Backside clean on reflection? It's what sycophants do Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BUTTERUP Backside clean on reflection? It's what sycophants do (8) The Guardian Cryptic Jun 29, 2023
63% YESMEN Sycophants (6) The Telegraph Quick Sep 1, 2025
63% REAR Backside (4) LA Times Daily Jul 2, 2025
55% YESMAN Sycophant (3-3) (6) The Guardian Quick Sep 4, 2025
55% CREEP Move furtively; sycophant (5) The Times Concise Aug 27, 2025
55% YAP What Pomeranians do (3) New York Times Aug 17, 2025
55% MIRRORS Reflects (7) The Telegraph Quick Aug 5, 2025
55% REHAB What boozer, on reflection, has to accept? (5) The Times Cryptic Aug 1, 2025
55% ITO "What was ____ do?" (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jul 3, 2025
55% ALLTIME GOAT backside? (7) Universal Jun 30, 2025

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