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noun • a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink • destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores • any fungus of the order Ustilaginales • an offensive or indecent word or phrase • creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire verb • make obscene • stain with a dirty substance, such as soot • become affected with smut • affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn | ||||||||
| 32% | 10 | Punctuation mark combining the question mark and the exclamation mark | ||||||
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| 31% | 15 | Hawk with a black mark on its belly resembling a horseshoe | ||||||
noun • large hawk of the Northern Hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers | ||||||||
Businesss Ending Belly Up Getting Black Mark Crossword Clue
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SMUT which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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SMUT
Updated: January 5, 2024
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