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German politicians are smooth (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glib

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'are smooth' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'german politicians' is the wordplay.
'german' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'politicians' becomes 'lib' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'g'+'lib'='GLIB'

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(Other definitions for glib that I've seen before include "Casually fluent" , "Superficially facile with words" , "Insincere, shallow" , "Fluent but evasive" , "Smooth-tongued" .)

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