| Squeaky wheel's need |
USA Today |
29 Aug 2025 |
| Laundry challenge |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2025 |
| Thick oily substance (6) |
Mirror Classic |
25 Jul 2025 |
| John Travolta was in this part of Europe, it's said (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Musical film starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta (6) |
The Guardian Weekend |
19 Jul 2025 |
| 1978 musical film (6) |
|
|
| Agrees to perform in musical (6) |
|
|
| Agrees to lubricate (6) |
|
|
| Sung country in musical (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Agrees to cook animal fat (6) |
|
|
| Axle or elbow? (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
10 Jun 2025 |
| Elbow ___, phrase meaning hard work that shares its name with a Tony-nominated Broadway musical with the Pink Ladies |
|
|
| Lubricate gears fitted around end of axle (6) |
|
|
| Thick lubricant |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jun 2025 |
| Fat of the land, as they say! |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jun 2025 |
| Eager to cast son in musical (6) |
|
|
| John Travolta musical (6) |
|
|
| 1978 teen musical set in and around Rydell High School (6) |
|
|
| See rag below and use it for cleaning - w 11ac (5,6) |
|
|
| The fat of the land, by the sound of it! (6) |
|
|
| Lubricate, oil: - the hinges |
|
|
| Agrees to differ over lubrication (6) |
|
|
| Soft, thick animal fat (6) |
|
|
| *Eponymous 1978 Franki Valli song |
|
|
| 1978 film musical starring John Travolta (6) |
|
|
| Bribe old King with facility |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 May 2025 |
| Bacon-frying residue |
|
|
| A fat musical? |
|
|
| Movie with the Pink Ladies starring John Travolta... and a homophone of Athens' country |
|
|
| A musical country, by all accounts (6) |
|
|
| Musical with the song "It's Raining on Prom Night" |
|
|
| It's the word, it's the word that you heard, it's got a groove, it's got a meaning. It's the time, it's the place, it's the motion, it's the way we are feeling |
|
|
| Common stove residue to be cleaned up |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Agrees to burn oil (6) |
|
|
| "Summer Nights" musical |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Agrees about musical |
|
|
| Lubricant from Hellenic nation, reportedly (6) |
|
|
| 1978 Randal Kleiser film musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (6) |
|
|
| Thick oil (6) |
Puzzler |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Musical with the song "Summer Nights" |
USA Today |
05 Apr 2025 |
| Monkey . Paint . Proof (6) |
|
|
| This sounds like a country lubricant |
|
|
| 1950s-era musical |
|
|
| "Bear ___" (Indigenous adaptation of a 1978 musical) |
USA Today |
13 Mar 2025 |
| It may make things run smoothly if one agrees to differ (6) |
|
|
| The fat of the land, say? |
|
|
| Thick lubricant |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Fat of the land they say |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Feb 2025 |
| The king has all that comfort and is still so slippery? |
|
|
| Lubricant(6) |
|
|
| Film starring Olivia Newton-John (6) |
|
|
| "___: You're the One That I Want!" |
|
|
| Fat from cooking in EU country, we hear (6) |
|
|
| Justification not acceptable in - say - backing bribe |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Dec 2024 |
| John Travolta and Olivia Newton John starred in this movie classic |
|
|
| "Shakin' at the High School Hop" musical |
|
|
| Musical country broadcast |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Thick lubricant |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Dec 2024 |
| 1978 John Travolta movie (6) |
|
|
| In the auditorium, country musical? |
|
|
| Oil found near Albania reportedly |
|
|
| Axle gunk |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Dec 2024 |
| 1978 John Travolta musical (6) |
|
|
| Agrees to change the lubricant (6) |
|
|
| Thick oily substance |
Mirror Classic |
14 Nov 2024 |
| A fat lot of good this lubricant may do! (6) |
|
|
| Agrees to distribute the palm-oil (6) |
|
|
| Thick oil |
Mirror Quick |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Mistakenly agrees to provide lubricant (6) |
|
|
| Musical lubricant |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Agrees to produce musical (6) |
|
|
| 1978 US musical that contains the song Beauty School Dropout (6) |
|
|
| Oil, lubricate (6) |
|
|
| ___ monkey (mechanic) |
|
|
| Source of lubrication (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Place ___ bands around fruit trees to protect against winter moth (6) |
|
|
| See rag used for fatty stuff (6) |
|
|
| Agrees to change gun ammunition (6) |
|
|
| Musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (6) |
|
|
| 1978 film musical (6) |
|
|
| Fat country, we hear (6) |
|
|
| Classic Olivia Newton-John musical (6) |
|
|
| John Travolta's musical movie or bacon-frying residue |
|
|
| Agrees it's mixed fat (6) |
|
|
| Lubricate Greek to relax (6) |
|
|
| Stage and film musical that includes the song Summer Nights (6) |
|
|
| Stop from squeaking |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2024 |
| (and 5 Across) Theatrical make-up involved in pageantries (11) |
|
|
| Slippery stuff in the country, it's said (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
29 Jul 2024 |
| A musical country, I hear |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
23 Jul 2024 |
| Which 1978 musical was set at Rydell High School? (6) |
|
|
| Fatty oil (6) |
|
|
| Fat used for frying |
|
|
| Agrees in a way that it's slippery (6) |
|
|
| Spread oil or butter over, ... the pan |
|
|
| Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta musical from 1978 (6) |
|
|
| Musical with the couple in box A (6) |
|
|
| Axle gunk |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Jun 2024 |
| 1971 Jim Jacobs/warren Casey stage musical made into a famous 1978 film (6) |
|
|
| Musical film (6) |
|
|
| Hit movie musical |
|
|
| Eager to make the second into a film (6) |
|
|
| 1978 movie |
|
|
| 1978 musical set in Rydell High School (6) |
|
|
| Lubricate |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 May 2024 |
| A musical lubricant (6) |
|
|
| Oily gunk |
Commuter |
22 May 2024 |
| What some guns are loaded with |
|
|
| Musical lubricant |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 May 2024 |
| Thick oil |
Mirror Quick |
07 May 2024 |
| Bacon-frying residue |
|
|
| The king finds luxury makes his movements easier |
|
|
| The fat of the land do we hear? |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 May 2024 |
| Thick lubricant |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 May 2024 |
| Movie with the Pink Ladies starring John Travolta... and a homophone of Athens' country |
|
|
| Lubricant obtained by grey facility? (6) |
|
|
| What the squeaky wheel gets |
|
|
| Musical for which TV series Rise Of The Pink Ladies is a prequel (6) |
|
|
| "Summer Nights" musical |
Universal |
08 Apr 2024 |
| Lubricate a variety of gears before the start of the expedition (6) |
|
|
| Country said to produce thick fatty oil (6) |
|
|
| Axle coating |
LA Times Daily |
28 Mar 2024 |
| Somehow agrees to Travolta and Newton-John's musical |
|
|
| Oil King George with simplicity (6) |
|
|
| Thick oil |
Mirror Quick |
12 Mar 2024 |
| Musical lubricant |
Mirror Cryptic |
12 Mar 2024 |
| John Travolta film musical (6) |
|
|
| Musical featuring the song Summer Nights (6) |
|
|
| John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John musical classic (6) |
|
|
| John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John musical (6) |
Puzzler |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Grey facility supplying lubricant (6) |
|
|
| Rydell High School features in which film and musical? (6) |
|
|
| Film that includes the song Hopelessly Devoted to You |
|
|
| Musical set at Rydell High |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Feb 2024 |
| Lubricant for gear-change seen half to disappear (6) |
|
|
| Musical for Travolta & Newton-John |
|
|
| Thick oil |
Mirror Quick |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Musical lubricant |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Travolta movie of 1978 |
|
|
| 1978 musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John |
Puzzler Backwords |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Thick oil |
Mirror Quick |
21 Jan 2024 |
| Musical lubricant |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Jan 2024 |
| Film with Newton-John being fat |
|
|
| Agrees it's melted fat (6) |
|
|
| 1978 musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-john (6) |
|
|
| Hit movie starring John Travolta (1 978) |
|
|
| Musical country, say (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Olivia Newton John's best-known film (6) |
|
|
| Oily substance (6) |
Puzzler |
28 Nov 2023 |
| Lubricant’s good — runs with lack of effort |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
14 Nov 2023 |
| A musical country by the sound of it |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Jul 2023 |
| Machine lubricant |
The Times Concise |
22 Jun 2023 |
| Lubricate vehicle for John Travolta? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Jun 2023 |
| Bacon-frying residue |
|
|
| A musical animal fat? |
Irish Times Simplex |
01 Apr 2023 |
| It smooths the way |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2023 |
| 1978 musical film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as high school students |
|
|
| Laundry challenge |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Feb 2023 |
| Bribe EU member, we hear |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Feb 2023 |
| Lubricate |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2023 |
| Cooking byproduct |
USA Today |
25 Nov 2022 |
| Oil rig worker finally visiting facilities, singly |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Sep 2022 |
| 1971 musical written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Lubricate |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Aug 2022 |
| Thick lubricant |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Jun 2022 |
| Thick, fatty oil |
Irish Times Simplex |
04 May 2022 |
| 'You're the One That I Want' musical |
The Washington Post |
12 Apr 2022 |
| "You're the One That I Want" musical |
LA Times Daily |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Pink Ladies' rock musical |
Universal |
23 Mar 2022 |
| Thick oily substance used as a machine lubricant |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 Feb 2022 |
| Oily substance |
The Times Concise |
27 Jan 2022 |
| Thick, fatty oil |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 Nov 2021 |
| Musical setting for Mamma Mia!, from the soundtrack? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Thick, fatty oil |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Dubbing for film musical |
|
|
| Smear nation state |
Irish Times Crosaire |
28 Sep 2021 |
| High school musical |
Universal |
27 Sep 2021 |
| Lubricant |
The Times Concise |
22 Sep 2021 |
| Bribe comes from gross manoeuvre |
|
|
| Musical that was the highest-grossing movie in 1978 |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2021 |
| "Summer Nights" musical |
Universal |
28 Jul 2021 |
| The fat of the land do we hear? |
|
|
| Calm when covered by gross oily stuff |
|
|
| "Summer Nights" musical |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Mar 2021 |
| Hit movie released as 'Vaselina' in Mexico |
New York Times |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Lubricate rotating gear and ends of spindle |
|
|
| Thick, fatty oil |
Irish Times Simplex |
29 Jan 2021 |
| “Summer Nights” musical |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jan 2021 |
| Film with Travolta being fat |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Dec 2020 |
| Thick lubricant |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Dec 2020 |
| Lubricate |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Dec 2020 |
| Squeak-stopping stuff |
Universal |
15 Oct 2020 |
| Musical location of many I's, we hear? |
|
|
| Musical animal fat |
Irish Times Simplex |
12 Aug 2020 |
| Auto mechanic's lubricant |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2020 |
| The fat of the land, do we hear? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Jun 2020 |
| Fat of the land they say |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Apr 2020 |
| Musical set at Rydell High School |
Universal |
28 Mar 2020 |
| Old film report of country |
|
|
| "Summer Nights" musical |
LA Times Daily |
04 Mar 2020 |
| 'Summer Nights' musical |
The Washington Post |
04 Mar 2020 |
| “Beauty School Dropout” musical |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Feb 2020 |
| Fat? Agrees, sadly |
|
|
| Coat with oil |
Family Time |
05 Jan 2020 |
| Musical set at Rydell High |
LA Times Daily |
19 Dec 2019 |
| Musical set at Rydell High |
The Washington Post |
19 Dec 2019 |
| Auto shop supply |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Nov 2019 |
| Animal fat |
Irish Times Simplex |
30 Oct 2019 |
| Musical country broadcast |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Oct 2019 |
| Slippery stuff country reported? |
|
|
| Musical animal fat? |
Irish Times Simplex |
25 Jul 2019 |
| High school musical in country broadcast |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Apr 2019 |
| Sugar beet excludes tub of fat |
Irish Times Crosaire |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Squeaky wheel's need |
Universal |
25 Mar 2019 |
| Fat of the land, as they say! |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Feb 2019 |
| Axle coating |
Universal |
20 Jan 2019 |
| Axle coating |
|
|
| Squeaky wheel's need |
|
|
| Axle gunk |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Dec 2018 |
| A film of lubricant? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Dec 2018 |
| Oil country on call |
|
|
| Soprano cast agree about is fat |
|
|
| Garage gunk |
Premier Sunday |
30 Sep 2018 |
| . Greek facility producing lubricant |
|
|
| Thick oily substance |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 Jul 2018 |
| Lubricant |
The Times Concise |
26 Jun 2018 |
| Engineer agrees to provide lubricating oil |
|
|
| Noted rock musical |
Universal |
28 Mar 2018 |
| Musical set at Rydell High |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Feb 2018 |
| Oil for great comfort |
|
|
| Lubricant gives King George comfort |
|
|
| Noted rock musical |
|
|
| Axle gunk |
Universal |
08 Nov 2017 |
| Oily matter |
Premier Sunday |
10 Sep 2017 |
| Musical nation by the sound of it |
|
|
| Musical with the song 'Beauty School Dropout' |
New York Times |
14 Jul 2017 |
| Frying pan residue |
USA Today |
15 May 2017 |
| Stop from squeaking |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2017 |
| Travolta movie musical with the song "Summer Nights" |
|
|
| Travolta musical |
Universal |
03 Feb 2017 |
| Axle gunk |
|
|
| Frying pan residue |
|
|
| Musical with the song "Beauty School Dropout" |
|
|
| 'Hopelessly Devoted to You' musical |
The Washington Post |
29 Oct 2016 |
| 'Those Magic Changes' musical |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Sep 2016 |
| Bribe, in slang |
Universal |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Service station goo |
USA Today |
18 Aug 2016 |
| Mechanic's gun contents |
Universal |
23 May 2016 |
| Homonym for Greece |
Canadiana |
23 May 2016 |
| Lubricate |
LA Times Daily |
17 Apr 2016 |
| 1978 film starring John Travolta |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
06 Mar 2016 |
| Bribe, in slang |
|
|
| Service station goo |
|
|
| Mechanic's gun contents |
|
|
| Lubricate |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2015 |
| 'Summer Nights' show |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Jul 2015 |
| Oily lubricant |
The Times Concise |
22 Jun 2015 |
| Lubricate |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jun 2015 |
| Endless vast ocean featuring in a musical |
|
|
| Washday challenge |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2015 |
| Lubricate |
|
|
| Auto mechanic's lubricant |
|
|
| Washday challenge |
|
|
| "Summer Nights" musical |
|
|
| Agrees to make a film musical |
|
|
| Laundry challenge |
|
|
| "Hopelessly Devoted to You" musical |
|
|
| "Summer Nights" musical |
|
|
| Travolta musical |
|
|
| Travolta musical movie |
|
|
| Rock 'n' roll musical |
|
|
| Launderer's challenge |
|
|
| "Summer Nights" musical |
|
|
| Musical about Danny and Sandy |
|
|
| Bribe, informally |
|
|
| Lubricate |
|
|
| Musical with the song "Summer Nights" |
|
|
| Coat with butter |
|
|
| "You're the One That I Want" musical |
|
|
| Stubborn stain |
|
|
| __ monkey |
|
|
| Service-station supply |
|
|
| __ monkey |
|
|
| Facilitate, so to speak |
|
|
| Frankie Valli song from John Travolta musical |
|
|
| Laundry challenge |
|
|
| Oily stuff |
|
|
| Musical set at Rydell High School |
|
|
| Laundry challenge |
|
|
| ___ monkey |
|
|
| Rydell High musical |
|
|
| Payola, e.g. |
|
|
| Bribe |
|
|
| Musical that featured the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies |
|
|
| Musical set at Rydell High |
|
|
| Fatty stuff |
|
|
| Grill buildup |
|
|
| Musical set at Rydell High |
|
|
| 1972 musical with the song "Summer Nights" |
|
|
| Musical with Rydell High |
|
|
| Coat with oil |
|
|
| Musical set at Rydell High |
|
|
| Bribe, informally |
|
|
| Thick lubrication |
|
|
| Travolta musical |
|
|
| Travolta musical |
|
|
| "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" musical |
|
|
| Facilitate |
|
|
| Movie set at Rydell High |
|
|
| Machinery lubricant |
|
|
| Musical with the song "Alone at a Drive-in Movie" |
|
|
| Lubricant |
|
|
| Travolta film |
|
|
| Garage sale? |
|
|
| Word with monkey or gun |
|
|
| Garage goo |
|
|
| "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" musical |
|
|
| Coat with butter, as a pan |
|
|
| Musical with the song "Alone at a Drive-in Movie" |
|
|
| #1 song of '78 |
|
|
| Elbow product? |
|
|
| Elbow product? |
|
|
| Travolta musical |
|
|
| Travolta vehicle |
|
|
| Rock-'n'-roll musical |
|
|
| Certain pencil's contents |
|
|
| Lubricate |
|
|
| Lubricate |
|
|
| Travolta musical |
|
|
| Travolta movie musical |
|
|
| Musical with the song "Summer Nights" |
|
|
| Musical with the song "Summer Nights" |
|
|
| Musical set at Rydell High |
|
|
| Garage supply |
|
|
| Musical set at Rydell High School |
|
|
| Travolta film |
|
|
| Type of monkey |
|
|
| John and Olivia film |
|
|
| Hit 1978 musical |
|
|
| Squeak squelcher |
|
|
| Bribe, in slang |
|
|
| Travolta vehicle |
|
|
| Travolta film |
|
|
| Rock-'n'-roll musical |
|
|
| Travolta / Newton-John film |
|
|
| Bribe |
|
|
| Detergent challenge |
|
|
| Travolta-- Newton--John movie |
|
|
| Musical of the 50s |
|
|
| Lubricate |
|
|
| Monkey or gun preceder |
|
|
| '50's rock musical |
|
|
| Launderer's challenge |
|
|
| Long-running musical |
|
|
| Bribe, informally |
|
|
| Sub rosa influence |
|
|
| Travolta film |
|
|
| Musical of the '50s |
|
|
| Kind of monkey |
|
|
| Kind of monkey or paint |
|
|
| Lubricate |
|
|
| Long-running musical |
|
|
| Long-running show |
|
|
| Bribe |
|
|
| Broadway musical: 1972 |
|
|
| Kind of monkey or gun |
|
|
| Give under-the-table lucre |
|
|
| Broadway hit of 1972 |
|
|
| Long-run musical |
|
|
| Musical or movie |
|
|
| Broadway musical |
|
|
| Broadway hit |
|
|
| Paint or monkey |
|
|
| Offering to an extended palm |
|
|
| Monkey or paint |
|
|
| ___ paint. |
|
|
| Machine shop necessity. |
|
|
| Garage job. |
|
|
| Refinery product. |
|
|
| Lubricate. |
|
|
| Kind of paint. |
|
|
| Channel swimmer's wear |
|
|
| Auto tuneup job |
|
|
| Lubricant. |
|
|
| Lanolin. |
|
|
| Fat. |
|
|
| Channel swimmers wear it. |
|
|
| Long-distance swimmer's protection. |
|
|
| A kind of monkey. |
|
|
| Ingredient in clown white. |
|
|