DISPARAGEDOnrecordSet once, to “Put down” — The New York Times, Saturday, 18 December 1999.10 lettersOther answers to these cluesABASE5 lettersABASED6 lettersAFFRONT7 lettersALIT4 lettersASPERSE7 lettersBADMOUTH8 lettersDECRY5 lettersDEGRADE7 lettersDEMEAN6 lettersDENIGRATE9 lettersDEPOSITED9 lettersDERIDE6 letters