Answer: SLANDER
SLANDER is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 22 times.
Referring Clues:
- Bad-mouth
 - Put down
 - Defamation
 - Give a bad name
 - Cast aspersions on
 - Dirt, so to speak
 - Smear tactics
 - Character assassination
 - Libel's kin
 - Mud
 - Lawsuit cause
 - ___ : spoken :: libel : written
 - Actionable words
 - Sling mud
 - Spoken slur
 - Libel's spoken equivalent
 - Libel's counterpart
 - Libel, in speech
 - Defame verbally
 - Run down, in a way
 - Calumny
 - Defamatory speech
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - August 19, 2025
 - New York Times - June 28, 2024
 - LA Times - December 31, 2023
 - New York Times - March 04, 2022
 - LA Times - February 22, 2021
 - LA Times - January 26, 2020
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 30, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 20, 2017
 - Universal - May 05, 2016
 - LA Times - July 21, 2014
 - New York Times - June 30, 2014
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 16, 2014
 - King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - July 21, 2013
 - Universal - June 27, 2013
 - LA Times - May 19, 2013
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 01, 2013
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 10, 2012
 - New York Times - September 06, 2011
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 04, 2011
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 17, 2010
 
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