Stuck on the Pollution portmanteau crossword clue from NYT Crossword published on January 26 2020? We’re here to help you solve it.
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The Verified Answer for Pollution portmanteau is:
- SMAZE
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- SMOG
Useful hints for “Pollution portmanteau” Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Clue Explanation
▼This was an interesting entry for me; I’m familiar with “smizing,” a Tyra Banks portmanteau, but not at all with SMAZE, a particulate-filled mash-up of smog and haze. It sounds vaguely Agardian to me, but it has been an entry in the Times puzzle since 1953 (about when the blended word was coined). Perhaps the fact that smaze has a pedigree softened me up for BLEAH — that one is a debut and all I can say is, I’ll allow it.