On the sordid side Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Sunday, December 22, 1996 · 95-Across
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Sunday, December 22, 1996.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · December 22, 1996 · 95-Across · 5 letters
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morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
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