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The Clue

Hold responsible (5 letter answer)

The Answer

BLAME

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Notes

The answer BLAME is uncommon, appearing about once every 500 puzzles.

Related Clues

Censure
Culpability
Rap
Reproach
Bad attribution
Find fault
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
"Don't ___ Me," 1933 song hit
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"