Crossword Clue:

Smears

Answer	Crossword Clue
SMUDGES	Smears
LIBELS	Smears
TARS	Smears.

DABS	Smears
TARS	Smears
STREAKS	Smears
DAUBS	Smears
BEDAUBS	Smears
BEDAUBS	Smears.
SOILS	Smears.
DAUBS	Smears paint

SLATHERS	Smears liberally
EPITHETS	Campaign smears
DAUBS	Smears on
DAUBS	Smears on messily
SLIMES	Smears with gunk
ADWAR	Exchange of smears
SOILS	Smears mud on
SMUDGY	Full of smears

LIBELS	Smears on paper
BEDAUBS	Smears all over
LIBELS	Smears in print
BEDAUBS	Smears mud on
LIBELS	Smears with ink
TALLOWS	Smears with animal fat
ANOINTS	Smears with holy oil
DEFACES	Smears paint on walls

ADWAR	Exchange of TV smears, maybe
BLACKSHEEP	Smears tar on a Dickens character?
APHEXTWINGERMS	Richard D. James covering "Seventeen" with Pat Smear's band?