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Ink mishaps (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

smears

(Other definitions for smears that I've seen before include "False attacks on someone's good name" , "Attempts to damage a reputation" , "Black marks" , "may be examined in the lab." , "Slanderous defamations" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.
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