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Crossword Answer:
→62. SMEAR
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Clue & Answer Definitions
- FINGER-PAINTING (noun)
- a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers
- painting by using the fingers to spread the paint
- SMEAR (noun)
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
- SMEAR (verb)
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
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