Last seen in:
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 15,551 - Mar 11 2020
- Canadiana - Jun 24 2019
- New York Times - Nov 19 2017
- Canadiana - Aug 1 2016
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 13,919 - Dec 18 2014
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 13,451 - Jun 19 2013
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 13,016 - Jan 27 2012
- Thinks.com - May 10 2011
- Thinks.com - Apr 13 2011
- Thinks.com - Nov 2 2010
Related Clues:
- Like garage floors
- Like snakes, in many people's imaginations (but not really)
- Nauseatingly suave sergeant-major in front of the soldiers
- Southern Englishman, say, is like a slug
- Soldiers find sergeant major over them ingratiating
- Greasy - obsequious
- Sergeant major leading soldiers is ingratiating
- Like some garage floors
- Greasy taking rats from royalist
- Excessively suave
- Sebaceous thing on cake tray died off?
- Small host putting everyone off, being obsequious
- Like a service station floor
- Sycophantic
- Opposite of dry, as skin