Fine lines about Stuart monarch, or flattery? (7)
I believe the answer is:
flannel
'flattery?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'fine lines about stuart monarch' is the wordplay.
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'lines' becomes 'll' (I've seen this in other clues).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'stuart monarch' becomes 'anne' (I've seen this before).
'll' placed around 'anne' is 'lannel'.
'f'+'lannel'='FLANNEL'
'or' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for flannel that I've seen before include "Cloth; evasive talk" , "cooler if wet?" , "short trousers" , "One way to rub clean" , "nonsense" .)