- SMEAR
- Vilify during a campaign
- Libel
- Mess up the makeup
- Bad mouth
- Apply, as sunscreen
- Talk shit about
- Result of tears on mascara
- ___ campaign
- Tarnish
- Apply Vaseline
- Besmirch
- Blurry mess
- Defamation in print
- Rude blog post
- Cheap Super PAC attack
- Baseless attack
- Political cheap shot
- Makeup problem
- Slander
- Engage in mudslinging
- Slanderous attack
- Some mud-slinging
- Type of campaign
- Sort of campaign
- Finger-paint, e.g.
- Campaigner's dirt
- Nasty rumor
- Political mud
- Pol's low tactic
- Campaign dirt
- Pol's mud
- Blot
- Negative campaigner's tactic
- Makeup mishap
- Smudge
- Many a political commercial
- Asperse
- Aspersion
- Kind of campaign
- Sling mud
- Apply liberally
- Drag through the mud
- Sling mud at
- Bedaub
- Nasty campaign tactic
- Ruin, as a reputation
- Character assault
- Mirror marrer
- Type of political campaign
- Campaign tactic
- Stain
- Charge falsely
- Defame
- Dirty trick on the campaign trail
- Blur by rubbing
- Dirty political attack
- Attack ad, maybe
- Dirty campaign tactic
- Lipstick mishap
- Makeup muck-up
- Dig during a run
- Blur
- Make a mess
- Type of tactics
- Daub
- Nasty kind of campaign
- Engage in calumny
- Fingerpaint
- Grease spot, e.g.
- Spread, as butter
- Spread
- Sully
- Bit of painting carelessness
- Campaign nastiness
- Lipstick slip
- Campaign ugliness
- Apply haphazardly
- Ink mishap
- Reputation threat
- Nasty comment from a runner?
- Use finger paint
- Bit of mudslinging
- Application error, perhaps
- Problem with 82-Across
- Spread messily
- Slather
- Campaign unpleasantry
- Not spread carefully
- Blur, as wet ink
- Bit of campaign nastiness
- Lab specimen
- Blacken
- Mascara problem
- Bit of ugly politics
- Mascara mishap
- Nasty race tactic
- Spread generously
- Eyeliner problem
- Paint problem
- Blotch
- Feature of a no-holds-barred campaign
- Glasses problem
- Bit of campaign ugliness
- Makeup malfunction
- Primary aspirant's challenge
- Bit of election season ugliness
- Bit of character assassination
- Haphazard application
- Makeup streak
- Inky blur
- Makeup slip-up
- Paint, toddler-style
- Do finger painting
- Microscope sample
- Political tactic
- Makeup stain
- Political ploy
- Spread sloppily
- Spread, as finger paint
- Vilify
- Sample on a slide
- Sully the name of
- Slathered portion
- Cast aspersions on
- Dirty campaign trick
- Lipstick smudge
- Microscope-slide sample
- Cosmetic mishap
- Jam mishap
- Lipstick stain
- Makeup smudge
- Inker's mishap
- Printing problem
- Tainting tactic
- Makeup mess
- Mascara smudge
- Sticky spot
- Mudslinger's campaign tactic
- Make a finger painting
- Malign
- Mascara mistake
- Dirty politician's tactic
- Go negative against, in a way
- Oily stain
- Political mud pack.
- ___ the sleepy grooms with blood.
- Mud-sling.
- Technique of the witch-hunt.
- Politically extreme tactic.
- Sling campaign mud.
- Work of art with finger paints.
- Wrongful accusation by inference or innuendo.
- Character assassination.
- Partial erasure.
- Political slander.
- Campaign brickbat.
- Untidy mark.
- Spread over.
- Stigmatize.
- Mudslinger's delight.
- Frequent political charge.
- Political weapon.
- Partial glaze on pottery.
- Denigrate.
- Make messy.
- Campaign weapon.
- Use finger paints.
- Vilification.
- Lab sample
- Prepare a lab slide
- Defile
- Dirty-politics ploy
- Finger painting, often
- Lab-slide material
- Mess up
- Snide attack
- Finger painting, e.g.
- Flub a paint job
- ___ campaign (dirty politics)
- Defamation
- Medical-lab technique
- Fingerprint
- Throw mud at
- Calumniate
- Insult
- Glaze for pottery
- Campaign calumny
- Campaign tactic, sometimes
- Campaign ploy
- Ruin, as calligraphy
- Illustrator's goof
- Soil
- Publish lies about
- Dirty political tactic
- Slide specimen
- Makeup artist's problem
- Window cleaner's goof
- Slight on the stump, say
- Window washer's mistake
- Impugn
- Problem with eyeliner
- Bit of negative campaigning
- Campaign dirty trick
- Cosmetician's goof
- Artist's mishap
- Campaign staple
- Eyeliner boo-boo
- Makeup applier's boo-boo
- Wet mascara worry
- Window washer's boo-boo
- Makeup boo-boo
- Mascara mess
- Bad mark
- Slur
- What decrepit windshield wipers do
- Campaigner's dirty trick
- Cosmetic problem
- Attack ad tactic
- Lipstick problem
- Result of tears on makeup
- Below-the-belt campaign tactic
- Mascara misadventure
- Dishonest attack
- Pap ___
- Streaky mark
- Glasses annoyance
- Windshield annoyance
- Finger-painting smudge
- Makeup flaw
- Window-washing flaw
- Lipstick flaw
- Election season tactic
- Use labels
- Outer edge of a smoky eye
- Attack-ad inclusion
- Mascara risk
- Sully, as a reputation
- Blacklist
- Unsavory type of political campaign
- Become unsteady applying lipstick
- Wipe the floor with
- Campaign low blow
- Fingerpaint, for example
- Sling mud at, politically
- Apply lipstick poorly
- Campaign abuse
- Apply jam
- Do some mudslinging
- Stain or smudge
- Apply lipstick unsteadily
- Makeup artist's mistake
- Apply liberally, as jelly
- Nasty political ad
- Apply Vaseline or jelly
- Apply jelly
- Disgusting political tactic
- Damage the reputation of
- Mud marking
- Lipstick woe
- Attack ad, at times
- Dishonest campaign tactic
- Apply messily
- Defame during a campaign
- Spread false accusations
- Dirty kind of campaign
- Eyeliner mishap
- Type of campaign in which 36-Across might be used
- Political campaign often
- Beat soundly
- Taint politically
- Unpleasant political tactic
- Villify
- Political campaign tactic
- Give a black eye to
- Political attack, e.g.
- Campaigner's low blow
- Underhanded campaign tactic
- Apply, as fingerpaint
- Political hit job
- Bit of ugly campaigning
- Attack ad insult
- Calligraphy mishap
- Mark made by rubbing
- Lipstick blemish
- Mess up, like makeup
- Ink goof
- Pol's assault
- October surprise, often
- Primary concern?
- Unsubstantiated accusation, usually
- Potential lipstick issue after kissing somebody
- Common campaign strategy
- Sleazy campaign tactic
- Political attack
- Staple of political dirty tricks
- Printer's problem
- Work with finger paints
- Cervical cancer diagnostic test
- Calligraphy fail
- Finger-paint, say
- Campaign strategy
