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Like A Snake Oil Salesman Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SLICK which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%5Exact Match!
248%12 With excessive smoothness, like a snake oil salesman
345%9Snake oil salesman

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "SLICK" which means:

    noun
  • • A slippery smoothness
  • • A magazine printed on good quality paper
  • • A film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
  • • A trowel used to make a surface slick
  • adjective satellite
  • • Made slick by e.g. ice or grease
  • • Superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
  • • Having only superficial plausibility
  • • Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
  • • Marked by skill in deception
  • verb
  • • Make slick or smooth
  • • Give a smooth and glossy appearance
  • adjective
  • • Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
  • • Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
  • • Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
  • • (often used sarcastically) clever, making an apparently hard task easy.
  • • Extraordinarily great or special.
  • • Sleek; smooth

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The roads were slick after the rain."
  • • "He combed back his slick hair."

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New York Times21 Oct 1997 Across 18
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