Be a sponger, thus meriting the term 'swab'? (4) |
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Wife has pie fragments to brush off (4) |
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Eliminate, ... out |
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Erase first signs of weakness impairing potential exercise (4) |
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Clean with a cloth |
Puzzler Backwords |
28 Feb 2024 |
Expunge completely |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2024 |
Dry dishes, e.g.; erase computer data (4) |
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___ out (fall down) |
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Completely erase |
Universal |
29 Jan 2024 |
Rub clean or dry with a cloth (4) |
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Erase |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2024 |
Use a napkin on |
USA Today |
12 Jan 2024 |
Clean with a cloth |
Universal |
11 Jan 2024 |
Clean, as a windshield |
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The blades that sweep your windscreen do this (4) |
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Clear, as a computer |
Universal |
16 Dec 2023 |
Use a rag on |
USA Today |
27 Oct 2023 |
Use a sponge |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Oct 2023 |
Use a squeegee |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Oct 2023 |
Use a cleaning cloth on |
New York Times |
13 Sep 2023 |
Clean off with a towel |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2023 |
Use a sponge |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jul 2023 |
Use a napkin on |
USA Today |
28 Jun 2023 |
Clean with a towel |
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Moist towelette |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2023 |
Use a sponge |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 May 2023 |
Dry off with a towel |
Newsday |
02 May 2023 |
Clean, as a window |
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Sanitizing cloth |
LA Times Daily |
20 Mar 2023 |
Use a napkin on |
Universal |
13 Mar 2023 |
Clean with a cloth |
Universal |
03 Mar 2023 |
Transition effect famously used in 'Star Wars' films |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2023 |
Dry with a towel, say |
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Disposable cleaning aid |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Nov 2022 |
Clear, as data |
LA Times Daily |
11 Oct 2022 |
Erase, like a hard drive |
USA Today |
01 Oct 2022 |
Erase completely |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2022 |
Rub lightly |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Sep 2022 |
After-dinner convenience |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2022 |
Clear, as a windshield |
Wall Street Journal |
24 May 2022 |
Use a sponge on |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Apr 2022 |
Rub with a cloth |
USA Today |
30 Mar 2022 |
Clean with a towel |
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Clean, as a window |
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Use a cloth on |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2021 |
Our team may keep one piano clean |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Nov 2021 |
Use a napkin on |
USA Today |
10 Oct 2021 |
Polish strike has no leader |
Irish Times Crosaire |
27 Aug 2021 |
Rub, as one's brow |
The Washington Post Sunday |
11 Jul 2021 |
Use a napkin |
Family Time |
11 Apr 2021 |
Modern grocery store freebie |
Universal |
31 Mar 2021 |
Clear off |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2021 |
Erase |
The Washington Post Sunday |
28 Feb 2021 |
Remove stolen contents |
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Film editing transition |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Feb 2021 |
Dust with a cloth |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2021 |
Last word in the title of seven annual Christmas TV shows featuring the comedian Charlie Brooker |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
27 Dec 2020 |
Disinfectant sheet |
Jonesin |
17 Nov 2020 |
Wet-Nap, for one |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2020 |
Sanitizing cloth |
LA Times Daily |
28 Aug 2020 |
Sanitizing cloth |
The Washington Post |
28 Aug 2020 |
Rub, as with a cloth |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Jul 2020 |
Rub clean |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jul 2020 |
Clean completely, with ''up'' |
Newsday |
15 May 2020 |
Use a sponge on |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Apr 2020 |
Rub clean |
USA Today |
04 Apr 2020 |
Film segue, perhaps |
Jonesin |
24 Mar 2020 |
Use a sponge |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Jan 2020 |
Polish strike has no leader |
Irish Times Crosaire |
25 Oct 2019 |
Clean off with a towel |
Newsday |
21 Oct 2019 |
Erase, with ''out'' |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2019 |
Moist towelette |
The Washington Post |
01 Sep 2019 |
Moist towelette |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2019 |
Dry with a towel |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2019 |
Towel, say, from Women's Institute? Extremely probable |
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Polish on the margins of wind energy in Europe |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Jul 2019 |
Dry off, as dishes |
Newsday |
08 Jul 2019 |
Single-use cleaning aid |
The New Yorker |
17 Jun 2019 |
Clean a counter, say |
Universal |
09 May 2019 |
Use a sponge on |
Wall Street Journal |
06 May 2019 |
Disposable towelette |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2019 |
Remove stains from a window |
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Completely erase |
The Washington Post |
08 Mar 2019 |
Completely erase |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2019 |
Erase |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2019 |
Clean the windshield with a cloth |
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Disposable towelette |
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Moist towelette |
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Use a sponge on |
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Completely erase |
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Erase |
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Clean a counter, say |
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Wet ___ (disposable cleaning tissue) |
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Use a dishrag on |
Family Time |
10 Dec 2018 |
Delete, as data |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Nov 2018 |
Disposable in a diaper bag |
USA Today |
05 Sep 2018 |
Clean (off) |
New York Times |
13 Aug 2018 |
Clean, as windows |
Universal |
13 Jun 2018 |
Use a napkin on |
Family Time |
21 May 2018 |
Run a cloth over |
Universal |
14 May 2018 |
Dry dishes |
Universal |
05 Mar 2018 |
Film editor's gradual transition |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2018 |
Help with the dishes |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2018 |
Disposable in a diaper bag |
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Run a cloth over |
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Clean (off) |
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Clean, as windows |
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Delete, as data |
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Film editor's gradual transition |
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No head on Nick's mop |
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Moist towelette |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2017 |
Rub dry |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2017 |
Cleanse |
Canadiana |
31 Jul 2017 |
Remove glass cleaner |
Universal |
17 Jul 2017 |
Run a towel over something |
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Film editor's technique |
Wall Street Journal |
04 May 2017 |
Get rid of paste coming out of waste pipe |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Feb 2017 |
Rub clean with a circular motion |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Feb 2017 |
Wet-Nap, e.g |
USA Today |
30 Jan 2017 |
Moist towelette |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2017 |
Remove glass cleaner |
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Moist towelette |
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Dry dishes |
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Wet-Nap, e.g. |
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Put a squeegee to work |
Universal |
24 Dec 2016 |
Car-wash conclusion |
Newsday |
03 Nov 2016 |
Group of ladies training to use cloth |
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Film transition choice |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Sep 2016 |
Diaper changer's cleaner |
The Washington Post |
16 Jul 2016 |
Use a sponge |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Jul 2016 |
Scene shift, in a movie |
USA Today |
05 Jul 2016 |
Erase completely |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2016 |
Erase completely |
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Scene shift, in a movie |
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Put a squeegee to work |
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Clean exercises for women's group? |
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Clear of moisture, as a windshield |
The Washington Post |
10 Dec 2015 |
Dry with a towel |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2015 |
Use a squeegee |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Aug 2015 |
Use a napkin on |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
08 May 2015 |
Picnic cleaner |
LA Times Daily |
26 Apr 2015 |
Cleaning cloth |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2015 |
Picnic cleaner |
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Cleaning cloth |
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Dry with a towel |
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Clear of moisture, as a windshield |
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Use a napkin on |
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One employed in women's gym to clean |
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Squeegee |
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Dry, in a way |
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Utterly wear out, in slang |
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Clean with a rag |
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Car-wash conclusion |
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Help with the dishes |
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Clear the windshield |
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Erase, as a hard drive |
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Remove |
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Disposable cleaning aid |
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Film-editing segue technique |
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Certain film transition |
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Napkin, e.g. |
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Towelette |
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Clean with a rag |
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Erase, as from memory |
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Premoistened cloth |
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Squeegee, e.g. |
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Use a rag on |
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Clean with a rag |
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Erase, as from memory |
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Premoistened cloth |
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Squeegee, e.g. |
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Use a rag on |
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Use a paper towel |
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Use a dish towel |
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Group of women given gym to mop |
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Towelette |
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Clean the windshield |
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Use a squeegee on |
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Run a towel over |
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Use a dust rag on |
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Use a dust rag on |
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Sponge (off) |
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Use a dish towel |
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Use a moist towelette |
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Sponge (off) |
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Rub dry |
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Help with the dishes |
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Exhaust, with "out" |
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Rub dry |
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Baby bottom cleaner |
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Baby bottom cleaner |
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Use a doormat |
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Nursery cleaner |
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Squeegee |
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Use a napkin on |
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Use a towel on |
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Clean (off) |
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Use a napkin on |
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Use a towel on |
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Cinematic scene-changer |
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Help the dishwasher, perhaps |
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Towelette, e.g. |
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Dry, as dishes |
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Film-edit effect |
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Use a towel on |
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Towel (off) |
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Squeegee |
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Use a napkin |
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Disposable cleaning aid |
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Movie editor's technique |
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Use a squeegee on |
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Premoistened towelette |
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Use a damp cloth |
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Do dish duty |
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Squeegee |
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Moist towelette |
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Towel (off) |
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Help with the dishes, in a way |
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Sponge off |
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Baby bottom cleaner |
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Sponge off |
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Help the dish washer |
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Use Charmin, say |
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Use a dishtowel |
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Use a dishtowel |
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Erase |
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Buff |
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Help with the dishes |
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Scene-changing technique |
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Efface, with "off" |
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Film segue, perhaps |
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Clean with a rag, e.g. |
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Use a towel |
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Cleaning cloth |
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Scene shift, in a movie |
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__ out (fall off one's surfboard) |
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Rub |
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Rub dry |
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Clear (off) |
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Rub |
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Work with a dishtowel |
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Film editing technique |
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Clean, as windows |
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Baby bottom cleaner |
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Clean, as windows |
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Clear off |
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Use a napkin |
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Film editing effect |
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Film editor's technique |
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Use a floor mat |
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Use a hanky on |
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Clear the windshield |
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Finish the dinner dishes |
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Erase, in a way |
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Clean dishes |
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Clean a counter |
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Cleaner's cloth |
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Paper towel, e.g. |
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Remove by rubbing |
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Use a dish towel |
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Remove the Windex |
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Remove by rubbing |
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Paper towel, e.g. |
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Use a cloth |
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Use a doormat |
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Film editor's choice |
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Rub clean |
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Cleaner's cloth |
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Dry by rubbing |
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Use a dust rag |
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Film editing technique |
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Film editing effect |
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Use a hanky |
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Help with the dishes |
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Use a sponge |
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Piece of absorbent material |
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Clean with a rag |
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Help with the dishes |
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Use a sponge |
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Efface |
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Do the dishes |
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Dry dishes |
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Rub dry |
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Dry the dishes |
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___ out (obliterate) |
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___ out (raze) |
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Clean |
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Use a dish towel |
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Clean with a cloth |
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Clean a windshield |
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Car-wash finale |
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Clean the windshield |
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Tend to the windshield |
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Rub clean |
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___ out (destroy) |
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Clear the blackboard |
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Towel |
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Help in the kitchen |
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Do dishes |
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Swab. |
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Dry off. |
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Sponge off. |
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Dry. |
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Expunge (with "out"). |
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Cancel (with "out"). |
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Clean off. |
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Rub off. |
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Dry by rubbing. |
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Help with the dishes. |
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After wash. |
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Rub. |
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Rub dry. |
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Brush. |
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Squeegee |
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Desmudge, as a touchscreen |
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Classic film transition |
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