Defamation
The crossword clue "Defamation" is answered by LIBEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 5 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 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CALUMNY (3 uses in xd)
- ASPERSION (1 uses in xd)
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
- Defamation in print - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- 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
- 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
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