Answer: HAZE
HAZE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 123 times.
Referring Clues:
- Smog
 - Run pledges through the gantlet, say
 - Cause of low visibility
 - Confusion
 - Demean, as pledges
 - Part of a summer forecast
 - Mist
 - Harass, in a way
 - "Purple ___" (song played at Woodstock)
 - Part of many a summer forecast
 - Some confusion
 - Skyline obscurer
 - Put through demeaning rituals
 - Sun block
 - Jimi Hendrix's "Purple ___"
 - Give a paddling, maybe
 - Sight blocker
 - Fog relative
 - Harass a prospective frat member
 - Ozone alert prompter
 - Fog
 - Harass the pledges
 - It gives the air an opalescent appearance
 - Jimi Hendrix hit "Purple ___"
 - Dolores ___ (Lolita)
 - Soft-focus effect
 - "Purple ___" (Jimi Hendrix song)
 - Initiate cruelly
 - It's on the meadow in "Oklahoma!"
 - Treat a pledge poorly
 - Hazard to navigation
 - Atmospheric condition
 - Visibility hamperer
 - Fog or smog
 - State of mental confusion
 - Paddle, perhaps
 - Humiliate, as freshmen
 - Initiate, maybe
 - Obscurity
 - Visibility reducer
 - Confused state of mind
 - Confused state
 - Cloudiness
 - State of confusion
 - Smog, e.g.
 - Blur
 - Smoke-filled room phenomenon
 - Mental vagueness
 - Visibility problem
 - Lolita's surname
 - Visibility obstacle
 - Lack of clarity
 - Smoky mist
 - ''Purple ___'' (Hendrix song)
 - "Purple ___" (rock classic)
 - Word in a Hendrix song title
 - Misty condition
 - Visibility hindrance
 - Initiate without dignity
 - Put through pledging torture
 - "Purple ___" (Hendrix tune)
 - Mental confusion
 - Obscuring cloud
 - Smog sibling
 - Smoky state
 - Smokey state
 - Vagueness of mind
 - Miasma
 - "Purple ___" (Hendrix song)
 - "Purple ___" (Hendrix)
 - Skyline-blurring phenomenon
 - Atmospheric aggregation
 - Confusing situation
 - Smog or fog
 - Thin fog
 - Summer smog
 - Light smog
 - Visibility lessener
 - Hendrix's 'Purple ___'
 - Navigation hindrance
 - Horizon hider
 - Break a pledge?
 - Mental cloudiness
 - See 9-Down
 - Befuddled state
 - Harass, frat-style
 - Post-wildfire problem [SEE NOTE ABOVE]
 - Cloud
 - Skyline-blurring condition
 - Run through the gantlet, say
 - "Purple ___" (Hendrix classic)
 - Indistinctness
 - Hangover feeling
 - Navigation hazard
 - Visible air
 - Confusion, to Jimi Hendrix
 - Atmospheric obscurer
 - Faint mist
 - Vague perception
 - Visibility inhibitor
 - Metaphor for discombobulation
 - The night before, to a hard partier?
 - Mental blur
 - Dreamy state
 - Sunset obscurer
 - Unclarity
 - Metaphor for confusion
 - Vista blocker
 - Smog, for example
 - Intrusive weather
 - Obstacle to visibility
 - Smoggy overcast
 - Unclear mental state
 - "Purple ___"
 - It's like mist but with pollutants
 - Mental fog
 - Sunrise obscurer
 - Word after "Lavender" and "Purple," in song titles
 - Foggy state
 - Reason to turn on headlights
 - Visible air pollution
 - Foggy mental state
 - Difficult air to see through
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - August 27, 2025
 - New York Times - August 04, 2025
 - New York Times - June 16, 2025
 - New York Times - November 25, 2024
 - USA Today - October 28, 2024
 - LA Times - October 17, 2024
 - New York Times - July 09, 2024
 - New York Times - May 31, 2024
 - LA Times - March 18, 2024
 - LA Times - December 17, 2023
 - LA Times - November 29, 2023
 - New York Times - June 19, 2023
 - LA Times - June 15, 2023
 - USA Today - January 25, 2023
 - LA Times - September 25, 2022
 - New York Times - July 27, 2022
 - New York Times - June 29, 2022
 - New York Times - May 16, 2022
 - USA Today - March 03, 2022
 - New York Times - February 14, 2022
 
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