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:
- Uncut version out initially from America is excessively flattering
- Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
- Sergeant major facing soldiers? One's unlikely to be this!
- Oily sump regularly scrubbed by troops
- Fawning host supporting sadomasochism
- Unctuous sergeant major meeting host
- Occasionally, some soldiers are a bit creepy
- Overly slick
- Excessively ingratiating, sergeant-major with host
- “In Oppley they’re smart, and in Stouch they’re ____, but Midwich folk are just plain barmy’ (John Wyndham)
- Smarmily ingratiating