Spread, as cream cheese Crossword Clue

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SMEARED

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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

SPREAD (adjective)
1. fully extended in width
2. distributed or spread over a considerable extent
SPREAD (verb)
1. strew or distribute over an area
2. distribute or disperse widely
SPREAD (noun)
1. process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
2. act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
CREAM (noun)
1. toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
2. the best people or things in a group
CREAM (verb)
1. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
2. remove from the surface

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SMEARED
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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MARES

More NYT Crossword (6/29/2026) Answers

Across

1. "Not true!"

6. N.Y.C. club that hosted Blondie and the Ramones

10. "Scram!"

14. Clientele

15. BTS fandom

16. Classic TV series with asterisks separating the letters of its name

17. Screen addiction, e.g.

19. Canyon call back

20. Word after B or D

21. Length x width, for a rectangle

22. What food is at dinner

23. Where boxers trade jabs

26. Cocktail with gin and lime juice

29. Word before cheese or uncle

30. Hedonistic sort

31. Medium-spicy chili peppers

37. Clever chap

40. Driving slowly in the fast lane and "replying all" to a mass email, for two

41. Vishnu avatar

42. Now ___ seen everything!

43. Snail's tentacle or butterfly's antenna

45. Nelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai, Linus Pauling, Martin Luther King Jr. and so on

51. Carne ___ (Mexican dish)

52. Uncle's wife

53. Long sandwich with cold cuts, maybe

56. Bouquet holder

57. "Meow, meow, meow!," e.g.

60. Similar to

61. Like a child in an amusement park

62. "___, meenie, miney, mo"

63. Young lady

64. Author Morrison who is part of the 45-Across

65. Puffs of perfume

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Down

1. Elmer who hunts "wabbits"

2. On the ocean

3. Impose, as a tax

4. ___ Lanka

5. Make a break from jail

6. Spelunker

7. Thorny patch

8. Big inits. in pickup trucks and vans

9. Ta-ta!

11. Saguaros, e.g.

12. Pale

13. Underwear that's barely there

18. The "E" in Q.E.D.

22. Home to the Sphinx

23. A quarter or more of one's life, typically

24. Majorca and Minorca

25. Indian bread

26. Rubbery part of a handlebar

27. Actress Skye

28. Mixed-breed dog

31. Talks in an unserious way

32. What wines and cheeses do over time

33. Wading bird

34. Novelist Stephenson

35. 'My treat!'

36. One of seven in the Big Dipper

38. Woman's name meaning "night"

39. __ Strauss & Co.

43. "Adventures of Huckleberry ___"

44. Regard

45. Like the force of an armada

46. Home to Universal Studios Japan

47. On a need-to-know ___

48. Utopias

49. Claw

50. One of the Super Mario brothers

53. Pride and gluttony, for two

54. Amount of work on a college transcript

55. Drones, e.g.

57. What puts the sizzle in bacon

58. Freudian "I"

59. Floral necklace

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