The Clue
Standard varieties (4 letter answer)
The Answer
OILS
Tags
Notes
The answer OILS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
Related Clues
Artworks
Lubricates
Art works
Artists' purchases
Banana and machine
Bath additions
Bellows medium
Certain paintings
Classical paintings
Fixes the squeaks
Frick collection
Gallery items
Hopper medium
Hopper products
Impressionist works
Makes slick
Medium for Monet
Medium for Motherwell
Met display
Palette globs
Palm products
Rembrandts, e.g.
Rubens's medium
Salon items
Some artwork
Some paintings
Some Rembrandts
Stella medium
Stops squeaking
Traditional paintings
Works at the Louvre
Works at the Met
Works at a museum
Art store stock
"The Blue Boy" and others
Castor-bean yields
Jasper Johns medium
Many works at the Met
Provides machine maintenance
Removes a bicycle squeak
Sesame and peanut extractions
Whale and corn products
Works at the National Gallery
Works in a studio, say
Mr. Universe contestants' needs
Some Da Vinci pieces
Takes care of the squeaky wheel
Definition
OIL as a noun:
1. a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
2. (oil, oil color, oil colour) = oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
3. (vegetable oil, oil) = any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
OIL as a verb:
1. cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface"
2. (anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate) = administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing