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Mascara mishap (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

smear

'mascara mishap' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(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 USA Today, the Newsday.com, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday, the L.A. Times Daily and the New York Times.
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