Servile flatterer (9)

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sycophant

'servile flatterer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

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(Other definitions for sycophant that I've seen before include "old informer" , "receiving ultimate in flattery from one such?" , "Servile flatterer" , "Uriah Heep, say" , "obsequious one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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