The Clue
Campaigner's calumnious act (8 letter answer)
The Answer
SMEARING
Tags
Notes
The answer SMEARING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Dauber's activity
Campaign dirty tricks
Tactic used in some campaigns
Definition
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"