain) = an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
SMEAR as a verb:
1. stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
2. (smear, blur, smudge, smutch) = make a smudge on; soil by smudging
3. (daub, smear) = cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
4. (defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch) = charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"