Spoil the finish of

The answer

MAR

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAR answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for MAR

Every other clue in this collection answered by MAR, most used first.

• Spoil - used 290 times, most recently in 2026
• Damage - used 217 times, most recently in 2026
• Deface - used 190 times, most recently in 2026
• Scratch - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
• Disfigure - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
• Scratch up - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Blemish - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Ruin - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Tarnish - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Impair - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Scratch the surface - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Scratch or dent - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Do damage to - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Fold, spindle or mutilate - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Make imperfect - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Vandalize - used 32 times, most recently in 2020
• Besmirch - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Scuff up - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Sully - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Feb. follower - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Scratch the surface of - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Render imperfect - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Ruin the veneer - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Taint - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Damage slightly - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Dent or scratch - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Calendar abbr. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Calendar abbreviation. - used 12 times, most recently in 1964
• Make a dent in - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Scratch, say - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Cause damage to - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Damage superficially - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Equinox mo. - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Bang up - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Be a blot on - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Damage a bit - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Detract from - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Injure - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Put a dent in - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Uglify - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Nick, say - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Flaw - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Month after Feb. - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Scuff up, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• St. Patrick's Day mo. - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Vitiate - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Scratch or scuff - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Slightly damage - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Spoil the perfection of - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• Finish - END, used 376 times

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