Smooth-talking
The crossword clue "Smooth-talking" is answered by SUAVE, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SUAVE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SUAVE answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 9 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.
- PERSUASIVE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SUAVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SUAVE, most used first.
- Debonair - used 70 times, most recently in 2025
- Urbane - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
- Socially smooth - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Polished - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Shampoo brand - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Smooth - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Sophisticated - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Like a smooth operator - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Like James Bond - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Smoothly polite - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Socially polished - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Blandly urbane - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Smooth-tongued - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Smooth transition - SEGUE, used 107 times
- Smooth and glossy - SLEEK, used 44 times
- Smooth and shiny - SLEEK, used 20 times
- Makes smooth - EVENS, used 19 times
- Talking bird - MYNAH, used 18 times
- Smooth fabric - SATIN, used 16 times
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