| Butter up |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Aug 2025 |
| Compliment Christchurch, specifically comparing it with Wellington (7) |
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| Praise insincerely (7) |
Mirror Quick |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Compliment student with less lean exterior (7) |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Unduly praise |
Puzzler Backwords |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Praise insincerely (7) |
Mirror Classic |
05 Jul 2025 |
| Say nice things about Fenland compared with Lake District (7) |
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| Are becoming for the more obese, concealing the figure (7) |
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| Praise, in an insincere way, is less exciting |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
12 May 2025 |
| Insincerely praise the Leveller? (7) |
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| Lavishly praise coffee in France (7) |
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| Are becoming (7) |
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| Are becoming smoother (7) |
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| Give praise that is less rough (7) |
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| Praise deceitfully |
Mirror Tea Time |
29 Mar 2025 |
| Butter up |
Mirror Classic |
22 Mar 2025 |
| Give insincere praise that's less sparkling |
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| Be adulatory - and more, even (7) |
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| Butter up |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Mar 2025 |
| Praise not so high? |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Mar 2025 |
| Say it's better than one thinks (7) |
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| Flannel is smoother (7) |
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| Praise insincerely, being less round (7) |
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| Less interesting compliment |
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| Unduly praise father holding frothy beverage (7) |
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| Unduly praise |
Puzzler Backwords |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Praise insincerely when some of the sparkle lost? (7) |
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| Say how good you look - fewer bulges (7) |
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| It's more out of tune, but give undue praise (7) |
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| Praise insincerely, it's more dull (7) |
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| Decaf-latte really holds butter up (7) |
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| Butter up |
Mirror Classic |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Butter up the apartment dweller (7) |
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| Not so inclined to behave sycophantically (7) |
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| Even more out of tune, but falsely praise (7) |
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| Felt rat scuttling round in suit (7) |
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| Lavishly praise coffee obtained in France (7) |
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| Lavishly praise (7) |
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| Sweet-talk one who is less curvaceous? (7) |
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| Compliment on how yourtummy looks? (7) |
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| Showing less inclination to be sycophantic (7) |
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| Praise, butter up (7) |
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| To give undeserved praise is more monotonous (7) |
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| It's not so high praise (7) |
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| Compliment insincerely |
Puzzler Backwords |
29 Aug 2024 |
| ...less bubbly drink in France |
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| Utter praise without meaning it to be less up-and-down (7) |
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| Treat with insincere praise (7) |
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| Unduly praise |
Puzzler Backwords |
03 Jun 2024 |
| To be sycophantic is not so sharp! (7) |
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| Compliment, fawn over (7) |
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| Become less wrinkly |
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| One can apparently cajole with more weight about fifty (7) |
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| Overpraise being less sparkling (7) |
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| Coax even more (7) |
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| Become, when you compliment (7) |
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| Not so high praise (7) |
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| Overpraise what's more boring? (7) |
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| Not so inclined to show adulation (7) |
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| Insincerely praise even more? (7) |
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| Butter up |
Mirror Classic |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Smoother soap (7) |
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| Smoother soap |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Feb 2024 |
| Try to curry flavour, being duller (7) |
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| Showing less inclination to behave as a sycophant (7) |
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| Praise to excess (7) |
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| Butter up someone perhaps to get more on the level (7) |
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| Sweet-talk |
The Times Concise |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Over-praise foxtrot near the end (7) |
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| Compliment |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 May 2023 |
| Compliment |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Dec 2022 |
| Large, in having put on weight, but less curvaceous? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Nov 2022 |
| Butter up |
The Times Concise |
02 Jan 2022 |
| Butter up, say |
New York Times |
23 Dec 2021 |
| Liberal wearing thicker flannel |
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| Butter up |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 May 2021 |
| Less exciting compliment |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 May 2021 |
| Compliment excessively |
USA Today |
20 Apr 2021 |
| Praise insincerely |
The Times Concise |
31 Dec 2020 |
| Praise not so high? |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Dec 2020 |
| Say nice things to father holding milky coffee |
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| Toady is comparatively prostrate |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Sep 2019 |
| Praise insincerely, showing less depth |
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| Sweet-talk |
Universal |
15 Jun 2019 |
| Use soap and drier |
The Telegraph Toughie |
31 May 2019 |
| Compliment is less spirited |
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| Soft soap is smoother |
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| Sweet-talk |
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| Praise insincerely |
Irish Times Simplex |
25 Aug 2018 |
| Praise insincerely |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2017 |
| Praise insincerely |
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| Large, fleshier all round, but not so curvaceous |
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| Less inclined to give praise |
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| Butter up |
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| Use oil on, you might say |
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| Apple-polish |
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| Apple-polish |
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| Butter up big-time |
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| Butter up female, second of two |
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| Praise effusively |
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| Praise insincerely |
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| Blacksmith's tool |
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| Butter up |
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| Soft-soap |
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| ___ than a pancake |
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