Crossword Clues for SWAB

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DNA sample implement New York Times 10 May 2026
Saw discontented sailor use mop? The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Mar 2026
Mop, like a deck USA Today 25 Mar 2026
Q-tip, e.g. New York Times Midi 20 Mar 2026
Ear cleaner Eugene Sheffer 24 Feb 2026
Cotton ___ (Q-tip)
Clear the decks? Eugene Sheffer 30 Dec 2025
Absorbent cotton pad (4) Puzzler 10 Dec 2025
Piece of cotton wool for cleaning wounds The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 25 Nov 2025
Q-tip, e.g. USA Today 13 Oct 2025
Deckhand LA Times Daily 09 Oct 2025
Mop was horribly black (4) The Sun Two Speed 29 Sep 2025
Cornish sailor's mop? (4) The Sun Two Speed 25 Aug 2025
Mop was horribly black (4) The Sun Two Speed 16 Aug 2025
Sample collector Newsday 16 Aug 2025
Use a mop on USA Today 27 Jul 2025
Part of an at-home COVID 44-Across Universal 27 Jul 2025
Medical specimen The Sun Two Speed 20 Jul 2025
Cornish sailor's mop? The Sun Two Speed 20 Jul 2025
DNA kit item LA Times Mini 13 Jul 2025
Medical sponge (4)
DNA kit item USA Today 22 May 2025
(Cotton [?) the deck] USA Today Quick 17 May 2025
Do a spit take? New York Times 14 May 2025
Step in many COVID tests
Ear-cleaning implement Newsday 06 May 2025
Sailor's mop Newsday 20 Apr 2025
Mop up what's left at the bottom by the sailor (4)
Test kit item LA Times Daily 18 Apr 2025
Mop (the decks) The Sun Mini 17 Apr 2025
Tool in a DNA kit USA Today 30 Mar 2025
What is a sponge used in surgery? (4)
Item in a COVID-19 test
Mop sides in scow with sailor (4)
Q-Tip Family Time 24 Feb 2025
A Q-Tip is one Family Time 23 Feb 2025
Cotton ___ (Q-Tip)
Son with a black mop The Times Sunday Cryptic 26 Jan 2025
Absorbent pad or bud for taking medical samples The Times Specialist 20 Jan 2025
Sailor's mop USA Today 19 Jan 2025
Sister wipes a baby initially using this? (4)
DNA sample tool Wall Street Journal 03 Dec 2024
Medical specimen The Sun Two Speed 26 Nov 2024
Mop was horribly black The Sun Two Speed 26 Nov 2024
Medical specimen The Sun Two Speed 19 Nov 2024
Cornish sailor's mop? The Sun Two Speed 19 Nov 2024
Mop was used on board first (4)
DNA collector, sometimes Wall Street Journal 14 Nov 2024
Clean with a mop Puzzler Backwords 08 Nov 2024
Q-tip, for example Wall Street Journal 05 Nov 2024
Directions to a sailor from a lubber (4)
What mopper-up used was changed by bleach initially (4)
(Cotton [___ the deck]
(Cotton [?) the deck] USA Today Quick 16 Oct 2024
Specimen was treated with boron (4)
Wound-cleaning cotton ball
Clear the decks? Eugene Sheffer 25 Sep 2024
Q-Tip, e.g. Commuter 18 Sep 2024
Wash with a mop
Q-tip, e.g. LA Times Daily 11 Sep 2024
COVID test component Universal 11 Sep 2024
Surgical sponge (4)
Adsorbent pad used in surgery
Piece of cotton for cleaning a wound
Pad of cotton wool
Safety __ (cotton-tip makeup applicator) Newsday 21 Aug 2024
Q-tip, for instance New York Times Mini 08 Aug 2024
Test kit item Wall Street Journal 16 Jul 2024
Item in a COVID-19 test kit
Q-tip, for instance USA Today 12 Jul 2024
Old Bob, (worker's leader) and a sailor use a mop (4)
DNA sample collector Universal 29 Jun 2024
Covid test component New York Times 21 Jun 2024
Mop was terribly black (4)
Forensic lab sample
Cotton ___ (stick like a Q-tip)
Clean the decks for surgical inspection, perhaps (4)
Q-tip, e.g. Commuter 29 Apr 2024
Lubberly ways, to a seaman (4)
Q-tip, for one USA Today 15 Apr 2024
Cotton for cleaning (4)
Absorbent cotton pad used in surgery
Clean ship's prow with sailor
Crime lab item Eugene Sheffer 06 Mar 2024
Long-running drama in a bar maybe (4)
Specimen taken from a wound (4)
Was exchanging second-class mop (4)
Use a mop The Guardian Quick 08 Feb 2024
Mop, matey!
Mop, on deck Universal 18 Jan 2024
Mop. on deck
Q-tip, e.g. Commuter 30 Dec 2023
Saw disheartened sailor clean deck
Q-tip, e.g. Universal 25 Dec 2023
Lowly deckhand New York Times 17 Dec 2023
Large ship's mop
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)
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
Q-Tip, e.g.
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
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)
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
DNA sample tool Thomas Joseph 08 Feb 2022
Mop
Mop LA Times Daily 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?
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
Q-Tip, for one
Sailor's beginning with a bucket initially and mop
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
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
Multi-purpose cotton wad
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
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
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
Q-tip, e.g Universal 14 Feb 2019
Q-tip, for example Wall Street Journal 04 Feb 2019
Deckhand's tool
Q-tip
Makeup-applying aid
Q-tip tip
Clear the decks?
DNA collector
Deckhand
Stick in a cabinet, say
Tar
Q-tip, e.g.
DNA sample collector
Stick in a genealogy kit
Acquisition of a DNA specimen
Q-tip, for example
Ointment applicator
Cornish sailor's mop on board
Tool for taking a DNA sample Wall Street Journal 06 Nov 2018
Mop New York Times 28 Oct 2018
Salt
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
See 33-Across
Sailor, informally Newsday 06 May 2018
Cleaning tool LA Times Daily 03 May 2018
Cleaning tool
Cotton ___ (Q-Tip)
Wound-cleaner The Telegraph Quick 20 Mar 2018
Cleaner The Telegraph Quick 24 Feb 2018
Was around with big crime lab tool
Cotton-tipped stick USA Today 15 Feb 2018
Cornish sailor's mop?
Q-tip, for one
Cotton on a stick
Salt
Mop
Q-tip, e.g.
Deck disinfector
Take a mop to
Tool for taking a DNA sample
Cleaning tool
Cotton-tipped stick
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
Shipboard resident LA Times Daily 13 Oct 2017
Post recovery, Abbas was regularly in need of a phlebotomist
Opens surgery with a key? Presumably that's on the doctor's orders!
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 LA Times Daily 01 May 2017
Mop, as decks
It's used to clean edges of surgeon's instrument — Boatman closes it
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
Mop
Mop, as decks
Shipboard resident
Lowly navy person
Make shipshape, as a ship
Navy enlistee, informally
Mop, as ship decks
DNA collection stick
Ear cleaner
Mariner's mop
Sailor, or a sailor's implement
Mop, as a deck New York Times 16 Nov 2016
Q-Tip, e.g Universal 09 Nov 2016
Mop
Deck cleaner USA Today 25 Sep 2016
Clean sore with antiseptic balm initially
Clear the deck?
Saw new job at last for cleaner in theatre The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Jun 2016
DNA collector, perhaps
Forensic evidence collector
Small women rating cleaning equipment The Telegraph Toughie 18 Mar 2016
Deck mop Universal 04 Jan 2016
Deck cleaner
Mop, as a deck
Deck mop
Deckhand
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
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
Sailor boy
Forensic investigator's item
23 Across cleaner
Maritime mop
Specimen collector
Q-Tip, for one
Absorbent stick
Deckhand
Crime lab tool
One standing on deck
Aid for collecting some samples
Q-tip, say
Do tar work
Mop onboard
Q-Tip tip
Sailor's mop
Marine mop
Evidence-collection aid
Deck cleaner
DNA lab item
Mop for a deck
Do a deck hand's job
Work on the deck
Work on a deck
Mop
Deck washer
Work on a deck
Work on the deck
Criminal investigator's stick
Deck cleaner
Medical sample
Cotton-tipped ear cleaner
Aussie's "ear bud"
Shipboard mop
Tar's mop
Forensic evidence collector
Mop
Cotton-tipped stick
Clear the deck?
Mate's mop
Q-tip, e.g.
Clean the decks
Shipboard mop
"Avast!" responder
Mop decks
Bit of cotton on a stick
Forensic evidence collector
Ear cleaner
Ear-cleaning device
Crack Up song to mop to?
Crime lab item
Hand mop?
Ear-cleaning implement
Mop, as a deck
DNA-sampling tool
Bit of cotton on a stick
Hand mop?
Clean decks
Clean decks
Mop the deck
Cosmetics applicator
Q-Tip, for one
Clean, as the Pequod or Bounty
Crime lab item
Gun or ear cleaner
Shipboard mop
Do the deck
What tars do to decks
Mop the deck
Q-tip, e.g.
Q-tip tip
Shipboard mop
Tidy up topside
Deck washer
Mariner's mop
Wash, in a way
CSI's DNA collector
Forensic evidence collector
DNA collector, perhaps
Wash, in a way
Tar (m)
Clean, as a deck
Sailor
Q-tip
Tar (m)
Sailor
Q-tip, for example
Mop
Medium for a medical sample
Use a Q-tip
Seaborne lackey
Clear the deck?
Shipboard mop
Mate with a mop
Clear the deck?
Shipboard mop
Use a Q-tip
Tar
Marine's mop
Deck scrubber
Tar
Tar's mop
Q-tip, for one
Specimen collector
DNA-sample collector
Mop
Mop
Tar's mop
Cotton product
Sailor
Deck cleaner
Nautical mop
Clean with a mop
Q-Tip, e.g.
Q-tip, for one
Tidy up topside
Q-tip, e.g.
Hit the deck?
Wield a mop
Ointment applicator
Mop, as the deck
What tars do to decks
Ointment applicator
Q-tip, e.g.
Wield a mop
Barrel cleaner
Clean with a mop
Do the deck
Clean, in a way
Specimen collector
Absorbent stick
Firearm bore cleaner
Mariner's mop
Mop, as the deck
Ear cleaner
Mop, as decks
Take a DNA sample, perhaps
Mop up
Q-tip, e.g.
Do a salt's job
Wipe up
Clean, as a deck
Q-tip
Clean the deck
Clean a deck
Cotton product
Gun barrel cleaner
Clean the deck
Mate with a mop
Large mop
Q-Tip, e.g.
Q-tip
Clean the deck
Popeye's mop
Cotton-tipped cleaner
Q-tip, for one
"Avast!" responder
Tar
Tar
Mate with a mop
He may be on deck
Q-tip, e.g.
One on deck
Do the decks
Nautical mop
Clean the orlop
Wound cleaner
Sailor
Clean the deck
Do a deckhand's job
Forensic evidence collector
Cotton on a stick
Gun cleaner
Sailor
Cotton-tipped cleaner
Deck cleaner
Clean with a mop
Clean the deck
Deck cleaner
Clean with a mop
Mariner's mop
Sea dog
Specimen collector
Clean the decks
Culture transferer
Mop, as the deck
Wash the deck
Make a ship shipshape
Sailor's mop
Clean decks
Q-Tip, for one
Tar
Cotton ball
Mop
Medium for a medical sample
Cotton ball
Sailor's mop
Do the deck
Ear cleaner
Matey
Mop on board
Stick it in your ear!
Salt's mop
Q-tip tip
Tar
Q-tip
Sailor boy
Q-Tip, e.g.
Nurse's item
Clear the deck?
Q-Tip, for one
Shipboard mop
Use a mop
Clean the deck
Q-Tip, for one
Q-Tip
Do a deck hand's job
Mop the orlop
Mop, as decks
Clean the poop deck
Cotton ball
Q-Tip, for example
Do a deckhand's job
Mop
Med lab specimen
Yarn mop
Wash the deck
Hit the deck?
Cotton ball
Use a mop
Mop up
Nurse's stick
Sailor, informally
Clean the orlop
Orlop mop
Clean the deck
Cotton on a stick
Mop the deck
Tar's mop
Tar's cleaner
Deck mop
Ship's mop
Gun brush
Orlop cleaner
Gob's mop
Cosmetics applier
Applicator
Clean an orlop
Gob
Brush for cleaning a gun barrel
Do a sailor's job
Medical applicator
Do a deck job
Mop or sponge
Cotton stick
Deckhand's need
Wash the deck
Sailor's gear
Deck mop.
Kind of mop.
Canal cleaner
Mop up.
Clean the deck.
Sailor's cleaning tool.
Clean, as floors or decks.
Applicator.
Clean, as decks.
Clean (up).
Wipe up.
Sponge.
Mop.
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