Answer: scandal
AnswerCrossword Clue
SCANDALIran-Contra, e.g.
SCANDALFront page news.
SCANDALSheridan's "School" subject
SCANDALTabloid editor's delight
SCANDALItem for gossip
SCANDALKind of sheet
SCANDALPublic disgrace
SCANDALSheridan's "The School for ..."
SCANDALTabloid's grist
SCANDALIgnominy
SCANDALA gate may be attached to one
SCANDALWhat a gate may be attached to?
SCANDALDirt from two states in Dixie? (7)
SCANDALBackbiting.
SCANDALPrelude to a resignation, perhaps
SCANDALPolitician's downfall
SCANDALHeadline-making event
SCANDALDisgraceful goings-on
SCANDALWatergate, for one
SCANDAL"National Enquirer" fodder
SCANDALTabloid seller
SCANDALLewinsky affair
SCANDALEvent ending in -gate
scandaldisgraceful act; disgrace
scandalmalicious gossip
scandalto defame (to destroy the reputation of)
SCANDALSmear-sheet topic
SCANDALIt may be covered up
SCANDALTabloid topic
SCANDALFrequent subject of "The E! True Hollywood Story"
SCANDALIt's often behind a cover-up
SCANDALSensational misdoings
SCANDALWhat "-gate" may indicate
SCANDALEvent triggering public outrage
SCANDALTabloid item, often
SCANDALNational Enquirer fodder
SCANDALTabloid tidbit
SCANDALSomething sensational
SCANDALCelebrity bane
SCANDALTabloid fodder