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To get something sticky or messy: “The children have been eating candy and they’ve got their faces all ________.”

This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.

SMEARED UP3
GOOED UP2
GUMMED UP2
A MUCK1
DIRTY1
GOOEY1
MESSED UP1
MESSY1
SMEARED1
STICKY1

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