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Mascara mishap (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

smear

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">mascara mishap</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for smear that I've seen before include "Badmouth" , "Dirty mark; aspersion" , "Slander - tissue sample used for testing" , "nasty mark" , "False report" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post, the King Feature Syndicate, The New York Times, the L.A. Times Daily, the USA Today, the Newsday.com and the Newsday.
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