The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FLATTER which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2005.
Apple-polish crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FLATTER | 20 % | 7 |
| BUTTERUP | 20 % | 8 |
| KOWTOW | 20 % | 6 |
| PLAYUPTO | 20 % | 8 |
| FAWN | 20 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Apple-polish
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- nail polish
- polishes
- shoe polish
- apple juice
- apple sauce
- polishing
- candy apple
- sugar apple
- apple tart
- caramel apple
- nail enamel
- apple pie
Crossword Answer definitions
FLATTER adjective- Having no variations in height.
- (voice) Without variations in pitch.
- Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (note) Lowered by one semitone.
- Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- Uninteresting.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
- Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- (of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (authorship, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- Fixed; unvarying.
- To compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
- To enhance someone's vanity by praising them.
- To portray someone to advantage.
- To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
- A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.
- A flat-faced fulling hammer.
- A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs.
- Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener.
- Someone who lives in a rented flat.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result FLATTER
- Use oil on, you might say
- Apple-polish
- Butter up
- ___ than a pancake
- Soft-soap
- Blacksmith's tool
- Praise insincerely
- Praise effusively
- Butter up big-time
- Sweet-talk
More clues leading to the result BUTTERUP
- Flatter by design
- Flatter insincerely
- *Fawn over with flattery
- Be extra nice to
- Flatter
- Flatter: Colloq.
- Flatter lavishly: Colloq.
- Flatter fulsomely
- Apple-polish
- Sweet-talk
More clues leading to the result KOWTOW
- Obsequious gesture
- Show complaisance
- Grovel
- Fawningly defer (to)
- Be a bootlicker
- Act the toady
- Show servility
- Display deference
- Bow and scrape
- Show deference