Scum
Crossword Clue and Answers

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We most recently saw this clue in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 5 Aug 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Saturday, 10 Jul 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 5 Jul 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 19 May 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 12 Apr 2021

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ASH Mike Smallman
Strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats

CUR Mike Smallman
An inferior dog or one of mixed breed

CUT Mike Smallman
With parts removed; "the drastically cut film"

DOG Mike Smallman
A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night"

FUR Mike Smallman
Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)

LAP Mike Smallman
Touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"

MOB Mike Smallman
Press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"

PLY Mike Smallman
One of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination; "three-ply cord"; "four-ply yarn"

RAG Mike Smallman
A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

RAT Mike Smallman
Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

SOD Mike Smallman
Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

SUD Mike Smallman

4 letters

CRUD
An ill-defined bodily ailment; "he said he had the crud and needed a doctor"

5 letters

DROSS
The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

TRASH
Dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

FROTH
A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam"

SPUNK Mike Smallman
The courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"

6 letters

REFUSE
Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

SEWAGE Mike Smallman
Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

8 letters

RIFFRAFF
Disparaging terms for the common people

ALLUVION Mike Smallman
The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

ALLUVIUM Mike Smallman
Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

BREAKERS Mike Smallman
Waves breaking on the shore

CANAILLE Mike Smallman

COVERING Mike Smallman
A natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover"

DEADWOOD Mike Smallman
Someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded

DEPOSITS Mike Smallman

DILUVIUM Mike Smallman

LEAVINGS Mike Smallman

MEMBRANE Mike Smallman
A thin pliable sheet of material

MERINGUE Mike Smallman
Sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar

PELLICLE Mike Smallman
Thin protective membrane in some protozoa

PLANKTON Mike Smallman
The aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water

RASPINGS Mike Smallman

SCOURING Mike Smallman
The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

SEDIMENT Mike Smallman
Matter that has been deposited by some natural process

SEWERAGE Mike Smallman
Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

SHAVINGS Mike Smallman

SHITHEAD Mike Smallman
A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

SOAPSUDS Mike Smallman
The froth produced by soaps or detergents

STINGING Mike Smallman
A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"

UNWASHED Mike Smallman
Not cleaned with or as if with soap and water; "a sink full of unwashed dishes"

SEWARAGE Mike Smallman

9 letters

ANDROCYTE Mike Smallman

DISHWATER Mike Smallman
Water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed

POTSHERDS Mike Smallman

REVETMENT Mike Smallman
A facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment

SCOURINGS Mike Smallman

SCRAPIRON Mike Smallman
Iron to be melted again and reworked

SETTLINGS Mike Smallman
Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

SPERMCELL Mike Smallman
The male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"

SPERMATID Mike Smallman
An immature gamete produced by a spermatocyte; develops into a spermatozoon

SPINDRIFT Mike Smallman
Spray blown up from the surface of the sea

SUBLIMATE Mike Smallman
Made pure

SUPERPOSE Mike Smallman
Place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?"

SWEEPINGS Mike Smallman

10 letters

BILGEWATER Mike Smallman
Pretentious or silly talk or writing

DEPOSITION Mike Smallman
The act of putting something somewhere

DITCHWATER Mike Smallman

IMPURITIES Mike Smallman

MALEGAMETE Mike Smallman

OVERSPREAD Mike Smallman
Spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the water"

SPERMATIUM Mike Smallman

SPOONDRIFT Mike Smallman
Spray blown up from the surface of the sea

SPREADOVER Mike Smallman
Form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"

WASTEPAPER Mike Smallman
Paper discarded after use

WHITEWATER Mike Smallman
Frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls

11 letters

OFFSCOURING

ANTHERIDIUM Mike Smallman
The male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers

ANTHEROZOID Mike Smallman
A motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm

PRECIPITATE Mike Smallman
Hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"

PROLETARIAT Mike Smallman
A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

SAFETYGLASS Mike Smallman
Glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering

SPERMATOZOA Mike Smallman

SUPERIMPOSE Mike Smallman
Place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?"

WASTEMATTER Mike Smallman
Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"

12 letters

OFFSCOURINGS Mike Smallman

SEMINALFLUID Mike Smallman
The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

SPERMAGONIUM Mike Smallman

SPERMATOCYTE Mike Smallman
A male gametocyte that develops into four spermatids

SPERMATOZOID Mike Smallman
A motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm

SPERMATOZOON Mike Smallman
The male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"

13 letters

LAMINATEDWOOD Mike Smallman

PRECIPITATION Mike Smallman
An unexpected acceleration or hastening; "he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise"

SPERMATOPHORE Mike Smallman

14 letters

DREGSOFSOCIETY Mike Smallman

LAMINATEDGLASS Mike Smallman
Glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering

SCUMOFTHEEARTH Mike Smallman

SPERMATICFLUID Mike Smallman

SPERMATIOPHORE Mike Smallman

SPERMATOGONIUM Mike Smallman

16 letters

RAGTAGANDBOBTAIL Mike Smallman
Disparaging terms for the common people

SWINISHMULTITUDE Mike Smallman

21 letters

FLOATINGDIRTONSURFACE

LAYEROFFROTHONALIQUID Mike Smallman

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