The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FLATTER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result FLATTER
- Praise insincerely, showing less depth
- Say nice things to father holding milky coffee
- Compliment is less spirited
- Soft soap is smoother
- Large, fleshier all round, but not so curvaceous
- Less inclined to give praise
- Liberal wearing thicker flannel
- Toady is comparatively prostrate
- Use soap and drier
- Praise excessively coffee in France
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The straight part
We know that "Toady/comparatively prostrate" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case toady/comparatively prostrate = flatter.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FLATTER mean?
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.