Stuck on the Soft-soap crossword clue from NYT Crossword published on June 25 2022? We’re here to help you solve it.
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The Verified Answer for Soft-soap is:
- COAX
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- CAJOLE
Useful hints for “Soft-soap” Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Clue Explanation
▼/16A. What a clean, clever couple of clues! First, “Soft-soap” is an idiom with the same metaphorical meaning as “butter up” — that is, using one’s slippery wiles to COAX someone into doing something. Second, “Soap in Mexico.” Hmm, sopa is soup in Spanish; jabón means soap, but that doesn’t fit here (and has never been in a Times grid before, although its French relative, savon, appeared in several midcentury puzzles). It turns out that this clue is also using a “soap” idiom, one for a soap opera, or a TELENOVELA when you’re in Mexico.