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noun • slanderous defamation • a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope • a blemish made by dirt • an act that brings discredit to the person who does it verb • stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance • make a smudge on; soil by smudging • cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it • charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | ||||||||
| 28% | 13 | A pattern in which the solution to a problem creates another problem, leading back to the original problem | ||||||
noun • one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first • an argument that assumes that which is to be proved | ||||||||
| 20% | 15 | Method in complexity theory to show that a problem is at least as hard as another problem | ||||||
noun • changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal) | ||||||||
Cosmetic Problem Crossword Clue
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SMEAR which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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SMEAR
Updated: October 11, 2023
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20 Mar 2013 | The Guardian Cryptic / 20 Mar 2013 |
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