| More smarmy | 11 |
| More greasy | 11 |
| Superior in lubricity | 21 |
| More obsequious | 15 |
| Greasier | 8 |
| More suspiciously suave | 23 |
| More sebaceous | 14 |
| More like a bike mechanic's hands | 37 |
| Less sincere | 12 |
| Most unctuous | 13 |
| Superlatively slick | 19 |
| Least trustworthy | 17 |
| Superlatively smooth-tongued | 28 |
| Superlatively smarmy | 20 |
| Most smarmy | 11 |
| Most greasy or smarmy | 21 |
| Most covered in grease | 22 |
| Like the slickest city slicker | 30 |
| Light source since ancient times | 32 |
| Old light source | 16 |
| Old indoor light source | 23 |
| Log cabin source of illumination | 32 |
| Flame keeper | 12 |
| Like some old lamps | 19 |
| Like some old-fashioned lamps | 29 |
| Like some retro lamps | 21 |
| Like the lamp in the Hanukkah story | 35 |
| Like some thrift store lamps | 28 |
| Like some quaint lamps | 22 |
| Like many old-fashioned lamps | 29 |
| Like many old lanterns | 22 |
| Many a wealthy Texan | 20 |
| One whose success is well-earned? | 33 |
| J.R. Ewing was one | 18 |
| J. R. Ewing, e.g. | 17 |
| J. Paul Getty, e.g. | 19 |
| Wildcatter, e.g. | 16 |
| Texas tycoon | 12 |
| T. Boone Pickens, for one | 25 |
| Petroleum magnate | 17 |
| John D. Rockefeller, for one | 28 |
| J.R. Ewing, for one | 19 |
| Industrialist who encourages strikes? | 37 |
| Getty for one | 14 |
| Bush Jr. or J.R. | 16 |
| Baron with gushers | 18 |
| "Texas tea" tycoon | 28 |
| J. Paul Getty and others | 24 |
| Some Sooners | 12 |
| Well-invested group? | 20 |
| Well-connected industrialists? | 30 |
| Texas V.I.P.'s | 18 |
| Some Texas tycoons | 18 |
| Some Texan VIPs | 15 |
| Some Texan V.I.P.'s | 23 |
| Some barons | 11 |
| Rockefeller et al. | 18 |
| Rig owners | 10 |
| Ones with well-defined careers? | 31 |
| Guys with gushers | 17 |
| Ewing and Getty, e.g. | 21 |
| Ewing and Getty | 15 |
| Employers who encourage strikes? | 32 |
| Drillmasters? | 13 |
| Drill team? | 11 |
| Drill instructors? | 18 |
| Crude guys? | 11 |
| Some canvas covers? | 19 |
| They're put on canvases | 27 |
| Materials for Cézanne, Gaugin et al. | 39 |
| Canvas coats? | 13 |
| Tree yielding a highly saturated fat | 36 |
| Tree whose two-word name, when switched around, identifies its product | 70 |
| Tree whose seeds are used in soap production | 44 |
| Tree whose product is used in making soap | 41 |
| Crankcase reservoir | 19 |
| Crankcase part | 14 |
| Bottom of a crankcase | 21 |
| Lubricant reservoir in a crankcase | 34 |
| Engine sump | 11 |
| Crankcase section | 17 |
| Crankcase container | 19 |
| Crankcase component | 19 |
| Crankcase base | 14 |
| Bottom of the crankcase | 23 |
| Auto engine sump | 16 |
| Like Saudi Arabia, e.g. | 23 |
| Like some Mideast nations | 25 |
| Like some Middle Eastern nations | 32 |
| Like Saudi Arabia and Russia | 28 |
| Like Saudi Arabia | 17 |
| Like Alberta | 12 |
| Offshore structure | 18 |
| Drilling equipment | 18 |
| Drilling apparatus | 18 |
| Gulf of Mexico sight | 20 |
| Well driller | 12 |
| Offshore site, sometimes | 24 |
| North Sea sight | 15 |
| Gulf of Mexico structure | 24 |