| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| LINT | Reason for a brush-off. |
| LINT | Receiver of a brush-off? |
| LINT | Something to brush off a jacket |
| GETLOSTSHORTY | ... giving a pipsqueak the brush-off? |
| IMAFRAIDHESLEFT | Brush-off from a liberal's secretary? |
| SHESALLBOOKEDUP | Brush-off from a publisher's secretary? |
| SOMETHINGCAMEUP | Brush-off from a gardener's secretary? |
| SHESONHERWAYOUT | Brush-off from a fading starlet's secretary? |
| HEHASNOGOODOPENINGS | Brush-off from a struggling chess master's secretary? |
