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Balfours First Novel Abused By Smears Crossword Clue

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verb

• spread or daub (a surface)

28%5 Like Porgy and Bess at first are abused by many
noun

• flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe

• flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae

• any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae

• any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis

verb

• clean (a ship's bottom) with heat

25%5Smears
noun

• material used to daub walls

• a blemish made by dirt

• an unskillful painting

verb

• coat with plaster

• apply to a surface

• cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

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The Guardian Cryptic11 Nov 2003 Down 4
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