Answer: SLUR
SLUR is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 208 times.
Referring Clues:
- Cast aspersions on
 - Score line
 - "Dirty dog," for one
 - Aspersion
 - Musical mark
 - Insult
 - Drunk's tipoff
 - Epithet
 - Innuendo
 - Disparagement
 - Many a campaign tactic
 - Talk fast, maybe
 - Talk like thish, shay
 - Insulting remark
 - Disparaging word
 - Ugly putdown
 - Talk like a tosspot
 - Arc on a score
 - Insinuation
 - Evidence of drunkenness
 - Disparaging remark
 - Bit of slander
 - Disparage
 - Defamatory statement
 - Putdown
 - Sling mud at, say
 - Bigot's comment
 - Speak unclearly
 - Speak indistinctly
 - Talk like a drunk
 - "Dirty, rotten scoundrel," e.g.
 - Drag through the mud
 - Score connector, in music
 - Speak carelessly
 - Legato indicator
 - "White trash," e.g.
 - Sling mud at
 - Pronounce poorly, perhaps
 - Musical ligature
 - Disparaging comment
 - Put-down
 - Pronounce indistinctly
 - Utter unclearly
 - Speak like a sot
 - Bigoted remark
 - Elide
 - Shay shomething
 - What an arc denotes, in music
 - Slanderous remark
 - Fail to enunciate
 - All-too-common a campaign tactic
 - Nasty remark
 - Unclear utterance
 - Ugly put-down
 - Mumble
 - Arc on a music score
 - It ties notes together, in music
 - Arc on a musical score
 - Indistinct speech
 - Smear
 - Shpeak like thish
 - Dirty crack
 - Insulting comment
 - Curved line connecting musical notes
 - Belittling comment
 - Score mark
 - Offensive comment
 - Diction problem
 - Speak poorly of, or speak poorly
 - Derogatory comment
 - Curved score mark
 - Defame
 - Musical-phrase connector
 - Speak ill of
 - Dig
 - Music-score marking
 - Run down
 - Music-score mark
 - What drunks do
 - Utter indistinctly
 - Tying-over line, in music
 - Libel, e.g.
 - Bit of slung mud
 - Speak like a tosspot
 - Slight verbally
 - Slide over, as words
 - Bit of dirty campaigning
 - Verbal punch
 - Dastard's remark
 - Show evidence of tippling
 - Libelous remark
 - Unkind word
 - Campaign tactic
 - Talk like a toper
 - Aspersion, e.g.
 - Tie over, in music
 - Disrespectful comment
 - Speech problem
 - Bit of mudslinging
 - Musical phrase mark
 - Speak like the inebriated
 - Speak sloppily
 - Garble
 - Derogatory remark
 - Talk like thish
 - Arced line connecting two musical notes
 - "Dirty rat," e.g.
 - "Lying thief," e.g.
 - Bit of bigotry
 - Potentially slanderous remark
 - Vocal evidence of intoxication
 - Verbal attack
 - Racial insult, say
 - "Dirty rotten scoundrel," e.g.
 - "Dirty rotten scoundrel," e.g.
 - Enunciate poorly
 - Mudslinger's specialty
 - Defamatory remark
 - Say "Offisher, I am completely shober," e.g.
 - Curved line, in music
 - Run words together
 - Stain, insult
 - Talk drunkenly
 - Talk like a lush
 - Speak drunkenly
 - Speak after downing a bottle of rum
 - Say "Offisher, I am shober," e.g.
 - Sot's speech problem
 - Shpeak thish way
 - Bit of a loaded conversation?
 - Diction impediment
 - Fail to enunciate, in a way
 - Hardly a compliment
 - Musical line
 - All-too-common campaign tactic
 - Plastered person's speech problem
 - Slight
 - Verbal dig
 - Discuss disparagingly
 - Ethnic joke, often
 - Below-the-belt comment
 - Hurtful remark
 - Speak after one too many
 - "Dirtbag," e.g.
 - Potential libel
 - Uncomplimentary remark
 - Speak thickly
 - Speak like a drunk person
 - Musical connector
 - Talk down
 - Hurtful comment
 - Mudslinger's utterance
 - Depreciate
 - Mark indicating a musical phrase
 - Musical curve
 - Bit of name-calling
 - Nasty campaign tactic
 - Bit of defamation
 - Speak like a drunk
 - Speak when you're 35-Across
 - "You lowdown, no-good bum," e.g.
 - Betray inebriation, in a way
 - Pejorative
 - Score symbol similar to a tie
 - Ethnic or racial insult
 - Nasty comment
 - Phonetic elision
 - Talk like a tippler
 - Villipend
 - Pass over lightly
 - Miss a syllable or two, say
 - Awful insult
 - Speak disparagingly
 - Slanderous word
 - Talk like a sot
 - Pronounce poorly
 - Talk tipsily
 - Ethnic insult
 - Indication of drunkenness
 - Musical symbol indicating legato
 - Talk trashed?
 - Shtalk like thish
 - Musical note connector
 - Relative of a tie in music
 - Run one's words together
 - Curved line on a music staff
 - Omit a part of, perhaps
 - Speak without distinction?
 - Musical score mark
 - String some words together?
 - Arc-shaped musical notation
 - Shpeak indishtinctly
 - Curved line over a series of notes, in sheet music
 - "You no-good dog," e.g.
 - Not enunciate
 - Line in music
 - Offensive line?
 - Fail to articulate, in a way
 - Curved line, in musical notation
 - Symbol on a score
 - Curved line between musical notes
 - Connected notes
 - Legato mark
 - Curved line in music
 - Curve on a score
 - Legato symbol on a score
 - Legato notation, in music
 - Type of word banned in North American competitive Scrabble in 2020
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - August 14, 2025
 - New York Times - August 13, 2025
 - LA Times - June 25, 2025
 - New York Times - June 25, 2025
 - USA Today - June 18, 2025
 - LA Times - May 02, 2025
 - LA Times - March 28, 2025
 - New York Times - March 12, 2025
 - New York Times - October 06, 2024
 - LA Times - September 07, 2024
 - LA Times - August 24, 2024
 - New York Times - April 07, 2024
 - USA Today - March 07, 2024
 - New York Times - March 02, 2024
 - New York Times - January 19, 2024
 - LA Times - January 15, 2024
 - LA Times - October 22, 2023
 - New York Times - June 29, 2023
 - New York Times - May 10, 2023
 - LA Times - October 20, 2022
 
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