Drag through the mud (metaphorically or literally) Crossword Clue

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Drag through the mud (metaphorically or literally) Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
2. a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
(verb)
1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
2. make a smudge on; soil by smudging

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

LITERALLY (adverb)
1. (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration
THROUGH (adjective)
1. having finished or arrived at completion
2. (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes
THROUGH (adverb)
1. throughout the entire extent

Hint 3: Anagram

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22. "Hamnet" director Zhao

24. Bring up to speed

27. Low-level employee

28. Bean type

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32. ___ loyalty (customer's faithfulness)

33. Movies such as "The Odyssey"

34. 'Lemme think . . .'

35. Meet an audience's high expectations

38. Lucille Clifton's "homage to my hips," e.g.

39. Spine-tingling

40. Noble gas used in car headlights

41. ___ Beta (people born from 2025-'39)

42. Results of labor movements?

43. Sci-fi saucers

44. ^

45. Light bulb units

49. Letters in boxes, perhaps

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57. Seriously?

58. "___ all work out in the end"

59. Quite slow

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10. Attach, as a brooch

11. Word after "cutting" or "bleeding"

12. Sanitizer target

13. Remarks

16. Preferring brains over brawn

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23. Sole

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26. Carve in an art class

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29. "Do we need to choose just one?"

30. "Can't be done!"

31. Marvel mutants

32. Many an indie crossword site

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37. Weightiness

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45. Droops

46. "Mother___ Connection" (Parliament album with a space theme)

47. Shark that can swim 45 mph

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50. Soothing succulent

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54. ''Yeesh!''

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56. Bar set, say?

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