Defamation in print
The crossword clue "Defamation in print" is answered by LIBEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LIBEL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIBEL answer page.
Used 17 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LIBEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by LIBEL, most used first.
- Defame in print - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Written slander - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Defame - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Defame, in a way - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Written defamation - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Actionable words - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Defamation - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
- Slander - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Defamatory text - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Malign in print - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Put down in writing? - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Defame in writing - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Slander in print - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Defamatory writing - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Smear in print - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
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- Print tint - SEPIA, used 12 times
- Print units - PICAS, used 9 times
- Prepares for print - EDITS, used 8 times
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