| Lubberly ways, to a seaman (4) |
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| Q-tip, for one |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Cotton for cleaning (4) |
|
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| Absorbent cotton pad used in surgery |
|
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| Clean ship's prow with sailor |
|
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| Crime lab item |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Mar 2024 |
| Long-running drama in a bar maybe (4) |
|
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| Specimen taken from a wound (4) |
|
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| Was exchanging second-class mop (4) |
|
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| Use a mop |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Feb 2024 |
| Mop, matey! |
|
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| Mop, on deck |
Universal |
18 Jan 2024 |
| Mop. on deck |
|
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| Saw disheartened sailor clean deck |
|
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| Q-tip, e.g. |
Commuter |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Q-tip, e.g. |
Universal |
25 Dec 2023 |
| Lowly deckhand |
New York Times |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Large ship's mop |
|
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| Cotton-tipped stick |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2023 |
| Small piece of cotton for medical use (A, not O) |
The Times Concise |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Cotton ___ (Q-Tip) |
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| Surgeon wipes around bowel openings to take a sample |
The Guardian Cryptic |
08 Nov 2023 |
| Cotton-tipped applicator |
Universal |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Part of a rapid COVID test |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2023 |
| Q-tip, for example |
USA Today |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Q-tip, for example |
USA Today |
06 Sep 2023 |
| Ear-cleaning implement |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2023 |
| Forensic evidence collector |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2023 |
| Clean, as with a mop |
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| Q-Tip, e.g. |
|
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| Clear the deck? |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2023 |
| Q-tip, e.g. |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Q-tip, e.g |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Q-tip, e.g |
Universal |
11 Jun 2023 |
| Ear-cleaning implement |
Newsday |
29 May 2023 |
| Home test kit component |
New York Times |
24 May 2023 |
| Keyboard cleaner |
Newsday |
13 May 2023 |
| Ear cleaner |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 May 2023 |
| Sailor's mop |
Premier Sunday |
16 Apr 2023 |
| Q-tip, e.g. |
New York Times |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Q-tip, for one |
USA Today |
09 Apr 2023 |
| Part of a COVID rapid test |
Universal |
18 Feb 2023 |
| Stick in a test kit |
USA Today |
16 Feb 2023 |
| Absorbent pad used to cleanse a wound |
The Guardian Quick |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Stick with a soft tip |
New York Times |
22 Dec 2022 |
| Makeup corrector |
New York Times |
09 Dec 2022 |
| Do the decks |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Nov 2022 |
| Part of an at-home COVID test |
Universal |
06 Nov 2022 |
| Cries noisily over losing large pad |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Nov 2022 |
| Forensic lab sample |
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| Q-tip |
Family Time |
23 Oct 2022 |
| Cotton-tipped stick |
Premier Sunday |
23 Oct 2022 |
| DNA test kit item |
LA Times Daily |
18 Oct 2022 |
| Cotton ___ (Q-Tip) |
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| Nautical mop |
Premier Sunday |
09 Oct 2022 |
| Q-tip, for one |
Family Time |
11 Sep 2022 |
| Ear-cleaning implement |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2022 |
| Forensic evidence collector |
Universal |
14 Aug 2022 |
| Clear the decks? |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Cotton ___ (Q-Tip) |
Family Time |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Q-Tip, for one |
Family Time |
06 Jun 2022 |
| Clear the decks? |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 May 2022 |
| Forensic evidence collector |
Newsday |
07 May 2022 |
| Nautical mop |
The Times Concise |
24 Apr 2022 |
| Q-tip, for example |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2022 |
| DNA sample tool |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Mop soap water around bathtub in the beginning |
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| DNA sample tool |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Feb 2022 |
| Mop |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2022 |
| Mop |
The Washington Post |
02 Feb 2022 |
| Do the decks |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Dec 2021 |
| It may have a Q-Tip tip |
Family Time |
06 Dec 2021 |
| Mop |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Nov 2021 |
| Clear the decks? |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Cotton-tipped cleaner |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Sep 2021 |
| Cotton-tipped item in a makeup bag |
USA Today |
08 Aug 2021 |
| Book on cycling was clean |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Aug 2021 |
| Do a deck? |
Canadiana |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Ear-cleaning implement |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2021 |
| Mop, as a deck |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2021 |
| Small cotton-tipped stick |
Newsday |
10 May 2021 |
| Q-tip, e.g |
USA Today |
08 May 2021 |
| Do the decks |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Apr 2021 |
| Clear the decks? |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Apr 2021 |
| Epithelial cell collector |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Mar 2021 |
| Q-Tip, for one |
|
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| Sailor's beginning with a bucket initially and mop |
|
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| Cottony stick |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2021 |
| Pad for cleaning wounds |
The Times Concise |
18 Dec 2020 |
| Cotton-tipped ear cleaner |
Newsday |
23 Nov 2020 |
| DNA kit tool |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Nov 2020 |
| Clear the deck? |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Oct 2020 |
| DNA test kit item |
The Washington Post |
19 Oct 2020 |
| DNA test kit item |
LA Times Daily |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Cotton-tipped item |
Universal |
02 Oct 2020 |
| Mop I'm handing over to seaman in state of dizziness |
|
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| Multi-purpose cotton wad |
The Washington Post |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Multi-purpose cotton wad |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Cotton ___ |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2020 |
| Clear, as the deck |
New York Times |
17 Jul 2020 |
| Q-tip, e.g |
New York Times |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Tool for taking a DNA sample |
|
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| Cotton-tipped product |
Newsday |
06 Dec 2019 |
| Absorbent pad |
The Times Concise |
24 Nov 2019 |
| Stick in a genealogy kit |
USA Today |
06 Oct 2019 |
| Q-tip tip |
New York Times |
23 Sep 2019 |
| Makeup-applying aid |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Makeup-applying aid |
The Washington Post |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Deckhand's tool |
USA Today |
13 Sep 2019 |
| Q-tip |
Family Time |
02 Sep 2019 |
| Clear the decks? |
New York Times |
31 Aug 2019 |
| DNA collector |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2019 |
| Stick in a cabinet, say |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2019 |
| Deckhand |
New York Times |
11 Jul 2019 |
| Acquisition of a DNA specimen |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jun 2019 |
| Tar |
New York Times |
08 Jun 2019 |
| DNA sample collector |
USA Today |
08 Jun 2019 |
| Nautical mop |
Newsday |
29 May 2019 |
| Large mop |
Premier Sunday |
19 May 2019 |
| Marine mop |
Newsday |
11 Apr 2019 |
| Cotton-tipped stick |
Newsday |
04 Mar 2019 |
| Q-tip |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2019 |
| Q-tip |
The Washington Post |
19 Feb 2019 |
| Q-tip, e.g |
Universal |
14 Feb 2019 |
| Q-tip, for example |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Feb 2019 |
| Stick in a genealogy kit |
|
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| Q-tip, for example |
|
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| Acquisition of a DNA specimen |
|
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| Q-tip tip |
|
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| Deckhand's tool |
|
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| DNA sample collector |
|
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| Q-tip, e.g. |
|
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| Tar |
|
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| Q-tip |
|
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| Makeup-applying aid |
|
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| Stick in a cabinet, say |
|
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| Deckhand |
|
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| DNA collector |
|
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| Clear the decks? |
|
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| Ointment applicator |
The Washington Post Sunday |
02 Dec 2018 |
| Cornish sailor's mop on board |
|
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| Tool for taking a DNA sample |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Nov 2018 |
| Mop |
New York Times |
28 Oct 2018 |
| Salt |
The Washington Post |
13 Oct 2018 |
| Salt |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2018 |
| Cotton on a stick |
Universal |
01 Oct 2018 |
| Take a mop to |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jul 2018 |
| Sailor's mop |
Premier Sunday |
24 Jun 2018 |
| Q-tip, for one |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2018 |
| Clear the decks |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Jun 2018 |
| Deck disinfector |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jun 2018 |
| Q-Tip, e.g |
Family Time |
21 May 2018 |
| Clean the deck |
Jonesin |
08 May 2018 |
| See 33-Across |
The New Yorker |
07 May 2018 |
| Sailor, informally |
Newsday |
06 May 2018 |
| Cleaning tool |
The Washington Post |
03 May 2018 |
| Cleaning tool |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2018 |
| Cotton ___ (Q-Tip) |
|
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| Wound-cleaner |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Mar 2018 |
| Cleaner |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Feb 2018 |
| Was around with big crime lab tool |
|
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| Cotton-tipped stick |
USA Today |
15 Feb 2018 |
| Cornish sailor's mop? |
|
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| Q-tip, for one |
|
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| Mop |
|
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| Cleaning tool |
|
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| Salt |
|
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| Tool for taking a DNA sample |
|
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| Take a mop to |
|
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| Deck disinfector |
|
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| Cotton-tipped stick |
|
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| Cotton on a stick |
|
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| Q-tip, e.g. |
|
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| Cleaning implement |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Dec 2017 |
| Sailor, or a sailor's implement |
USA Today |
28 Nov 2017 |
| Floor mop |
Premier Sunday |
12 Nov 2017 |
| Mariner's mop |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2017 |
| Shipboard resident |
The Washington Post |
13 Oct 2017 |
| Lowly navy person |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2017 |
| Shipboard resident |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2017 |
| Post recovery, Abbas was regularly in need of a phlebotomist |
|
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| Opens surgery with a key? Presumably that's on the doctor's orders! |
Irish Times Crosaire |
04 Oct 2017 |
| Mop |
Universal |
31 Aug 2017 |
| Q-tip, e.g |
Family Time |
11 Jun 2017 |
| 31 Across implement |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2017 |
| DNA collection stick |
USA Today |
22 May 2017 |
| Ear cleaner |
Newsday |
10 May 2017 |
| Make shipshape, as a ship |
New York Times |
04 May 2017 |
| Mop, as decks |
The Washington Post |
01 May 2017 |
| Mop, as decks |
LA Times Daily |
01 May 2017 |
| It's used to clean edges of surgeon's instrument — Boatman closes it |
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| It's cotton-tipped |
Universal |
15 Mar 2017 |
| Mop, as ship decks |
Universal |
08 Mar 2017 |
| DNA-sample collector |
Universal |
07 Mar 2017 |
| Navy enlistee, informally |
New York Times |
10 Feb 2017 |
| Ear cleaner |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2017 |
| Sailor, or a sailor's implement |
|
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| Mop |
|
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| Mop, as ship decks |
|
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| Navy enlistee, informally |
|
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| DNA collection stick |
|
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| Ear cleaner |
|
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| Mariner's mop |
|
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| Make shipshape, as a ship |
|
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| Mop, as decks |
|
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| Shipboard resident |
|
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| Lowly navy person |
|
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| Mop, as a deck |
New York Times |
16 Nov 2016 |
| Q-Tip, e.g |
Universal |
09 Nov 2016 |
| Mop |
Canadiana |
07 Nov 2016 |
| Deck cleaner |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2016 |
| Clean sore with antiseptic balm initially |
|
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| Clear the deck? |
The Washington Post |
15 Jul 2016 |
| Saw new job at last for cleaner in theatre |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Jun 2016 |
| DNA collector, perhaps |
The Washington Post |
11 Jun 2016 |
| Forensic evidence collector |
The Washington Post |
17 May 2016 |
| Small women rating cleaning equipment |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 Mar 2016 |
| Deck mop |
Universal |
04 Jan 2016 |
| Deck cleaner |
|
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| Mop, as a deck |
|
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| Deck mop |
|
|
| Deckhand |
The Washington Post |
24 Nov 2015 |
| Q-tip, e.g |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Nov 2015 |
| Q-Tip, for one |
Universal |
06 Oct 2015 |
| Sailor boy |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2015 |
| Maritime mop |
Newsday |
04 Sep 2015 |
| Q-tip end |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Aug 2015 |
| 23 Across cleaner |
Newsday |
04 Aug 2015 |
| One standing on deck |
New York Times |
02 Aug 2015 |
| Piece of cotton to cleanse a wound |
Irish Times Simplex |
08 Jul 2015 |
| Forensic investigator's item |
LA Times Daily |
13 May 2015 |
| Crime lab tool |
New York Times |
12 Apr 2015 |
| Q-tip tip |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Mar 2015 |
| Cornish sailor's mop? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Feb 2015 |
| Absorbent stick |
USA Today |
11 Feb 2015 |
| Deckhand |
|
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| 23 Across cleaner |
|
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| Maritime mop |
|
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| One standing on deck |
|
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| Forensic investigator's item |
|
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| Sailor boy |
|
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| Absorbent stick |
|
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| Crime lab tool |
|
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| Q-Tip, for one |
|
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| Specimen collector |
|
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| Mop onboard |
|
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| Sailor's mop |
|
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| Do tar work |
|
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| Marine mop |
|
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| Deck cleaner |
|
|
| Evidence-collection aid |
|
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| Q-Tip tip |
|
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| Aid for collecting some samples |
|
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| Mop for a deck |
|
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| DNA lab item |
|
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| Q-tip, say |
|
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| Work on the deck |
|
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| Work on a deck |
|
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| Deck cleaner |
|
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| Cotton-tipped ear cleaner |
|
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| Medical sample |
|
|
| Work on the deck |
|
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| Mop |
|
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| Do a deck hand's job |
|
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| Criminal investigator's stick |
|
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| Deck washer |
|
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| Work on a deck |
|
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| Mop |
|
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| Aussie's "ear bud" |
|
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| Tar's mop |
|
|
| Ear-cleaning device |
|
|
| Forensic evidence collector |
|
|
| Clear the deck? |
|
|
| Mate's mop |
|
|
| Q-tip, e.g. |
|
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| Forensic evidence collector |
|
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| Ear cleaner |
|
|
| Cotton-tipped stick |
|
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| "Avast!" responder |
|
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| Mop decks |
|
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| Shipboard mop |
|
|
| Bit of cotton on a stick |
|
|
| Clean the decks |
|
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| Shipboard mop |
|
|
| Hand mop? |
|
|
| DNA-sampling tool |
|
|
| Crime lab item |
|
|
| Bit of cotton on a stick |
|
|
| Ear-cleaning implement |
|
|
| Mop, as a deck |
|
|
| Cosmetics applicator |
|
|
| Clean, as the Pequod or Bounty |
|
|
| Q-Tip, for one |
|
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| Mop the deck |
|
|
| Clean decks |
|
|
| Crack Up song to mop to? |
|
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| Clean decks |
|
|
| Hand mop? |
|
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| Crime lab item |
|
|
| Do the deck |
|
|
| Shipboard mop |
|
|
| Q-tip tip |
|
|
| Gun or ear cleaner |
|
|
| Mop the deck |
|
|
| Q-tip, e.g. |
|
|
| Tidy up topside |
|
|
| Shipboard mop |
|
|
| What tars do to decks |
|
|
| Mariner's mop |
|
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| Deck washer |
|
|
| Wash, in a way |
|
|
| Sailor |
|
|
| Wash, in a way |
|
|
| Q-tip |
|
|
| DNA collector, perhaps |
|
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| Tar (m) |
|
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| Sailor |
|
|
| CSI's DNA collector |
|
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| Tar (m) |
|
|
| Forensic evidence collector |
|
|
| Clean, as a deck |
|
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| Q-tip, for example |
|
|
| Use a Q-tip |
|
|
| Medium for a medical sample |
|
|
| Seaborne lackey |
|
|
| Mate with a mop |
|
|
| Clear the deck? |
|
|
| Shipboard mop |
|
|
| Use a Q-tip |
|
|
| Clear the deck? |
|
|
| Mop |
|
|
| Shipboard mop |
|
|
| Nautical mop |
|
|
| Tar |
|
|
| Cotton product |
|
|
| Q-tip, for one |
|
|
| Mop |
|
|
| Marine's mop |
|
|
| Deck scrubber |
|
|
| Deck cleaner |
|
|
| Tar's mop |
|
|
| Clean with a mop |
|
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| Tar |
|
|
| DNA-sample collector |
|
|
| Sailor |
|
|
| Tidy up topside |
|
|
| Mop |
|
|
| Q-Tip, e.g. |
|
|
| Specimen collector |
|
|
| Q-tip, for one |
|
|
| Tar's mop |
|
|
| Ointment applicator |
|
|
| Ointment applicator |
|
|
| Mop, as the deck |
|
|
| What tars do to decks |
|
|
| Absorbent stick |
|
|
| Firearm bore cleaner |
|
|
| Mariner's mop |
|
|
| Mop, as the deck |
|
|
| Do the deck |
|
|
| Specimen collector |
|
|
| Clean with a mop |
|
|
| Barrel cleaner |
|
|
| Clean, in a way |
|
|
| Wield a mop |
|
|
| Q-tip, e.g. |
|
|
| Q-tip, e.g. |
|
|
| Hit the deck? |
|
|
| Wield a mop |
|
|
| Mop, as decks |
|
|
| Clean, as a deck |
|
|
| Wipe up |
|
|
| Q-tip |
|
|
| Clean the deck |
|
|
| Do a salt's job |
|
|
| Mop up |
|
|
| Q-tip, e.g. |
|
|
| Take a DNA sample, perhaps |
|
|
| Cotton product |
|
|
| Ear cleaner |
|
|
| Clean a deck |
|
|
| "Avast!" responder |
|
|
| Mate with a mop |
|
|
| Large mop |
|
|
| Q-tip, for one |
|
|
| Tar |
|
|
| Mate with a mop |
|
|
| Clean the deck |
|
|
| Clean the deck |
|
|
| Tar |
|
|
| Q-Tip, e.g. |
|
|
| Popeye's mop |
|
|
| Cotton-tipped cleaner |
|
|
| Gun barrel cleaner |
|
|
| Q-tip |
|
|
| Clean the deck |
|
|
| Clean with a mop |
|
|
| Q-tip, e.g. |
|
|
| Wound cleaner |
|
|
| Sailor |
|
|
| Clean the deck |
|
|
| Do a deckhand's job |
|
|
| Sailor |
|
|
| Mariner's mop |
|
|
| He may be on deck |
|
|
| Deck cleaner |
|
|
| Clean with a mop |
|
|
| Cotton-tipped cleaner |
|
|
| Do the decks |
|
|
| Deck cleaner |
|
|
| Sea dog |
|
|
| Gun cleaner |
|
|
| Clean the orlop |
|
|
| Cotton on a stick |
|
|
| Nautical mop |
|
|
| One on deck |
|
|
| Forensic evidence collector |
|
|
| Wash the deck |
|
|
| Sailor's mop |
|
|
| Clean decks |
|
|
| Mop, as the deck |
|
|
| Clean the decks |
|
|
| Specimen collector |
|
|
| Q-Tip, for one |
|
|
| Culture transferer |
|
|
| Make a ship shipshape |
|
|
| Mop on board |
|
|
| Do the deck |
|
|
| Ear cleaner |
|
|
| Medium for a medical sample |
|
|
| Matey |
|
|
| Cotton ball |
|
|
| Mop |
|
|
| Sailor's mop |
|
|
| Cotton ball |
|
|
| Tar |
|
|
| Q-tip |
|
|
| Q-tip tip |
|
|
| Clear the deck? |
|
|
| Stick it in your ear! |
|
|
| Nurse's item |
|
|
| Q-Tip, e.g. |
|
|
| Tar |
|
|
| Sailor boy |
|
|
| Shipboard mop |
|
|
| Q-Tip, for one |
|
|
| Salt's mop |
|
|
| Use a mop |
|
|
| Q-Tip, for one |
|
|
| Mop the orlop |
|
|
| Q-Tip |
|
|
| Clean the deck |
|
|
| Do a deck hand's job |
|
|
| Clean the poop deck |
|
|
| Mop, as decks |
|
|
| Cotton ball |
|
|
| Do a deckhand's job |
|
|
| Med lab specimen |
|
|
| Q-Tip, for example |
|
|
| Mop |
|
|
| Yarn mop |
|
|
| Wash the deck |
|
|
| Hit the deck? |
|
|
| Cotton ball |
|
|
| Use a mop |
|
|
| Mop up |
|
|
| Sailor, informally |
|
|
| Nurse's stick |
|
|
| Clean the orlop |
|
|
| Orlop mop |
|
|
| Clean the deck |
|
|
| Cotton on a stick |
|
|
| Mop the deck |
|
|
| Ship's mop |
|
|
| Tar's cleaner |
|
|
| Tar's mop |
|
|
| Deck mop |
|
|
| Gob's mop |
|
|
| Orlop cleaner |
|
|
| Gun brush |
|
|
| Cosmetics applier |
|
|
| Gob |
|
|
| Clean an orlop |
|
|
| Applicator |
|
|
| Brush for cleaning a gun barrel |
|
|
| Do a sailor's job |
|
|
| Medical applicator |
|
|
| Do a deck job |
|
|
| Mop or sponge |
|
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| Deckhand's need |
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| Cotton stick |
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| Wash the deck |
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| Sailor's gear |
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| Mop. |
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| Deck mop. |
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| Clean (up). |
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| Wipe up. |
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| Sponge. |
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| Clean, as decks. |
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| Applicator. |
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| Clean, as floors or decks. |
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| Sailor's cleaning tool. |
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| Clean the deck. |
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| Mop up. |
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| Kind of mop. |
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| Canal cleaner |
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