The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GREASES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GREASES
- Bribes from Travolta musical succeeded
- Oils fat bottom for ex-Chippendales
- Legal documents in which old king replaces sovereign’s bribes
- Helps to run bible classes with talks about…
- Provides lubrication for gear casing and relaxes
- Change gears, points and lubricants
- Lubricates drunken serenade, endlessly filling empty glass
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What does GREASES mean?
GREASES noun- Animal fat in a melted or soft state
- (extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
- Shorn but not yet cleansed wool
- Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
- To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
- To bribe.
- To cause to go easily; to facilitate.
- To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
- To kill, murder.
- To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
- To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.