The Clue
"Don't ___ Me," 1933 song hit (5 letter answer)
The Answer
BLAME
Tags
Notes
The answer BLAME is uncommon, appearing about once every 500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Censure
Culpability
Rap
Reproach
Bad attribution
Find fault
Hold responsible
Kind of game
Mame's burden
Mame's onus
Point a finger at
Point the finger at
Scapegoat's onus
"I don't ___ you!"
It's often shifted
It's put on Mame
Point one's finger at
What to put on Mame
It's often laid on someone else
Definition
BLAME as a noun:
1. (incrimination, inculpation, blame) = an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on the driver"
2. (blame, rap) = a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
BLAME as a verb:
1. (blame, fault) = put or pin the blame on
2. (blame, find fault, pick) = harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"
3. (blame, charge) = attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
BLAME as an adjective:
1. (blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal) = expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"