The term 'cast aspersions' means to make damaging or critical remarks about someone or something. The crossword solutions for this term are 'snipe' (5 letters) and 'hurled insults' (13 letters). Snipe is a verb meaning to criticize someone or something in a sly or cutting manner. Hurled insults is an expression meaning to throw verbal abuse at someone. Therefore, the two crossword solutions together can be interpreted as making critical or damaging remarks about someone or something in a sly or cutting manner, or throwing verbal abuse at someone.