| Vacuum cleaner's target |
|
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| Fine particles that settle on furniture, also something you do not want to bite |
|
|
| Clean with a rag |
Commuter |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Dry mop target |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Stuff that accumulates on a bookshelf |
New York Times Mini |
28 May 2025 |
| Wipe specks off furniture |
Newsday |
27 May 2025 |
| "___ in the Wind" (Kansas classic) |
New York Times Mini |
12 May 2025 |
| Wipe with a cloth (4) |
|
|
| Do some light housework |
USA Today |
26 Apr 2025 |
| Clean, as a shelf |
Universal |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Gathering about an old album? |
|
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| *Spring cleaning* "Clean this sneeze inducing layer of fine powder from the tables and surfaces!" |
|
|
| See 7-Across |
New York Times Mini |
02 Apr 2025 |
| A Handful of ___, novel by Evelyn Waugh (4) |
|
|
| Do housework: some industry needed |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Dirt particles |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Fine particles of matter (4) |
|
|
| If gold, you wouldn't bin it (4) |
|
|
| Task on a chore chart |
Universal |
19 Mar 2025 |
| "The way a crow / Shook down on me / The ___ of snow / From a hemlock tree": Robert Frost |
|
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| Conscious particles in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" |
|
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| (& 24-down) Bird's action of using dry earth to clean its feathers (4,4) |
|
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| Finely powdered dirt |
|
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| Fine dry soil (4) |
|
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| 1983 Merchant/Ivory film with Julie Christie (4,3,4) |
|
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| Furniture collection? |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Feb 2025 |
| Powdery dirt |
Mirror Tea Time |
15 Feb 2025 |
| The dirt of the French street (4) |
|
|
| Some find us trying to clean (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
27 Jan 2025 |
| Dry fine powdery material (4) |
|
|
| Clean up, in a way |
New York Times |
24 Jan 2025 |
| Form of dark matter that is integral to the plot of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy of novels |
|
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| Sign of disuse |
The Telegraph Mini |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Bookcase buildup |
Universal |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Debris that can form into "bunnies" |
USA Today |
03 Jan 2025 |
| "___ of Snow," Robert Frost poem on finding joy in little things, like light snowfall that brightens the poet's day |
|
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| Sneeze inducer |
LA Times Daily |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Household dirt |
Mirror Classic |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Fine powder of elementary particles in fantasy drama His Dark Materials (4) |
|
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| Survived to rise after remains of storm (4,5) |
|
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| Powdered dirt (4) |
|
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| Bowl, bath or pan (4) |
|
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| Sneeze trigger, often |
LA Times Daily |
05 Dec 2024 |
| Often settled particles on forgotten shelves |
|
|
| Fine powder |
Commuter |
20 Nov 2024 |
| Word after pixie or before bunny |
|
|
| Fine powdery substance (4) |
|
|
| Heat and ____, Merchant Ivory film; type of 6 Down |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
31 Oct 2024 |
| Wipe clean, as furniture |
Newsday |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Remove film - 'Stud,' perhaps (4) |
|
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| This makes a film that needs cleaning up (4) |
|
|
| Gold, maybe, from Hindustan (4) |
|
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| Old book collection? |
LA Times Daily |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Clean the house |
|
|
| Polish furniture |
|
|
| Possibly gold stud? (4) |
|
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| Dry earth |
|
|
| Served us tea with grit in it |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Sep 2024 |
| When the ___ settles (calmed down) |
|
|
| Wipe (furniture) with a cloth (4) |
Puzzler |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Clean with a rag |
Commuter |
16 Aug 2024 |
| Clean up the stud (4) |
|
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| Fine particles that settle on furniture, also something you do not want to bite |
|
|
| Powdery dirt (4) |
Mirror Tea Time |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Parlor particles |
|
|
| Household accumulation |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2024 |
| Fighter, not priest, gets earth (4) |
|
|
| Furniture buildup |
Commuter |
13 Jun 2024 |
| Fine powder in BBC fantasy drama His Dark Materials (4) |
|
|
| 1975 Booker Prize-winning novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (4,3,4) |
|
|
| See 6 Down |
Mirror Quiz |
03 Jun 2024 |
| Do some housework |
Thomas Joseph |
23 May 2024 |
| Collect ___, be idle (4) |
|
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| These jackets are worn in libraries (4) |
|
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| Fine powdery dirt |
|
|
| Dorothy Parker's suggestion for her own epitaph, "Excuse my ..." |
|
|
| The - Bowl, area in the south central U.S. affected by wind erosion (4) |
|
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| Powdery particles (4) |
|
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| Finely powdered earth (4) |
|
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| Lightly clean (4) |
|
|
| ___ devil (whirlwind) |
|
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| Clean furniture |
|
|
| Furniture buildup |
Commuter |
11 Apr 2024 |
| Do a cleaning job for gold, perhaps (4) |
|
|
| *Spring cleaning* "Clean this sneeze inducing layer of fine powder from the tables and surfaces!" |
|
|
| Airborne dirt (4) |
|
|
| Common allergy trigger |
Premier Sunday |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Sneeze inducer, often |
|
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| Household dirt |
Mirror Classic |
21 Mar 2024 |
| Gritty cover |
|
|
| The earth, ground (4) |
|
|
| Wipe over the odd drum set (4) |
|
|
| ''Bunnies'' under the bed |
Family Time |
04 Mar 2024 |
| There may be a dirty film of it! (4) |
|
|
| Add powder. Remove powder (4) |
|
|
| Check (for), as fingerprints |
|
|
| Dirt particles |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Feb 2024 |
| Do housework, check for prints |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Feb 2024 |
| Dry dirt |
|
|
| Powdery matter |
|
|
| This sort of storm frequently raged across America's arid Midwest in the thirties |
|
|
| It can follow saw, gold or star |
|
|
| Utensils for collecting mineral particles from desert depressions (4,4) |
|
|
| Tidy up, in a way |
New York Times |
08 Feb 2024 |
| Do a housecleaning chore |
|
|
| Word with bunny or bowl |
LA Times Mini |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Maid's target |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Wipe clean, as furniture |
Newsday |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Forced us to take some powder (4) |
|
|
| Shelf accumulation |
Commuter |
12 Jan 2024 |
| Gold, perhaps, as used in industry? |
|
|
| Dead decay right away, turning into earth (4) |
|
|
| Beat decisively |
|
|
| Heat and -; novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala which she adapted into a screenplay (4) |
|
|
| Check for fingerprints |
Newsday |
14 Dec 2023 |
| The earth |
|
|
| Antiques collection? |
|
|
| Often settled particles on forgotten shelves |
|
|
| Word with bin or bunny |
|
|
| Depending on the situation, this word can mean both, "cover with powder" and "clean the powder" |
|
|
| __ bunny |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2023 |
| Attic buildup |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Oct 2023 |
| Diamond cutter's debris |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2023 |
| 'Achoo!' inducer |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2023 |
| White glove discovery |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Aug 2023 |
| Clean with a feathery wand |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2023 |
| Maid's target |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Allergy trigger in an attic |
New York Times |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Common sneeze trigger |
|
|
| Particles of dirt |
The Times Concise |
15 Apr 2023 |
| Sign of neglect |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2023 |
| Pixie ___ (Tinkerbell's magic) |
Family Time |
20 Feb 2023 |
| Maid's target |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Feb 2023 |
| "Red ___," 1932 romantic drama film starring Clark Gable that was remade as "Mogambo" |
|
|
| Common allergen |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Jan 2023 |
| Bookshelf buildup |
USA Today |
30 Dec 2022 |
| Particles that build up on unused furniture |
|
|
| Do some housework |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Dec 2022 |
| Roomba target |
LA Times Daily |
25 Sep 2022 |
| Sign of neglect |
LA Times Daily |
04 Sep 2022 |
| Household accumulation |
Newsday |
02 Sep 2022 |
| Storm cloud? |
New York Times |
01 Sep 2022 |
| "Bunnies" under a bed |
Family Time |
28 Aug 2022 |
| A kind of storm |
Canadiana |
22 Aug 2022 |
| 9 and __, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's 1975 prize winner |
The Guardian Weekend |
20 Aug 2022 |
| ''Bunnies'' under a bed |
Family Time |
02 Aug 2022 |
| Clean; fine powder |
The Times Concise |
21 Jul 2022 |
| Attic buildup |
Premier Sunday |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Vacuum cleaner contents |
|
|
| What some bunnies are made of? |
|
|
| With one steamer departing doubt remains |
The Times Specialist |
05 Jun 2022 |
| Ashes of the French saint |
The Times Cryptic |
09 May 2022 |
| "___: A Tale of the Wired West," single-player video game published by GTE Entertainment |
|
|
| Powder that might cause a sneeze |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2022 |
| Wipe clean, as furniture |
Newsday |
22 Mar 2022 |
| Certain sneeze trigger |
Newsday |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Bite the ___ (lose) |
Universal |
17 Feb 2022 |
| Word before "bunny" or "devil" |
|
|
| Roomba target |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Roomba target |
The Washington Post |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Remains clean |
|
|
| Task mostly incorporating second check for fingerprints? |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Nov 2021 |
| Attic buildup |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Sep 2021 |
| Word before 'bunny' or 'jacket' |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2021 |
| Pollution maybe from industry |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Aug 2021 |
| Vacuum cleaner's target |
|
|
| Remains of the French Saint |
|
|
| It settles on furniture |
Universal |
03 May 2021 |
| For the most part, Old Skin is taken in by beleaguered US Treasury |
Irish Times Crosaire |
26 Apr 2021 |
| Fine dry powder |
The Times Concise |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Do housework: some industry needed |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Feb 2021 |
| Dirt particles |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Feb 2021 |
| Springfield was 80% clean |
|
|
| It settles on unused furniture |
|
|
| Attic accumulation |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Nov 2020 |
| Tidy up ... or make less tidy |
New York Times |
25 Oct 2020 |
| "Another One Bites the ___," song by Queen |
|
|
| Tidy up a bit |
LA Times Daily |
17 Aug 2020 |
| Tidy up a bit |
The Washington Post |
17 Aug 2020 |
| Attic buildup |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Aug 2020 |
| Common allergen |
|
|
| Sneeze inducer, often |
|
|
| Cover lightly, as snow |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2020 |
| Vacuum cleaner's target |
|
|
| Do housework, check for prints |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Jun 2020 |
| Smut in Springfield not unknown? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Jun 2020 |
| Saw stuff covered up by beleaguered US Treasury |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 May 2020 |
| Vacant shelf's accumulation |
USA Today |
18 Apr 2020 |
| Sign of disuse |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Apr 2020 |
| Bookshelf buildup |
USA Today |
09 Apr 2020 |
| Fine powder |
Universal |
03 Mar 2020 |
| Attic powder |
The Washington Post Sunday |
16 Feb 2020 |
| Word before "bunny" or "devil" |
Universal |
27 Dec 2019 |
| Layer that accumulates on forgotten books, say |
|
|
| Little bits of dirt under sofas, typically |
|
|
| Household accumulation |
Newsday |
03 Nov 2019 |
| Shelf accumulation |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Oct 2019 |
| Do a little tidying |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2019 |
| Do a little tidying |
|
|
| Sneeze inducer |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2019 |
| Pledge target |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Sep 2019 |
| Stuff that settles |
USA Today |
22 Aug 2019 |
| See 18 Across |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 Jul 2019 |
| Check for prints |
Newsday |
12 Jul 2019 |
| Check for fingerprints |
Newsday |
02 May 2019 |
| Wipe clean, as furniture |
Newsday |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Surface collection |
The Washington Post |
30 Mar 2019 |
| Surface collection |
LA Times Daily |
30 Mar 2019 |
| Sign of disuse |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2019 |
| (5/6) Fairy ___, magical powder in a fairy tale |
|
|
| Sneeze inducer |
|
|
| Shelf accumulation |
|
|
| Surface collection |
|
|
| Stuff that settles |
|
|
| Pledge target |
|
|
| Diamond-cutting debris |
Newsday |
25 Nov 2018 |
| Prep to find fingerprints |
New York Times |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Quantity of dirt suddenly swirling? |
|
|
| Much of the lunar surface |
Newsday |
29 Jun 2018 |
| Powder |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 May 2018 |
| Saw stuff covered up in beleaguered US Treasury |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 May 2018 |
| Common allergen |
|
|
| Sign of disuse |
The Washington Post |
20 Mar 2018 |
| Sign of disuse |
LA Times Daily |
20 Mar 2018 |
| Stuff collected in an attic |
Family Time |
25 Feb 2018 |
| Clean American shakes blankets |
|
|
| Prep to find fingerprints |
|
|
| Maid's target |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Dec 2017 |
| Coating on neglected furniture |
|
|
| Do a housekeeping job |
Universal |
24 Nov 2017 |
| Covering on attic items |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2017 |
| Dry mop's target |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2017 |
| Clean with Pledge |
The Washington Post |
11 Apr 2017 |
| Clean with Pledge |
LA Times Daily |
11 Apr 2017 |
| White-glove discovery |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Mar 2017 |
| Saw stuff covered up around US Treasury |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 Mar 2017 |
| Dry mop's target |
|
|
| Bookshelf buildup |
|
|
| Do a housekeeping job |
|
|
| Clean with Pledge |
|
|
| Use a Swiffer, say |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2016 |
| Do some housecleaning |
The Washington Post |
31 Oct 2016 |
| Attic accumulation |
New York Times |
17 Oct 2016 |
| Furniture buildup |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2016 |
| Do some cleaning |
LA Times Daily |
10 Apr 2016 |
| Attic buildup |
New York Times |
31 Mar 2016 |
| Ashes of French saint |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Mar 2016 |
| Do some homework with material that passes for The Dead, biblically speaking? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 Mar 2016 |
| Hoffman not at home to clean |
|
|
| Fine powder |
Newsday |
16 Jan 2016 |
| Attic accumulation |
|
|
| Use a Swiffer, say |
|
|
| Common settler |
Universal |
07 Sep 2015 |
| Collection in an attic |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Aug 2015 |
| Clean with a rag |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jun 2015 |
| Attic accumulation |
Newsday |
28 May 2015 |
| *Particles in a storm called a haboob |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
30 Jan 2015 |
| Furniture collection? |
Universal |
07 Jan 2015 |
| *Particles in a storm called a haboob |
|
|
| Collection in an attic |
|
|
| Furniture collection? |
|
|
| Attic accumulation |
|
|
| Common settler |
|
|
| Clean with a rag |
|
|
| It's "in the Wind" to Kansas |
|
|
| Do some housecleaning |
|
|
| Do some housekeeping |
|
|
| Settler in the attic |
|
|
| Bunny makeup? |
|
|
| Fine powder |
|
|
| Attic buildup |
|
|
| Sign of neglect |
|
|
| Check for fingerprints |
|
|
| Check for prints |
|
|
| Tidy up, in a way |
|
|
| Furniture buildup |
|
|
| Check for prints |
|
|
| Air particles |
|
|
| Get rid of bunnies? |
|
|
| '96 Screaming Trees album |
|
|
| What collections might collect |
|
|
| "Bunnies" under the bed |
|
|
| Print developer? |
|
|
| Do some housework |
|
|
| Frequent settler |
|
|
| Frequent settler |
|
|
| Make dirty ... or clean |
|
|
| Make clean ... or dirty |
|
|
| Common settler? |
|
|
| Housekeeper's quarry |
|
|
| Allergy trigger, often |
|
|
| Pixie powder |
|
|
| Attic collection |
|
|
| Allergy trigger, often |
|
|
| Attic collection |
|
|
| Do some housecleaning |
|
|
| Process for fingerprints |
|
|
| Do some housecleaning |
|
|
| Clean in a way |
|
|
| Do some housework |
|
|
| Bunnies under the bed |
|
|
| Pledge target |
|
|
| Common settler |
|
|
| Pledge target |
|
|
| Do a bit of housework |
|
|
| Bookshelf buildup |
|
|
| Do some housework |
|
|
| Furniture buildup |
|
|
| It settles indoors |
|
|
| Bookshelf buildup |
|
|
| Use a dry mop |
|
|
| Allergy trigger, often |
|
|
| Bunnies under the bed? |
|
|
| Neatnik's bane |
|
|
| Bunnies under the bed |
|
|
| Composition of some clouds |
|
|
| Do a household chore |
|
|
| Check for fingerprints |
|
|
| Run a cloth over |
|
|
| Indoor settler |
|
|
| Bunny bits? |
|
|
| Do some cleaning |
|
|
| Powder |
|
|
| Dry mop's target |
|
|
| Sprinkle, as with sugar |
|
|
| Composition of some clouds |
|
|
| Indoor settler |
|
|
| Indoor settler |
|
|
| Sprinkle, as with sugar |
|
|
| Saw stuff? |
|
|
| Do some light housework |
|
|
| Motes |
|
|
| Motes |
|
|
| Look for fingerprints |
|
|
| Sprinkle, as with flour |
|
|
| Check for prints |
|
|
| Bite this and die |
|
|
| Do some housecleaning |
|
|
| Use a feathered implement |
|
|
| Housekeeper's bane |
|
|
| Fine powder |
|
|
| Bunny makeup? |
|
|
| "Bunnies" under the bed |
|
|
| Check for fingerprints |
|
|
| Check for fingerprints |
|
|
| Look for prints |
|
|
| Look for prints |
|
|
| Saw stuff? |
|
|
| Protect the crops |
|
|
| Bunny makeup? |
|
|
| Follows gold and star |
|
|
| Do a housekeeping chore |
|
|
| Gold and star trailer |
|
|
| It's something to sneeze at |
|
|
| It looks bad on the surface |
|
|
| Look for fingerprints |
|
|
| Sign of disuse |
|
|
| Sneeze inducer |
|
|
| Allergy cause |
|
|
| Do some housework |
|
|
| Sign of poor housekeeping |
|
|
| Do some light house cleaning |
|
|
| Use a mop, maybe |
|
|
| Bunny makeup? |
|
|
| It settles indoors |
|
|
| Common allergen |
|
|
| Fairy particles |
|
|
| Makeup of some bunnies |
|
|
| Do a crime scene job |
|
|
| Do a crime scene job |
|
|
| Polish the furniture |
|
|
| Common allergen |
|
|
| Collection in the attic |
|
|
| Look for fingerprints |
|
|
| Check for prints |
|
|
| Exemplar of dryness |
|
|
| Powdery coating |
|
|
| Furniture buildup |
|
|
| Look for fingerprints |
|
|
| Clean the furniture |
|
|
| Common allergen |
|
|
| Gold powder |
|
|
| Do housework |
|
|
| Clean the furniture |
|
|
| Do some housecleaning |
|
|
| Do some light housekeeping |
|
|
| Word with bin or mop |
|
|
| Common allergen |
|
|
| Sneeze inducer |
|
|
| Allergy cause |
|
|
| Collection in the attic |
|
|
| Fine powder |
|
|
| Common allergen |
|
|
| Task mostly incorporating second check for fingerprints? |
|
|
| Coating to clean off |
|
|
| Furniture collection? |
|
|
| Do a cleaning chore |
|
|
| One kind of jacket |
|
|
| Clean up |
|
|
| Do some housework |
|
|
| Composition of some clouds |
|
|
| Allergy irritant |
|
|
| ___ devil (small whirlwind) |
|
|
| Run a cloth over |
|
|
| Cleaner's target |
|
|
| Slow driver's snack? |
|
|
| Clean in a way |
|
|
| Gold for one |
|
|
| Problem for Sneezy? |
|
|
| Maid's "enemy" |
|
|
| Furniture bildup |
|
|
| Clean |
|
|
| Neatnik's bane |
|
|
| Fine powder |
|
|
| Maid's target |
|
|
| Motes |
|
|
| Maid's concern |
|
|
| Something to bite? |
|
|
| Kind of bowl |
|
|
| Waugh's "A Handful of ___" |
|
|
| Kind of bowl or jacket |
|
|
| Do a household chore |
|
|
| Fine dirt |
|
|
| Kind of rag |
|
|
| Do a house chore |
|
|
| Do a maid's job |
|
|
| Sprinkle |
|
|
| Drought symptom |
|
|
| Mop target |
|
|
| Wipe off |
|
|
| The makings of Adam: Gen. 2:7 |
|
|
| Source of some allergies |
|
|
| "___ thou art . . . " |
|
|
| Gold chaser |
|
|
| Housewife's nemesis |
|
|
| Word with pan or bowl |
|
|
| Sprinkle on |
|
|
| Kind of pan or bowl |
|
|
| Symbol of dryness |
|
|
| Dry-mop's target |
|
|
| Bite the ___ |
|
|
| Something to bite |
|
|
| Powder |
|
|
| Houseclean |
|
|
| Furniture coating |
|
|
| Sweepings |
|
|
| Do housework |
|
|
| Kind of storm |
|
|
| Housewife's enemy. |
|
|
| Kind of bowl. |
|
|
| Waugh's "A Handful of ___." |
|
|
| Powdery earth. |
|
|
| The earth. |
|
|
| Powder. |
|
|
| Do housework. |
|
|
| Housewife's problem. |
|
|
| Clean house. |
|
|
| ___ devil, a miniature whirlwind. |
|
|
| Gold miner's treasure. |
|
|
| Pollen. |
|
|
| Gold-miner's hoard. |
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| Kind of storm. |
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| Cosmic ___. |
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| ___ bowl. |
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| Gold ___. |
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| Sprinkle with powder. |
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| Contents of a certain bowl. |
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| Finely powdered substance. |
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| One of the "bowls." |
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| Cosmic ___ from interstellar space. |
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| Earth. |
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| Fine particles. |
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| Sprinkle. |
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| Do a chore |
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| Bookshelf collection? |
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| Angel ___ |
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| Fine powder. |
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| Housekeeper's collection |
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| Levigate. |
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| ___ Bowl. |
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