Related Clues:

• Bit of election season ugliness
• Blackens small and medium corncobs
• Campaign ploy
• Microscope slide sample
• Attack ad insult
• Blurry mess
• Inker's mishap
• ___ campaign
• Mascara risk
• Vilifies, as in some ads
• Mark made by rubbing
• Lipstick woe
• Calligraphy fail
• Dishonest attack
• Haphazard application