| Like some minds, martinis and money |
New York Times Mini |
13 Oct 2025 |
| In need of a wash |
Puzzler Backwords |
17 Sep 2025 |
| Not clean |
The Telegraph Plusword |
09 Sep 2025 |
| X-rated trash I'd try (5) |
|
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| Unclean: - hands |
|
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| Like unwashed laundry |
|
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| And 54 A cocktail of gin and vermouth that contains a splash of olive brine or olive juice (5.7) |
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| Corrupt |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Soiled |
The Sun Mini |
08 Jun 2025 |
| Unclean |
Mirror Tea Time |
26 May 2025 |
| Unclean, soiled |
|
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| Get right into doing up one's home that's in need of cleaning |
|
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| In need of a wash |
Puzzler Backwords |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Needing a bath |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Foul water closet finally fixed in work done by you |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
08 Mar 2025 |
| _ Dancing, 1987 film (5) |
|
|
| Begrimed |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Grubby |
Mirror Classic |
27 Feb 2025 |
| In need of a bath |
Newsday |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Covered in grime |
Commuter |
05 Feb 2025 |
| PlusWord No 973 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
19 Jan 2025 |
| "This shirt is dry-clean only, which means it's ___": Mitch Hedberg |
|
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| I'd try but just can't make it clean! (5) |
|
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| Unclean |
Mirror Tea Time |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Dry it may be, but not clean (5) |
|
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| Grubby, unclean |
|
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| Like unwashed laundry |
|
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| ___ Dancing, Patrick Swayze movie of the '80s |
|
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| Corrupt police officer oddly ratty |
|
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| "___ Dancing," 1987 film starring Patrick Swayze |
|
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| Soiled or unclean (5) |
|
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| Grubby |
Mirror Classic |
16 Oct 2024 |
| Unclean or filthy |
|
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| "___ Dancing" (1987 hit set during the end of summer...and from which the quote at 1-Across is taken) |
|
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| Stain, soil (5) |
|
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| Blue; mucky |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Aug 2024 |
| "___ Dancing," 1987 film starring Patrick Swayze |
|
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| Filthy |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Converted dormitory, lacking room, is filthy (5) |
|
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| Covered in grime |
Commuter |
21 May 2024 |
| Dry it anyhow, though it hasn't been washed (5) |
|
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| Messy, unclean |
|
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| Needing a wash |
|
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| ___ Dancing, film (5) |
|
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| Filthy |
Mirror Quick |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Woman to try work that's dishonest |
Mirror Cryptic |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Corrupt |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Mar 2024 |
| "___ Dancing" (1987 rom-com) |
|
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| Not hygienic |
|
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| Corrupt |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Mar 2024 |
| Like some jokes and martinis |
USA Today |
26 Feb 2024 |
| One needs to launder this kind of money (5) |
|
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| Like clothes in the laundry bag |
|
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| Soiled |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Feb 2024 |
| Unclean |
Mirror Tea Time |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Needing scrubbing |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2024 |
| In need of a bath |
USA Today |
14 Jan 2024 |
| ___ Harry |
|
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| Like unwashed laundry |
|
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| Wanting a bath |
Family Time |
11 Dec 2023 |
| & 4 Down Clint Eastwood film |
|
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| "___ Dancing," 1987 film starring Patrick Swayze |
|
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| "___ Dancing," 1987 musical dance-drama starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, directed by Emile Ardolino |
|
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| Like a chai latte with espresso |
Universal |
13 Nov 2023 |
| Underhanded |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2023 |
| Unethical (informal) |
The Guardian Quick |
16 Sep 2023 |
| Unwashed |
New York Times |
12 Sep 2023 |
| Like unwashed laundry |
|
|
| Like Patrick Swayze's "Dancing?" |
|
|
| Unhygienic |
The Times Concise |
11 Aug 2023 |
| "___ Dancing," 1987 film starring Patrick Swayze |
|
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| Like some jobs and jokes |
New York Times |
08 Jun 2023 |
| Unwashed, as laundry |
|
|
| Lewd |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Feb 2023 |
| Needing a scrubbing |
Newsday |
24 Jan 2023 |
| Needing a scrubbing |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2023 |
| Salacious verse an essential in education for the first time |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Dec 2022 |
| In need of washing |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2022 |
| Accepting bribes, say |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Sep 2022 |
| Filthy |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Aug 2022 |
| "___ Dancing," 1987 film starring Patrick Swayze |
|
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| Foul |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2022 |
| Needing a wash |
|
|
| Filthy |
The Times Concise |
16 Mar 2022 |
| Unclean |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jan 2022 |
| Martini option |
New York Times |
07 Jan 2022 |
| Like runners after a mud run |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2021 |
| Begrimed |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Dec 2021 |
| Filthy |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Nov 2021 |
| Corrupt |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jul 2021 |
| "___ Sexy Money," drama series in which Sofia Vergara cameoed as Sofia Montoya |
|
|
| "___ Dancing," 1987 romantic dance film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey |
|
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| Like a window that says "wash me" |
Universal |
26 May 2021 |
| "___ Dancing," 1987 film choreographed by Kenny Ortega starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey |
|
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| Unclean |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Apr 2021 |
| Word before 'trick' or 'laundry' |
USA Today |
30 Mar 2021 |
| "___ Rotten Scoundrels," 1988 American comedy film starring Steve Martin as Freddy Benson |
|
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| "___ Dancing," 1987 romantic film starring Patrick Swayze which featured the hit song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" |
|
|
| . Right in the middle of decorating? You'll get covered in muck |
|
|
| Like some tricks |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2020 |
| Like some tricks |
The Washington Post |
17 Oct 2020 |
| "___ Dancing," 1987 film starring Patrick Swayze |
|
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| Unclean |
USA Today |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Mucky |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Jul 2020 |
| Shower-ready |
Family Time |
20 Apr 2020 |
| "___ Dancing" (Patrick Swayze movie) |
|
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| In need of washing |
USA Today |
09 Mar 2020 |
| Ready for the washer |
Family Time |
24 Feb 2020 |
| Begrimed |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Nov 2019 |
| Like X-rated jokes |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2019 |
| Foul water closet at last fixed in home improvements |
|
|
| Corrupt |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jul 2019 |
| Needing a bath |
USA Today |
23 May 2019 |
| Needing a scrubbing |
Universal |
21 Mar 2019 |
| _____ work ( Unpleasant occupation ) |
Canadiana |
04 Feb 2019 |
| Needing a scrubbing |
|
|
| Needing a bath |
|
|
| (2/4) "___ Dancing," movie starring Jennifer Grey as a woman who falls for a dance instructor while on a family holiday |
|
|
| On the take |
New York Times |
04 Nov 2018 |
| Unscrupulous |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2018 |
| On the take |
The Washington Post |
27 May 2018 |
| On the take |
LA Times Daily |
27 May 2018 |
| Begrimed |
Thomas Joseph |
15 May 2018 |
| Needing a wash |
Family Time |
23 Apr 2018 |
| Salacious |
The Times Concise |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Like clothes in the hamper |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2018 |
| Needing a bath |
Universal |
11 Jan 2018 |
| Like X-rated jokes |
|
|
| Needing a bath |
|
|
| On the take |
|
|
| Like clothes in the hamper |
|
|
| On the take |
|
|
| Free up time, having yen to get X-rated |
|
|
| On the take |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jul 2017 |
| Like some jokes and some cops |
Wall Street Journal |
23 May 2017 |
| Like clothes heading to the laundry |
|
|
| Not clean |
The Times Concise |
11 Oct 2016 |
| Down's partner |
Universal |
07 Sep 2016 |
| Due for a bath |
Family Time |
11 Jul 2016 |
| Not clean |
Family Time |
04 Jul 2016 |
| Not clean |
Premier Sunday |
26 Jun 2016 |
| Like Pigpen of 'Peanuts' |
The Washington Post |
01 Feb 2016 |
| Down's partner |
|
|
| Unscrupulous |
LA Times Daily |
17 Dec 2015 |
| '___ Harry' |
The Washington Post |
08 Dec 2015 |
| In need of a good scrubbing |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2015 |
| Black and blue? |
|
|
| In need of a bath |
Newsday |
13 Jan 2015 |
| Unscrupulous |
|
|
| In need of a bath |
|
|
| "___ Harry" |
|
|
| In need of a good scrubbing |
|
|
| Like kids, often, or inappropriate for kids |
|
|
| Unscrupulous |
|
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| Filthy |
|
|
| Ill-gotten |
|
|
| Needing washing |
|
|
| Like some looks and laundry |
|
|
| How lovers might talk |
|
|
| On the take |
|
|
| Unsportsmanlike |
|
|
| Due for a bath |
|
|
| Like some tricks |
|
|
| Due for a bath |
|
|
| Adjective for Eastwood's Harry |
|
|
| Below the belt |
|
|
| Below the belt |
|
|
| Like Eastwood's Harry |
|
|
| Like Eastwood's Harry |
|
|
| Foul |
|
|
| Needing a scrubbing |
|
|
| In need of a bath |
|
|
| Unsportsmanlike |
|
|
| With 27-Down, Clint Eastwood role |
|
|
| Unsportsmanlike |
|
|
| Bad way to play |
|
|
| Bad way to play |
|
|
| Like cops who emulate criminals |
|
|
| Like some magazines and martinis |
|
|
| One way to play |
|
|
| Unwashed |
|
|
| In need of scrubbing |
|
|
| Indecent |
|
|
| Unsportsmanlike |
|
|
| Like some jokes |
|
|
| Ill-gotten |
|
|
| Like smut |
|
|
| With 44-Down, Cajun dish with giblets |
|
|
| Soil |
|
|
| Filthy |
|
|
| Underhanded |
|
|
| Ready to be washed |
|
|
| Needing cleaning |
|
|
| Illicit |
|
|
| Illicit |
|
|
| Unscrupulous, as a fighter |
|
|
| Like some jokes |
|
|
| Kind of pool |
|
|
| Needing scrubbing |
|
|
| Needing scrubbing |
|
|
| Unwashed |
|
|
| Kind of pool |
|
|
| Word with laundry or pool |
|
|
| Needing a bath |
|
|
| Smudged |
|
|
| Unwashed |
|
|
| With 130 Across, '71 Eastwood film |
|
|
| It may precede the last words of 18-, 26-, 42-, and 54-Across |
|
|
| "____ Harry" |
|
|
| Word before linen or old man |
|
|
| X-rated, say |
|
|
| Like some tricks |
|
|
| Adjective for Eastwood's Harry |
|
|
| Black |
|
|
| In need of washing |
|
|
| Below-the-belt |
|
|
| Ready to be washed |
|
|
| Unscrupulous, as a fighter |
|
|
| Sullied |
|
|
| ___ Jokes and Beer : Drew Carey book |
|
|
| Needing cleaning |
|
|
| Unclean |
|
|
| How Swayze danced in a 1987 film |
|
|
| Smudged |
|
|
| Soiled |
|
|
| Squalid |
|
|
| <P>____ Dancing |
|
|
| Unsportsmanlike |
|
|
| X-rated |
|
|
| Epithet for Harry Callahan |
|
|
| Kind of pool |
|
|
| Smutty |
|
|
| Like some jokes |
|
|
| Down's partner |
|
|
| "___ Harry," Eastwood film |
|
|
| With 104 Across, foul play |
|
|
| __ Harry |
|
|
| Begrimed |
|
|
| ___ Harry, Eastwood role |
|
|
| Foul |
|
|
| Like Eastwood's "Harry" |
|
|
| ___ tricks |
|
|
| "___ Gertie from Bizerte" |
|
|
| Stormy, as weather. |
|
|
| Unswept. |
|
|
| Sullied. |
|
|
| Adjective for Bemelmans' Eddie. |
|
|
| Squally, as the weather. |
|
|
| Squalid. |
|
|
| Unwashed. |
|
|
| Kind of work, at the crossroads. |
|
|
| Clouded, as a color. |
|
|
| Ready for the laundromat. |
|
|