Flattering, in an oily way Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SMARMY Flattering, in an oily way (6) USA Today Sep 19, 2019
7% BECOME Flatter (6) Newsday Sep 6, 2025
6% HERRING Small oily fish (7) (7) The Guardian Quick Nov 6, 2025
6% UNCTUOUS Obsequiously flattering, oily (8) The Times Concise May 9, 2025
5% SOAP Flatter bit of orange included in juice (4) The Telegraph Toughie Dec 3, 2025
5% COMPLIMENT Remark about pelvis regularly getting flatter (10) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Dec 2, 2025
5% ATTA "__ way!" (4) Newsday Nov 29, 2025
5% INA __ way (3) Newsday Nov 29, 2025
5% BLARNEY Row over Liberal's flattering speech (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 28, 2025
5% VIA By way of (3) New York Times Mini Nov 23, 2025

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