Possible Clues:

• Stained, in a way
• Covered in writing fluid — and smelly? No way
• Like fingers after holding a newspaper
• Name for a plush octopus
• Like a lefty's hand after using a fountain pen, often
• Tip of little finger sliced off, black
• Stained by a pen, say
• It’s very dark in Kentucky
• Like fingers stained by a pen
• Stained; very dark