Bootlicking
The crossword clue "Bootlicking" is answered by OILY, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OILY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OILY answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- FAWNING (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for OILY
Every other clue in this collection answered by OILY, most used first.
- Unctuous - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
- Greasy - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Slick - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Overly suave - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Like sardines - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Smooth-talking - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
- Like unwashed hair - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Smarmy - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Too smooth. - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
- Suave - used 8 times, most recently in 1996
- Like a dipstick - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Like a mechanic's rag - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Like an unwiped dipstick - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Pinguid - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Full of grease - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Like a slick garage floor - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Like bad fried food - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Like some garage floors - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Oleaginous - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Overly smooth - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Well-lubricated - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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