___ smear
The crossword clue "___ smear" is answered by PAP, a 3-letter entry. Used 42 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PAP
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAP answer page.
Used 42 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 13 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.
- BEDAUB (19 uses in xd)
Other clues for PAP
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAP, most used first.
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