The clue "smoother" last appeared in the New York Times crossword on December 29, 2018. The correct answer for this puzzle is "SANDPAPER", a 9-letter word.
Solution SANDPAPER is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution SANDPAPER is 9 letters long. We have 0 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 34 solutions. The longest is STEAMROLLER with 11 letters, and the shortest is BUFF with 4 letters.
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Solutions are between 4 and 11 letters long.