| Clue | Length | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Explosive pervaded by a current contamination | 5 letters | taint |
| ||
Likely related crossword puzzle clues
- Pollute
- Corrupt
- Sully
- Tarnish
- Besmirch
- Spoil
- Rejoinder to "'Tis!"
- Slangy denial
- "...... funny, McGee!"
- Trace of dishonor
- Poison
- "Not so!"
- Opposite of purify
- Infect
- Slight contamination
- Discredit
- Despoil
- Contaminate
- It isn't commonly a stain or blemish
- Contaminating influence
- Trump's source is not corrupt
- Soil temperature is not common
- Stigmatize
- Soil colour around area
- Volunteers in time finding stain
- "It is not", said Mark
- (Trace of) corruption
- Besmear
- Make impure
- old fashioned way to say "it isn't."
- a trace of disgrace
- Light shade in which there's a blemish
- Shame isn't informally behind time
- Ruin
- Defile, sully
- So
- tarnish, as a reputation
- Dirty
- Old-fashioned contraction
- Slangy contraction
- Hint of scandal
- Vitiate
- "But never ...... my love": Shak.
- Infect or spoil
- Make noxious
- Smirch
- 'Tisn't's vulgar cousin
- Blemish
- Put a wrong meaning on
- Undesirable trace
- infect certain territories partially
- Besmirch, spoil
- Apt letters missing from con. .m. .a.e
- Corrupt document finally isn't
- the back of it isn't dirty
- Tarnish, contaminate
- stigmatise
- Contaminate, as water
- It isn't corruption - it is corruption
- blemish covered in with rags
- Light shade contains a blemish
- Pollute in mountaintops
- an infection, or maybe 'tisn't
- Corrupt morally
- Tarnish; besmirch
- Maybe it isn't said to be a bad thing?
- base of allotment isn't soil
- Damage, as a reputation
- Informally, it is not corrupt?
- uncertain toddler covering up stain
- Infection present in certain theatres
- it isn't slang, but still a defect
- Mountain that cradles soil
- trace of disgrace
- Colour has a brand
- Colour drawn around a black mark
- as some might say, it's not muddy
- Corrupt condition in Britain today
- Sully isn't after a back seat
- Colour on the outside of a black mark
- ...... infection
- Corruption
- Discolor
- It isn't commonly an infection
- Sully, contaminate
- Soil
- Befoul
- Daub
- Defile
- Decomposition
- Contamination
- contagion
- Shame it isn't contracted
- Corrupt, damage
- Besmirch; sully
- Wrong
- Wound
- wreak-havoc
- Worsen
- weak-link
- Weak point
- Weakness
- Make slightly bad
- Abuse
- Adulterate
- aerial infection
- Afflict
- Aggrieve
- airborne infection
- Alloy
- Aroma
- Aspersion
- attaint
- Attribute
- ...... badge
- badge of infamy
- bar sinister
- Baton
- Bedaub
- benasty
- bend sinister
- besmoke
- Bespatter
- bestain
- Bewitch
- Black eye
- Black mark
- Blacken
- Blight
- bloodstain
- Blot
- blotch
- blow upon
- Blur
- Brand
- broad arrow
- Bug
- Cachet
- canker
- Carrier
- Cast
- Catch
- Censure
- champain
- Character
- Characteristic
- Cheapen
- Cloud
- Coarsen
- communicability
- Condemn
- configuration
- Confound
- contagiousness
- Crack
- crucify
- cryptogenic infection
- Curse
- Cut
- Dab
- Damage
- Darken
- Dash
- Debase
- Debauch
- Defame
- Defect
- defection
- Deficiency
- deflower
- Degenerate
- Degrade
- denature
- deprave
- Desecrate
- Destroy
- Devalue
- differentia
- differential
- direct infection
- ...... disadvantage
- Disapprove
- Disease
- Dishonor
- Disparage
- Disparagement
- Disserve
- Distinctive feature
- Distort
- Distress
- do a mischief
- Do evil
- do ill
- Do wrong
- Do wrong by
- Doom
- Drawback
- droplet infection
- dust infection
- Earmark
- envenom
- epidemiology
- Expose
- expose to infamy
- Eyesore
- Failing
- Failure
- ...... fault
- faute
- Feature
- Figure
- Flavor
- Flaw
- Fleck
- Flick
- Flyspeck
- Foible
- Foul
- Frailty
- Get into trouble
- Gibbet
- Gust
- hallmark
- hand infection
- hang in effigy
- Harass
- Harm
- Hex
- Hint
- Hole-......
- Hurt
- idiocrasy
- Idiosyncrasy
- Impair
- Imperfection
- Impress
- Impression
- Imputation
- inadequacy
- Index
- indirect infection
- individualism
- infectiousness
- Infirmity
- Infusion
- Injure
- Inkling
- Intimation
- Jinx
- Keynote
- Kink
- lineaments
- little problem
- Macula
- Maculation
- macule
- Maltreat
- Mannerism
- Mark
- mark of Cain
- marking
- Menace
- MESS
- Mess up
- Mistreat
- Misuse
- Mold
- Molest
- Muddy
- Nasty
- Nature
- Odor
- Onus
- Outrage
- Particularity
- ... patch
- Peculiarity
- Persecute
- Pervert
- phytogenic infection
- Pillory
- pillorying
- play havoc with
- play hob with
- point champain
- Prejudice
- primary infection
- Problem
- Property
- prostitute
- pyogenic infection
- Quality
- Quirk
- Ravage
- ravish
- Reflection
- Reprimand
- Reproach
- Rift
- Sauce
- Savage
- Savor
- Scar
- Scathe
- Scorch
- Seal
- Sear
- Seasoning
- secondary infection
- Shade
- Shape
- Shortcoming
- Singe
- Singularity
- slubber
- slur
- Smack
- Smear
- ...... smoke
- smouch
- Smudge
- Smut
- Smutch
- Snag
- Something missing
- Soupcon
- Spatter
- Specialty
- Speck
- Speckle
- Spice
- Splash
- Splatter
- Splotch
- Spot
- Sprinkling
- Stain
- Stamp
- Stigma
- stigmatism
- stigmatization
- subclinical infection
- Suggestion
- Suspicion
- Tang
- Tar
- Taste
- tempering
- Thought
- Threaten
- tinct
- Tincture
- Tinge
- Tint
- Token
- Torment
- Torture
- Touch
- Trace
- Trait
- Trick
- Twist
- ulcerate
- vector
- Vestige
- Vilify
- Violate
- Virus
- vulgarize
- vulnerable-place
- Warp
- waterborne infection
- Wreak havoc on
- zoogenic infection
- To tarnish, make dirty
- It isn't commonly a blemish
- Contaminate, infect
- Besmirch; tarnish
- Infect with rubbish collecting at home
- shade has a trace
- Contaminating trace
- it isn't commonly corrupt
- Contaminate, or tarnish
- what winds purist up isn't dirty
- sully; tarnish
- corrupt or spoil something
- spoil; t'isn't!
- "'Tis" opposite