| Insincerely flattering or polite |
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| Oleaginous - obsequious (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
27 May 2025 |
| Unpleasantly ingratiating (6) |
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| Obsequious Yankee Mike butters up |
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| Obsequious sergeant-major leading fighting force |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Obsequious southern host entertaining maiden |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Jan 2025 |
| Oily-tongued |
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| Unctuous, sadomasochistic servicemen (6) |
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| Unctuous |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Oct 2024 |
| Pushes back against merry outsiders who seem quite sycophantic |
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| Having an unpleasantly obsequious manner (6) |
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| Smug self-satisfied |
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| Unctuous sergeant-major with soldiers |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Nauseatingly suave |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Unpleasantly suave (6) |
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| Sergeant major finding host obsequiously flattering (6) |
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| Overly flattering |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Obsequious sergeant major and his area of influence |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Affectedly sincere (6) |
Puzzler |
03 Jun 2024 |
| Ingratiating, obsequious (6) |
Puzzler |
29 Apr 2024 |
| Obsequious host backs officer |
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| Fulsome, slick (6) |
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| Unpleasantly suave sergeant major followed by his men (6) |
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| Glib, sycophantic (6) |
Puzzler |
25 Jan 2024 |
| Bootlicking troops follow sergeant major (6) |
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| “In Oppley they’re smart, and in Stouch they’re ____, but Midwich folk are just plain barmy’ (John Wyndham) |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
19 Nov 2023 |
| Overly flattering |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2023 |
| Occasionally, some soldiers are a bit creepy |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Apr 2023 |
| Fawning host supporting sadomasochism |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Apr 2023 |
| Oily sump regularly scrubbed by troops |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Nov 2022 |
| Sycophantic |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Apr 2022 |
| Bootlicking soldiers following Sergeant Major |
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| Overly ingratiating |
Newsday |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Unctuous host pursuing controlling sex |
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| Sergeant major facing soldiers? One's unlikely to be this! |
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| Sergeant major facing soldiers? One's unlikely to be this! |
The Guardian Quiptic |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Overly flattering |
Universal |
24 Apr 2021 |
| Overly flattering |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Oily stuff's running to the left of me |
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| Bootlicking Sergeant-Major leading his men? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Oct 2020 |
| Smugly flattering |
USA Today |
01 Sep 2020 |
| Excessively flattering (R, not L) |
The Times Concise |
07 Jul 2020 |
| Unctuous sergeant-major with soldiers |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Feb 2020 |
| Nauseatingly suave |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Feb 2020 |
| Flattering, in an oily way |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2019 |
| Flattering, in a greasy way |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Bootlicking troops trailing officer |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 May 2019 |
| Being obsequious would put Mrs May off |
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| Slick sergeant-major facing soldiers |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Feb 2019 |
| Flattering, in an oily way |
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| Flattering, in a greasy way |
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| Obsequious in writing about host |
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| Obsequious sergeant-major and his sphere of influence |
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| Obsequious host following modern miss around |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Dec 2017 |
| Ingratiating school-mistress in borders of Surrey |
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| Unctuous |
The Times Concise |
18 May 2017 |
| Small nice guy forces type of behaviour that's ingratiating locally |
Irish Times Crosaire |
31 Mar 2017 |
| Flattering, in an insincere way |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2017 |
| Unpleasantly and excessively suave |
Family Time |
31 Oct 2016 |
| Obsequious |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Apr 2016 |
| Sycophantic |
LA Times Daily |
23 May 2015 |
| Sycophantic |
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| Unctuous |
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| Obsequious warrant officer with the forces |
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| Like an emcee who's overdoing it |
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| Cloyingly flattering |
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| Too flattering |
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| Overly flattering |
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| Full of false praise |
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| Overly ingratiating |
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| Excessively flattering |
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| Ingratiatingly earnest |
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| Excessively flattering |
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| Excessively flattering |
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| Flattering, in an oily way |
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| Unctuous |
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| Hypocritically earnest |
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| Unctuous |
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| Flattering, in an oily way |
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| Hypocritically earnest |
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| Unctuous |
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| Fulsomely flattering |
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