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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

FOG
Confusion characterized by lack of clarity

4 letters

MIST
Spray finely or cover with mist

BLUR
A hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"

HAZE
Confusion characterized by lack of clarity

NINE
One of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face

5 letters

BURST
The act of exploding or bursting; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

BEFOG
Make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

SWARM
A group of many things in the air or on the ground; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"

SULLY
French statesman (1560-1641)

TAINT
The state of being contaminated

6 letters

DAPPLE
A small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"

MOTTLE
An irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green"

DEFILE
Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

NIMBUS
An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

DARKEN
Tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"

7 letters

STORAGE
The act of storing something

CORRUPT
Alter from the original

BECLOUD
Make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

OBSCURE
Reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

CUMULUS
A collection of objects laid on top of each other

STRATUS
A large dark low cloud

8 letters

OVERCAST
A cast that falls beyond the intended spot

HAZEOVER
Make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

MUSHROOM
A large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

9 letters

OBFUSCATE
Make obscure or unclear

10 letters

OBNUBILATE
Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"