Last seen in:
- The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7779
- Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 7 2018
- The Chronicle of Higher Education - Mar 10 2017
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 14,540 - Dec 14 2016
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 13,727 - May 8 2014
- The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 6337 - March 1, 2014
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 13,630 - Jan 15 2014
- The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 5409 - March 12, 2011
- The Times - Concise - Times2 Jumbo 323 - March 7, 2009
Related Clues:
- Fawning
- Overly ingratiating
- Having an oily manner, smugly virtuous
- Oily in manner, smugly virtuous
- Unpleasantly suave or ingratiating
- Oily in manner or smugly virtuous
- Overly flattering
- Full of false praise
- Nauseatingly suave sergeant-major in front of the soldiers
- Greasy hook lifted out to be inserted
- Soldiers find sergeant major over them ingratiating
- Oily - sycophantic
- Sycophantic - oily
- Sergeant major leading soldiers is ingratiating
- Sickeningly suave