| Ointment's purpose when uncapped (7) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
06 Sep 2025 |
| Anointment (7) |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Sep 2025 |
| Social event didn't start with ointment (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
13 Jul 2025 |
| Do without strong ointment (7) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Mar 2025 |
| The act of anointing with oil in sacramental ceremonies (7) |
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| The act of anointing a person or thing with oil as a religious rite (7) |
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| Jack leaves interchange for ointment (7) |
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| Count in Barking displays affected charm |
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| Do without fine ointment |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Excessive suavity or affected charm, something soothing (7) |
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| Endlessly continue strange sanctifying grace (7) |
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| Top of joint scratched - ointment required (7) |
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| Ointment spilled on tunic (7) |
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| Female leaves social event with ointment (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
24 Aug 2024 |
| This will soothe female leaving work |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Aug 2024 |
| In social gathering no female affected charm (7) |
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| You go to the extreme with this at the very end (7) |
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| Act of anointing (7) |
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| Divine grace shown by court in agreement (7) |
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| No tunic could be soothing (7) |
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| Local group |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jan 2024 |
| Ceremonial anointing that could be extreme for the sick (7) |
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| Fervent manner of expression |
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| Oleaginous charm |
The Guardian Quick |
30 Jun 2023 |
| Oil or cream (sometimes holy) |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Apr 2023 |
| Balm |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Nov 2022 |
| An anointing |
The Times Concise |
01 Jul 2021 |
| Religious fervor |
The Washington Post |
18 Jun 2021 |
| Religious fervor |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jun 2021 |
| Do without foot cream |
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| Anointment |
New York Times |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Extreme sacrament for the dying |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Feb 2021 |
| Jack ejected from meeting for insincere emotion |
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| Religious rite gets agreement out of court |
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| Ointment from social gathering first removed |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Oct 2019 |
| Oily charm from judge leaving meeting |
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| Anointing ceremony failing to start |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Dec 2018 |
| Court briefly, engrossed by wedding fervour |
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| Loses head with meeting in the church - it can be extreme for those who are late |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 Jun 2018 |
| Do without fine ointment |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Jan 2018 |
| Religious ceremony has to work but not loudly |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Aug 2017 |
| Warmth of unopened office |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Jul 2017 |
| Salve |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2017 |
| Female leaves party, perhaps getting well oiled |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Mar 2017 |
| Salve |
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| Affected charm as court breaks up marriage |
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| Social event -- female exuded oiliness |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 May 2016 |
| Smarminess |
Universal |
12 Sep 2015 |
| Job taking top off ointment |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Apr 2015 |
| Smarminess |
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| Being smarmy and dysfunctional to some extent |
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| Affected charm |
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| You've got oil on tunic, clumsy! |
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| Balm |
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| Balm |
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| Smug, self-serving earnestness |
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| Oleaginous suavity. |
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| Benign influence. |
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