Historical clue formulations

• Gently persuade — 2026-01-19
• Try to win over — 2025-08-14
• Urge — 2023-01-07
• Soft-soap — 2022-06-25
• Cajole — 2022-03-21
• Encourage with sweet talk — 2021-07-19
• Wheedle — 2020-12-10
• Sweet-talk — 2020-07-14
• Wheedle — 2019-11-01
• Employ cajolery on — 2019-05-12
• Inveigle — 2015-12-03
• Goad gently — 2015-09-03
• Soft-soap — 2015-08-06
• Sweet-talk — 2014-10-23
• Use friendly persuasion — 2014-09-16
• Soft-soap — 2014-06-21
• Inveigle — 2013-01-04
• Wheedle — 2011-12-26
• Cajole — 2011-09-06
• Sweet-talk — 2010-04-07
• Bring around — 2010-04-04
• Say "Pretty please?," say — 2009-09-23
• Urge — 2009-05-30
• Sweet-talk — 2009-03-01
• Soft-soap — 2006-10-22
• Cajole — 2006-08-24
• Try to persuade — 2005-09-06
• Cajole — 2005-03-27
• Try to persuade — 2004-11-30
• Wheedle — 2004-06-12
• Sweet-talk — 2004-03-30
• Sweet-talk — 2003-03-19
• Sweet-talk — 2002-07-05
• Wheedle — 2002-03-18
• Wheedle — 2002-01-08
• Use low-key persuasion — 2000-12-06
• Soft-soap — 1997-06-14
• Cajole — 1996-07-01
• Sweet-talk — 1995-08-25
• Persuade cagily — 1994-04-27