The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GLIB
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result GLIB
- Pat of butter in large glass, just starting to turn
- Facile nonsense shortly rejected
- Shallow and largely fake — bigly!
- Smooth, slippery rock enclosing lake
- Facile government politician
- Almost all the waste turns up slippery in parts
- Enchanting Liberal – just a bit smooth-tongued
- Facile drivel mostly rejected
- Pat left to enter British territory
- Grand old politician with the gift of the gab
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The straight part
We know that "Pat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pat = glib.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GLIB mean?
GLIB verb- To make glib.
- Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
- Smooth or slippery.
- Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.
- A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly worn in Ireland.
- To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.