| With 7-Across, evade by mentioning briefly |
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| Lip shine product |
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| Guy principally before defeat has superficially attractive look (5) |
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| Makeup kit glistener |
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| Shiny paint finish |
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| Shiny paint |
Mirror Tea Time |
14 May 2025 |
| Luster |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Surface luster |
Newsday |
24 Apr 2025 |
| Surface shine |
Newsday |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Explain Government deficiency |
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| Deceptively attractive facade |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Polish veneer (5) |
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| Shine in veneer (5) |
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| Lip cosmetic |
Commuter |
19 Feb 2025 |
| Initially great deficit to smooth over (5) |
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| Finishing lip product |
USA Today |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Sheen |
New York Times |
02 Feb 2025 |
| Sheen, lustre |
The Times Concise |
01 Feb 2025 |
| Sheen appearing at last on Casualty? (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Jan 2025 |
| Makeup kit item |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jan 2025 |
| Slogs to produce a nice finish (5) |
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| Close to painting in red paint (5) |
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| A shine or lustre on a smootl surface (5) |
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| Shiny lip application |
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| Shiny lip application |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Shiny finish |
Commuter |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Sheen, lustre (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
06 Oct 2024 |
| Sheen |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Downplay, - over |
|
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| Non-matte finish |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Slogs away to get shine (5) |
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| Paint used on woodwork (5) |
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| Shine |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Lustre |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Brilliance demands explanation |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Lip shine product |
|
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| Explanation added to a text |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Lip application |
|
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| Shine for the lips |
Universal |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Thick shiny paint for woodwork (5) |
|
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| Lustrous paint finish |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jun 2024 |
| Comment on enamel (5) |
|
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| Polish in Derbyshire town deprived of work (5) |
|
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| Lip product with a sheen |
|
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| Slick coating: lip - |
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| Lip __ |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2024 |
| Shiny lip stuff |
USA Today |
29 Apr 2024 |
| Middle age comes with depletion of lustre (5) |
|
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| Lustre of grand defeat |
|
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| Often bought with emulsion (5) |
|
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| Matt never mentions such paint! |
|
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| Superficial lustre |
|
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| Lip application |
|
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| Lip enhancer |
Newsday |
08 Feb 2024 |
| Shiny lip application |
USA Today |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Defeat after first of games? Here's an explanation |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Comment on a text's superficial appearance |
|
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| Sheen |
Universal |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Shiny lip application |
|
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| Shiny finish |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Brilliance (5) |
Puzzler |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Explain cosmetic for lips (5) |
|
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| Surface luster |
Commuter |
01 Dec 2023 |
| ___ Bomb (Fenty Beauty lip product) |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2023 |
| Lipstick alternative |
|
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| Lip ___ (cosmetic) |
Universal |
22 Aug 2023 |
| Shiny finish |
USA Today |
26 Jun 2023 |
| Lip ___ (luster-giving cosmetic) |
|
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| Shiny lip coat |
|
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| Shiny finish |
Thomas Joseph |
03 May 2023 |
| Shiny lip coating |
USA Today |
15 Nov 2022 |
| It adds shine to lips |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2022 |
| Shine |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Aug 2022 |
| Shiny finish |
USA Today |
05 Jun 2022 |
| Paint, a gallon a write-off |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Apr 2022 |
| Cosmetic that can be applied with a brush |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2022 |
| Shiny finish |
Universal |
27 Feb 2022 |
| It makes lips shine |
Family Time |
27 Sep 2021 |
| Shiny lip or wood finish |
|
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| Shiny lip application |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 May 2021 |
| It adds shine to lips and photos |
USA Today |
08 Apr 2021 |
| Superficial attractiveness demands explanation |
|
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| Sheen |
Universal |
30 Mar 2021 |
| Surface shine |
The Times Concise |
26 Feb 2021 |
| Shine; type of paint |
The Times Concise |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Lipstick alternative |
|
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| Lips application |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Aug 2020 |
| Lip application |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2019 |
| Lip application |
|
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| Alternative to 17-Across |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2019 |
| Shiny finish |
Newsday |
30 Jul 2019 |
| Cosmetic item that makes the lips glisten |
|
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| Nice shine over a surface |
|
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| Luster |
New York Times |
13 Apr 2019 |
| Paint or photo finish |
USA Today |
07 Mar 2019 |
| Alternative to 17-Across |
|
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| Luster |
|
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| Paint or photo finish |
|
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| Polish commentary on text |
|
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| 19 across good to get up on 19 across and shine |
|
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| Photo finish |
Newsday |
04 Oct 2018 |
| Sticky lip coat |
|
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| Explanation given in Sheen |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Aug 2018 |
| Lustre |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Aug 2018 |
| Makeup kit item |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2018 |
| Lipstick alternative |
|
|
| Brilliance demands explanation |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Shiny paint |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Shining cosmetic for the lips |
|
|
| Give short shrift to, with "over" |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2018 |
| Give short shrift to, with 'over' |
The Washington Post |
08 Jun 2018 |
| Lip shiner |
Universal |
05 Apr 2018 |
| Revealing lipstick |
Universal |
20 Mar 2018 |
| Lip application |
Universal |
01 Mar 2018 |
| Part of a makeup kit |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2018 |
| Explain away, with 'over' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
23 Feb 2018 |
| Sticky and shiny lip coat |
|
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| Shiny finish |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jan 2018 |
| Lip shiner |
|
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| Makeup kit item |
|
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| Lip application |
|
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| Give short shrift to, with "over" |
|
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| Part of a makeup kit |
|
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| Explain away, with "over" |
|
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| Skim (over) |
The Washington Post |
29 Nov 2017 |
| Skim (over) |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2017 |
| Shiny finish |
The Times Concise |
14 Nov 2017 |
| Lip cosmetic |
Newsday |
02 Oct 2017 |
| English county's superficial attraction |
|
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| Paint a little county society |
|
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| Paint a little county society |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Jan 2017 |
| Clarification of paint, of sorts |
|
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| Skim (over) |
|
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| Lip luster |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Nov 2016 |
| Paint asset |
Newsday |
21 Oct 2016 |
| Lip shine |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2016 |
| Lip application |
The Washington Post |
03 Sep 2016 |
| Makeup kit item |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Mar 2016 |
| Very shiny finish |
The Times Concise |
10 Mar 2016 |
| Sheen |
Canadiana |
22 Feb 2016 |
| Shiny finish |
USA Today |
09 Jan 2016 |
| Lip application |
|
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| Shiny finish |
|
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| Lip shine |
|
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| Paint finish |
Newsday |
24 Dec 2015 |
| Lip shiner |
Family Time |
27 Jul 2015 |
| Explain away (with "over") |
Universal |
24 Jul 2015 |
| Sheen |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Jun 2015 |
| Explain away superficial appearance |
|
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| Polish bandleader, Joe, after opening in Gdansk |
|
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| Lip cosmetic |
USA Today |
14 Mar 2015 |
| Paint finish |
|
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| Lip application |
|
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| Explain away (with "over") |
|
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| Lip cosmetic |
|
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| On ship clog dancing's avoided by Charlie Sheen |
|
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| Luster for the lips |
|
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| Cosmetic purchase |
|
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| Bright finish |
|
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| Bright finish |
|
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| Photo finish |
|
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| Lip cover |
|
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| Sheen |
|
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| Shine |
|
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| Kisser coating |
|
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| Photo's finish |
|
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| Makeup item |
|
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| Makeup item |
|
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| Sheen |
|
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| Explain away, with "over" |
|
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| Lip protection |
|
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| Sheen |
|
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| Shine |
|
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| Explain away, with "over" |
|
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| Lip ___ |
|
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| Some makeup ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across |
|
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| Lip cosmetic |
|
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| Lip protection |
|
|
| Misleading explanation for grand deficit
|
|
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| Brief explanation |
|
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| Photo finish |
|
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| Lip enhancer |
|
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| Superficial luster |
|
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| Lip cosmetic |
|
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| Luster |
|
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| Sheen |
|
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| It adds luster |
|
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| Result of polishing |
|
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| Luster |
|
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| Sheen |
|
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| Shiny finish |
|
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| Lip protection |
|
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| Surface luster |
|
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| Polish |
|
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| Lip cover |
|
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| What lacquer imparts |
|
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| Justify glibly, with "over" |
|
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| Justify glibly, with "over" |
|
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| Explain away, with "over" |
|
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| Superficial shine |
|
|
| Take a shine to? |
|
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| Makeup bag item |
|
|
| Lip protection |
|
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| Kisser coating |
|
|
| Surface shine |
|
|
| Lip application |
|
|
| Shiny finish |
|
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| Shiny finish |
|
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| Surface shine |
|
|
| It adds luster |
|
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| Shiny finish |
|
|
| It adds luster |
|
|
| Soft-pedal (with "over") |
|
|
| Explain away, with "over" |
|
|
| Cosmetic purchase |
|
|
| Lip shine |
|
|
| Lip application |
|
|
| Paint finish |
|
|
| Lip ___ |
|
|
| Lipstick variety |
|
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| Make shiny |
|
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| Shine |
|
|
| Woman's lip application |
|
|
| It may reflect well on you |
|
|
| Explain away, with "over" |
|
|
| Give a shine to |
|
|
| Finish option |
|
|
| Paint, a gallon a write-off |
|
|
| Luster |
|
|
| False conception |
|
|
| Some makeup |
|
|
| Surface luster |
|
|
| Explanatory note |
|
|
| Lip enhancer |
|
|
| Lip cosmetic |
|
|
| Artfully misleading interpretation |
|
|
| Superficial luster |
|
|
| Misleading interpretation |
|
|
| Superficial luster |
|
|
| Shine |
|
|
| Make lustrous |
|
|
| Sleekness |
|
|
| Specious appearance |
|
|
| Explanatory note |
|
|
| Explanation or sleekness |
|
|
| Polish |
|
|
| ___ over (whitewash) |
|
|
| Annotation |
|
|
| Pretense |
|
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| Lip covering |
|
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| Sheen. |
|
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| Superficial show. |
|
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| Luster. |
|
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| Enamel. |
|
|
| Deceptive appearance. |
|
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| Shine. |
|
|
| Note of explanation of a text. |
|
|
| Sleekness. |
|
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| Polish. |
|
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