Answer:

sooty

Answer	Crossword Clue
SOOTY	Like a filthy chimney
SOOTY	Like ashes
SOOTY	Like chimneys

SOOTY	Like Santa's laundry
SOOTY	Like chimney sweeps
SOOTY	Like Santa after struggling through a chimney
SOOTY	Flue-stricken?
SOOTY	Like a well-used chimney
SOOTY	Like Santa's suit on December 26th
SOOTY	Like a chimney sweep
SOOTY	Black, as a chimney

SOOTY	Like a neglected chimney
SOOTY	Like a dirty chimney
SOOTY	Like many chimneys
SOOTY	Like Santa on Christmas Eve, probably
SOOTY	Blackened, as a chimney
SOOTY	Like Santa on Christmas morning?
SOOTY	Like Santa's suit on Christmas morning
SOOTY	Like Santa after his rounds, perhaps

SOOTY	Like dirty chimneys
SOOTY	Like a chimney sweep's outfit
SOOTY	Like a Chimney sweep
SOOTY	Blackened by fire
SOOTY	Like Santa after his rounds, maybe
SOOTY	In need of a sweep, perhaps
SOOTY	Like Santa's suit on Dec. 26
SOOTY	Black

SOOTY	Fresh from the chimney, perhaps
SOOTY	Like smokestacks
SOOTY	Like many flues
SOOTY	Like a smokestack
SOOTY	Like a blackened chimney
SOOTY	Like a chimney
SOOTY	Like most chimneys
SOOTY	Black, as a flue

SOOTY	Needing a good sweep?
SOOTY	Black, as a chimney flue
SOOTY	Like an unclean sweep
SOOTY	Like sweep hands?
SOOTY	Black, in a way