Sully (6)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sully</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that sully can be written as taint)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for taint that I've seen before include "(Trace of) corruption" , "It isn't commonly" , "Stigmatise" , "Corrupt" , "Blemish" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sully</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that sully can be written as defile)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for defile that I've seen before include "passage" , "Pollute in ravine?" , "dishonour?" , "Spoil; steep-sided gorge" , "valley" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sully</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that sully can be written as tarnish)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for tarnish that I've seen before include "Film" , "Mountain lake" , "Lose lustre; sully" , "Become dull and discoloured" , "Taint" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sully</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that sully can be written as besmirch)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for besmirch that I've seen before include "soil" , "dull" , "Foul" , "run down" , "Sully" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sully</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sully</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for soil that I've seen before include "Sully with earth" , "Loose upper layer of earth" , "Earth; make dirty" , "Top layer of the surface of the earth" , "In which plants grow" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sully</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that sully can be written as denigrate)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for denigrate that I've seen before include "Bad-mouth" , "put down" , "Disparage" , "Slight" , "Run down" .)