Sordid Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Thursday, May 20, 2021 · 53-Across
Appeared in 8 New York Times Crosswords between January 2001 and January 2023.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · May 20, 2021 · 53-Across · 5 letters
SEAMY0 of 5 letters revealed
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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"
adjective
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Other answers seen for this clue
- Appeared in 2 New York Times Crosswords between November 2022 and January 2023.SLEAZY6 lettersanswer page
- Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Saturday, August 18, 2012.MESSY5 lettersanswer page
- Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Sunday, June 3, 2007.SEEDY5 lettersanswer page
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- Run-down
New York Times · Monday, July 1, 2019 · 5 letters
- Disreputable
New York Times · Tuesday, March 31, 2015 · 5 letters
- Morally degraded
New York Times · Sunday, December 8, 2013 · 5 letters
- Lowdown
New York Times · Sunday, June 30, 2013 · 5 letters
- Hardly wholesome
New York Times · Saturday, September 11, 2010 · 5 letters
- Squalid
New York Times · Friday, May 30, 2008 · 5 letters
- Coarse
New York Times · Sunday, July 22, 2007 · 5 letters
- On the sordid side
New York Times · Sunday, December 22, 1996 · 5 letters
- Unsavory
New York Times · Thursday, September 12, 1996 · 5 letters
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