Answer: SMELLS
SMELLS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 28 times.
Referring Clues:
- Is suspicious
 - Unwanted things
 - Detects a rat?
 - Is repulsive, in a way
 - Seems suspicious
 - Appears suspicious
 - Gets a whiff of
 - Needs airing out, maybe
 - Detects, in a way
 - Detects scents
 - Stinks
 - Olfactory emanations
 - Is offensive, in a way
 - Odors
 - Seems improper
 - Reeks
 - Is nosy?
 - Kitchen emanations
 - Seems corrupt
 - Senses, as trouble
 - Doesn't seem proper
 - Senses, in a way
 - Aromas
 - Requires Febreze, maybe
 - Aromas and odors
 - Seems crooked
 - Seems bad somehow
 - Nirvana's "___ Like Teen Spirit"
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - June 24, 2025
 - USA Today - January 02, 2025
 - USA Today - August 27, 2024
 - LA Times - August 23, 2023
 - New York Times - November 24, 2022
 - USA Today - April 28, 2022
 - USA Today - April 27, 2022
 - New York Times - November 09, 2020
 - New York Times - April 18, 2020
 - Universal - January 29, 2020
 - LA Times - January 21, 2020
 - New York Times - May 29, 2019
 - Netword - July 09, 2018
 - LA Times - October 08, 2017
 - Netword - February 19, 2017
 - Netword - September 18, 2016
 - LA Times Sunday - July 31, 2016
 - LA Times - June 26, 2016
 - Netword - November 10, 2015
 - LA Times Sunday - August 02, 2015
 
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