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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Q-tip, e.g. |
Commuter |
30 Dec 2023 |
Saw disheartened sailor clean deck |
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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 |
Surgeon wipes around bowel openings to take a sample |
The Guardian Cryptic |
08 Nov 2023 |
Cotton ___ (Q-Tip) |
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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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Cotton-tipped stick |
Premier Sunday |
23 Oct 2022 |
Q-tip |
Family Time |
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 |
The Washington Post |
14 Sep 2019 |
Makeup-applying aid |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
DNA sample collector |
USA Today |
08 Jun 2019 |
Tar |
New York Times |
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 |
The Washington Post |
19 Feb 2019 |
Q-tip |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2019 |
Q-tip, e.g |
Universal |
14 Feb 2019 |
Q-tip, for example |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Feb 2019 |
Stick in a cabinet, say |
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Q-tip, e.g. |
|
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Acquisition of a DNA specimen |
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Tar |
|
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Makeup-applying aid |
|
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Clear the decks? |
|
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DNA collector |
|
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Deckhand's tool |
|
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Stick in a genealogy kit |
|
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Deckhand |
|
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Q-tip |
|
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Q-tip tip |
|
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Q-tip, for example |
|
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DNA sample collector |
|
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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 |
Deck disinfector |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jun 2018 |
Clear the decks |
Thomas Joseph |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2018 |
Cleaning tool |
The Washington Post |
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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Deck disinfector |
|
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Cotton-tipped stick |
|
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Cotton on a stick |
|
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Take a mop to |
|
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Salt |
|
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Cleaning tool |
|
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Q-tip, for one |
|
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Mop |
|
|
Q-tip, e.g. |
|
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Tool for taking a DNA sample |
|
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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 |
Lowly navy person |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2017 |
Shipboard resident |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2017 |
Shipboard resident |
The Washington Post |
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 |
Lowly navy person |
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Make shipshape, as a ship |
|
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Navy enlistee, informally |
|
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Sailor, or a sailor's implement |
|
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Mariner's mop |
|
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Mop, as decks |
|
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Shipboard resident |
|
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Ear cleaner |
|
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DNA collection stick |
|
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Mop |
|
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Mop, as ship decks |
|
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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 |
|
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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 |
23 Across cleaner |
|
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Q-Tip, for one |
|
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Maritime mop |
|
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Absorbent stick |
|
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Sailor boy |
|
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Specimen collector |
|
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Forensic investigator's item |
|
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Deckhand |
|
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One standing on deck |
|
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Crime lab tool |
|
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Q-Tip tip |
|
|
Q-tip, say |
|
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Deck cleaner |
|
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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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Sailor's mop |
|
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Marine mop |
|
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Evidence-collection aid |
|
|
Do tar work |
|
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Mop onboard |
|
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Work on the deck |
|
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Criminal investigator's stick |
|
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Work on a deck |
|
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Deck washer |
|
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Cotton-tipped ear cleaner |
|
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Deck cleaner |
|
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Medical sample |
|
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Work on the deck |
|
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Mop |
|
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Work on a deck |
|
|
Do a deck hand's job |
|
|
Tar's mop |
|
|
Cotton-tipped stick |
|
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"Avast!" responder |
|
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Mop decks |
|
|
Shipboard mop |
|
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Clean the decks |
|
|
Shipboard mop |
|
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Ear cleaner |
|
|
Forensic evidence collector |
|
|
Bit of cotton on a stick |
|
|
Mate's mop |
|
|
Q-tip, e.g. |
|
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Clear the deck? |
|
|
Forensic evidence collector |
|
|
Aussie's "ear bud" |
|
|
Mop |
|
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Ear-cleaning device |
|
|
Clean decks |
|
|
Clean, as the Pequod or Bounty |
|
|
DNA-sampling tool |
|
|
Hand mop? |
|
|
Bit of cotton on a stick |
|
|
Crack Up song to mop to? |
|
|
Crime lab item |
|
|
Q-Tip, for one |
|
|
Mop the deck |
|
|
Clean decks |
|
|
Crime lab item |
|
|
Hand mop? |
|
|
Ear-cleaning implement |
|
|
Mop, as a deck |
|
|
Cosmetics applicator |
|
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Gun or ear cleaner |
|
|
Shipboard mop |
|
|
What tars do to decks |
|
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Deck washer |
|
|
Mop the deck |
|
|
Shipboard mop |
|
|
Q-tip, e.g. |
|
|
Tidy up topside |
|
|
Do the deck |
|
|
Mariner's mop |
|
|
Q-tip tip |
|
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DNA collector, perhaps |
|
|
CSI's DNA collector |
|
|
Clean, as a deck |
|
|
Tar (m) |
|
|
Q-tip |
|
|
Q-tip, for example |
|
|
Sailor |
|
|
Forensic evidence collector |
|
|
Wash, in a way |
|
|
Wash, in a way |
|
|
Sailor |
|
|
Tar (m) |
|
|
Use a Q-tip |
|
|
Clear the deck? |
|
|
Shipboard mop |
|
|
Use a Q-tip |
|
|
Mop |
|
|
Medium for a medical sample |
|
|
Seaborne lackey |
|
|
Mate with a mop |
|
|
Clear the deck? |
|
|
Shipboard mop |
|
|
Q-tip, for one |
|
|
Q-Tip, e.g. |
|
|
Marine's mop |
|
|
Nautical mop |
|
|
Mop |
|
|
Tidy up topside |
|
|
Deck scrubber |
|
|
Tar |
|
|
Tar's mop |
|
|
Tar |
|
|
Sailor |
|
|
Q-tip, for one |
|
|
DNA-sample collector |
|
|
Deck cleaner |
|
|
Specimen collector |
|
|
Cotton product |
|
|
Mop |
|
|
Tar's mop |
|
|
Clean with a mop |
|
|
Mop, as the deck |
|
|
What tars do to decks |
|
|
Mariner's mop |
|
|
Firearm bore cleaner |
|
|
Absorbent stick |
|
|
Do the deck |
|
|
Specimen collector |
|
|
Clean with a mop |
|
|
Wield a mop |
|
|
Q-tip, e.g. |
|
|
Barrel cleaner |
|
|
Ointment applicator |
|
|
Clean, in a way |
|
|
Ointment applicator |
|
|
Q-tip, e.g. |
|
|
Wield a mop |
|
|
Mop, as the deck |
|
|
Hit the deck? |
|
|
Q-tip |
|
|
Do a salt's job |
|
|
Take a DNA sample, perhaps |
|
|
Q-tip, e.g. |
|
|
Clean, as a deck |
|
|
Clean a deck |
|
|
Clean the deck |
|
|
Ear cleaner |
|
|
Wipe up |
|
|
Cotton product |
|
|
Mop, as decks |
|
|
Mop up |
|
|
Clean the deck |
|
|
Q-tip, for one |
|
|
Large mop |
|
|
Q-tip |
|
|
Tar |
|
|
Mate with a mop |
|
|
Clean the deck |
|
|
Q-Tip, e.g. |
|
|
Popeye's mop |
|
|
Cotton-tipped cleaner |
|
|
"Avast!" responder |
|
|
Gun barrel cleaner |
|
|
Tar |
|
|
Mate with a mop |
|
|
Sea dog |
|
|
Do the decks |
|
|
Mariner's mop |
|
|
Sailor |
|
|
Nautical mop |
|
|
Clean the orlop |
|
|
Do a deckhand's job |
|
|
Wound cleaner |
|
|
Cotton on a stick |
|
|
Clean the deck |
|
|
Deck cleaner |
|
|
Clean with a mop |
|
|
He may be on deck |
|
|
Q-tip, e.g. |
|
|
One on deck |
|
|
Clean the deck |
|
|
Deck cleaner |
|
|
Cotton-tipped cleaner |
|
|
Clean with a mop |
|
|
Sailor |
|
|
Forensic evidence collector |
|
|
Gun cleaner |
|
|
Sailor's mop |
|
|
Q-Tip, for one |
|
|
Wash the deck |
|
|
Specimen collector |
|
|
Mop, as the deck |
|
|
Make a ship shipshape |
|
|
Culture transferer |
|
|
Clean decks |
|
|
Clean the decks |
|
|
Cotton ball |
|
|
Matey |
|
|
Do the deck |
|
|
Medium for a medical sample |
|
|
Mop |
|
|
Tar |
|
|
Mop on board |
|
|
Ear cleaner |
|
|
Cotton ball |
|
|
Sailor's mop |
|
|
Clear the deck? |
|
|
Tar |
|
|
Shipboard mop |
|
|
Q-tip |
|
|
Sailor boy |
|
|
Q-Tip, for one |
|
|
Nurse's item |
|
|
Stick it in your ear! |
|
|
Q-tip tip |
|
|
Q-Tip, e.g. |
|
|
Salt's mop |
|
|
Mop the orlop |
|
|
Q-Tip, for one |
|
|
Clean the deck |
|
|
Use a mop |
|
|
Q-Tip |
|
|
Do a deck hand's job |
|
|
Clean the poop deck |
|
|
Mop, as decks |
|
|
Cotton ball |
|
|
Do a deckhand's job |
|
|
Mop |
|
|
Med lab specimen |
|
|
Q-Tip, for example |
|
|
Yarn mop |
|
|
Wash the deck |
|
|
Cotton ball |
|
|
Use a mop |
|
|
Hit the deck? |
|
|
Mop up |
|
|
Sailor, informally |
|
|
Nurse's stick |
|
|
Orlop mop |
|
|
Clean the orlop |
|
|
Clean the deck |
|
|
Cotton on a stick |
|
|
Mop the deck |
|
|
Tar's mop |
|
|
Ship's mop |
|
|
Deck mop |
|
|
Tar's cleaner |
|
|
Orlop cleaner |
|
|
Gun brush |
|
|
Gob's mop |
|
|
Cosmetics applier |
|
|
Applicator |
|
|
Clean an orlop |
|
|
Gob |
|
|
Brush for cleaning a gun barrel |
|
|
Do a sailor's job |
|
|
Mop or sponge |
|
|
Do a deck job |
|
|
Medical applicator |
|
|
Deckhand's need |
|
|
Cotton stick |
|
|
Wash the deck |
|
|
Sailor's gear |
|
|
Mop. |
|
|
Clean (up). |
|
|
Deck mop. |
|
|
Sponge. |
|
|
Wipe up. |
|
|
Clean, as decks. |
|
|
Applicator. |
|
|
Clean, as floors or decks. |
|
|
Sailor's cleaning tool. |
|
|
Clean the deck. |
|
|
Mop up. |
|
|
Kind of mop. |
|
|
Canal cleaner |
|
|