| Clean with a towel |
|
|
| Sponge off |
Puzzler Backwords |
16 Apr 2026 |
| Dry off |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2026 |
| Clean with a cloth |
Universal |
16 Feb 2026 |
| Clean by rubbing |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Jan 2026 |
| Use a hanky on |
USA Today |
21 Jan 2026 |
| Run a rag over |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2026 |
| Clean with a towel |
|
|
| Use a sponge on |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Dec 2025 |
| Rub clean |
USA Today Quick |
14 Dec 2025 |
| Clean nick, ceiling scrubbed |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 Nov 2025 |
| Sponge off |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Nov 2025 |
| ___ the slate clean |
Universal |
22 Nov 2025 |
| Use a sponge on |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Nov 2025 |
| Clean with a towel |
|
|
| Clear, as data |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Oct 2025 |
| Hand-sanitizing product |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Rub with cloth (4) |
|
|
| Sponge off |
Puzzler Backwords |
02 Jul 2025 |
| Remove something, (4) |
|
|
| Dry with cloth |
|
|
| We accepted one penny for sponge (4) |
|
|
| Clean with a cloth |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 May 2025 |
| Squeegee, say |
|
|
| Barbecue bistro offering |
Newsday |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Use a squeegee |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Word that follows Charlie Brooker's Weekly to give the title of a 2010s BBC Two series (4) |
|
|
| Towelette |
Commuter |
06 Feb 2025 |
| Use a cleaning cloth (4) |
|
|
| Dry off with a towel |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Erase (a recording) (4) |
|
|
| Clean with a damp cloth (4) |
|
|
| What is a disposable cloth treated with a cleansing agent? (4) |
|
|
| Delete |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Common slideshow transition |
|
|
| Moist towelette |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Film editing transition |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Nov 2024 |
| Group of women training for the cloth |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Nov 2024 |
| Sponge |
Puzzler Backwords |
12 Nov 2024 |
| Use tea towel with initials perfectly embroidered (4) |
|
|
| ___ out, destroy |
The Sun Mini |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Clean by rubbing |
|
|
| Dry with a cloth |
|
|
| Clean with a towel |
|
|
| Wife has pie fragments to brush off (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
02 Oct 2024 |
| Clean |
Mirror Quick |
02 Oct 2024 |
| Clear, as a windshield |
|
|
| Towelette |
Commuter |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Expunge of all information |
|
|
| Clean the windshield |
Family Time |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Attend to a counter spill |
|
|
| Group of women training to use cloth |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jul 2024 |
| Film editing transition |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jul 2024 |
| Diaper bag cloth |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jul 2024 |
| Clean with sponge |
|
|
| Clean with a towel |
|
|
| Small, pre-wet cleaning cloth (4) |
|
|
| Dry plates, perhaps (4) |
|
|
| Be a sponger, thus meriting the term 'swab'? (4) |
|
|
| Eliminate, ... out |
|
|
| Erase first signs of weakness impairing potential exercise (4) |
|
|
| Clean with a cloth |
Puzzler Backwords |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Expunge completely |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Dry dishes, e.g.; erase computer data (4) |
|
|
| ___ out (fall down) |
|
|
| Completely erase |
Universal |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Rub clean or dry with a cloth (4) |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| The blades that sweep your windscreen do this (4) |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Clean, as a window |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Rub, as one's brow |
|
|
| Use a napkin |
Family Time |
11 Apr 2021 |
| Modern grocery store freebie |
Universal |
31 Mar 2021 |
| Clear off |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2021 |
| Erase |
|
|
| Remove stolen contents |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Wet-Nap, for one |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Sanitizing cloth |
|
|
| Sanitizing cloth |
LA Times Daily |
28 Aug 2020 |
| Rub, as with a cloth |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Use a sponge |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Jan 2020 |
| Polish strike has no leader |
|
|
| Clean off with a towel |
Newsday |
21 Oct 2019 |
| Erase, with ''out'' |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2019 |
| Moist towelette |
|
|
| Moist towelette |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2019 |
| Towel, say, from Women's Institute? Extremely probable |
|
|
| Dry with a towel |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2019 |
| Polish on the margins of wind energy in Europe |
|
|
| Dry off, as dishes |
Newsday |
08 Jul 2019 |
| Single-use cleaning aid |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Completely erase |
|
|
| Completely erase |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2019 |
| Erase |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Clean the windshield with a cloth |
|
|
| Use a sponge on |
|
|
| Moist towelette |
|
|
| Completely erase |
|
|
| Clean a counter, say |
|
|
| Disposable towelette |
|
|
| Erase |
|
|
| Wet ___ (disposable cleaning tissue) |
|
|
| 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 |
| Clean (off) |
|
|
| Run a cloth over |
|
|
| Disposable in a diaper bag |
|
|
| Clean, as windows |
|
|
| Film editor's gradual transition |
|
|
| Delete, as data |
|
|
| No head on Nick's mop |
|
|
| Moist towelette |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Rub dry |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2017 |
| Cleanse |
|
|
| Remove glass cleaner |
Universal |
17 Jul 2017 |
| Run a towel over something |
|
|
| Film editor's technique |
Wall Street Journal |
04 May 2017 |
| Get rid of paste coming out of waste pipe |
|
|
| 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 |
| Wet-Nap, e.g. |
|
|
| Remove glass cleaner |
|
|
| Moist towelette |
|
|
| Dry dishes |
|
|
| Put a squeegee to work |
Universal |
24 Dec 2016 |
| Car-wash conclusion |
Newsday |
03 Nov 2016 |
| Group of ladies training to use cloth |
|
|
| Film transition choice |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Sep 2016 |
| Diaper changer's cleaner |
|
|
| 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 |
| Put a squeegee to work |
|
|
| Scene shift, in a movie |
|
|
| Erase completely |
|
|
| Clear of moisture, as a windshield |
|
|
| Clean exercises for women's group? |
|
|
| Dry with a towel |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2015 |
| Use a squeegee |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Aug 2015 |
| Use a napkin on |
|
|
| Picnic cleaner |
LA Times Daily |
26 Apr 2015 |
| Cleaning cloth |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Cleaning cloth |
|
|
| Picnic cleaner |
|
|
| Dry with a towel |
|
|
| Use a napkin on |
|
|
| Clear of moisture, as a windshield |
|
|
| One employed in women's gym to clean |
|
|
| Erase, as a hard drive |
|
|
| Remove |
|
|
| Dry, in a way |
|
|
| Clear the windshield |
|
|
| Car-wash conclusion |
|
|
| Help with the dishes |
|
|
| Utterly wear out, in slang |
|
|
| Squeegee |
|
|
| Clean with a rag |
|
|
| Towelette |
|
|
| Use a paper towel |
|
|
| Clean with a rag |
|
|
| Erase, as from memory |
|
|
| Use a rag on |
|
|
| Squeegee, e.g. |
|
|
| Premoistened cloth |
|
|
| Erase, as from memory |
|
|
| Clean with a rag |
|
|
| Premoistened cloth |
|
|
| Film-editing segue technique |
|
|
| Disposable cleaning aid |
|
|
| Squeegee, e.g. |
|
|
| Use a dish towel |
|
|
| Napkin, e.g. |
|
|
| Certain film transition |
|
|
| Use a rag on |
|
|
| Group of women given gym to mop |
|
|
| Towelette |
|
|
| Use a squeegee on |
|
|
| Run a towel over |
|
|
| Clean the windshield |
|
|
| Help with the dishes |
|
|
| Rub dry |
|
|
| Sponge (off) |
|
|
| Use a dust rag on |
|
|
| Use a moist towelette |
|
|
| Baby bottom cleaner |
|
|
| Rub dry |
|
|
| Sponge (off) |
|
|
| Baby bottom cleaner |
|
|
| Use a dust rag on |
|
|
| Exhaust, with "out" |
|
|
| Use a dish towel |
|
|
| Help the dishwasher, perhaps |
|
|
| Nursery cleaner |
|
|
| Squeegee |
|
|
| Use a napkin on |
|
|
| Use a towel on |
|
|
| Dry, as dishes |
|
|
| Clean (off) |
|
|
| Use a napkin on |
|
|
| Use a towel on |
|
|
| Use a doormat |
|
|
| Cinematic scene-changer |
|
|
| Towelette, e.g. |
|
|
| Use a damp cloth |
|
|
| Film-edit effect |
|
|
| Premoistened towelette |
|
|
| Use a towel on |
|
|
| Squeegee |
|
|
| Use a squeegee on |
|
|
| Towel (off) |
|
|
| Disposable cleaning aid |
|
|
| Towel (off) |
|
|
| Squeegee |
|
|
| Use a napkin |
|
|
| Movie editor's technique |
|
|
| Do dish duty |
|
|
| Moist towelette |
|
|
| Help with the dishes, in a way |
|
|
| Help the dish washer |
|
|
| Sponge off |
|
|
| Sponge off |
|
|
| Use Charmin, say |
|
|
| Baby bottom cleaner |
|
|
| Help with the dishes |
|
|
| Use a dishtowel |
|
|
| Buff |
|
|
| Efface, with "off" |
|
|
| Use a dishtowel |
|
|
| Erase |
|
|
| Scene-changing technique |
|
|
| Film segue, perhaps |
|
|
| Clear (off) |
|
|
| Use a towel |
|
|
| Rub |
|
|
| Cleaning cloth |
|
|
| Rub |
|
|
| Clean with a rag, e.g. |
|
|
| Rub dry |
|
|
| Scene shift, in a movie |
|
|
| __ out (fall off one's surfboard) |
|
|
| Work with a dishtowel |
|
|
| Film editing technique |
|
|
| Clean, as windows |
|
|
| Clean, as windows |
|
|
| Baby bottom cleaner |
|
|
| Film editor's technique |
|
|
| Use a floor mat |
|
|
| Film editing effect |
|
|
| Clear off |
|
|
| Use a napkin |
|
|
| Finish the dinner dishes |
|
|
| Use a hanky on |
|
|
| Clear the windshield |
|
|
| Erase, in a way |
|
|
| Use a cloth |
|
|
| Use a dish towel |
|
|
| Use a doormat |
|
|
| Film editor's choice |
|
|
| Rub clean |
|
|
| Remove by rubbing |
|
|
| Paper towel, e.g. |
|
|
| Cleaner's cloth |
|
|
| Remove the Windex |
|
|
| Remove by rubbing |
|
|
| Paper towel, e.g. |
|
|
| Cleaner's cloth |
|
|
| Clean dishes |
|
|
| Clean a counter |
|
|
| Use a dust rag |
|
|
| Dry by rubbing |
|
|
| Use a hanky |
|
|
| Film editing technique |
|
|
| Film editing effect |
|
|
| Use a sponge |
|
|
| Help with the dishes |
|
|
| Piece of absorbent material |
|
|
| Clean with a rag |
|
|
| Help with the dishes |
|
|
| Use a sponge |
|
|
| Efface |
|
|
| Do the dishes |
|
|
| Dry dishes |
|
|
| Rub dry |
|
|
| Dry the dishes |
|
|
| ___ out (obliterate) |
|
|
| ___ out (raze) |
|
|
| Clean |
|
|
| Use a dish towel |
|
|
| Clean a windshield |
|
|
| Clean with a cloth |
|
|
| Car-wash finale |
|
|
| Clean the windshield |
|
|
| Tend to the windshield |
|
|
| Rub clean |
|
|
| ___ out (destroy) |
|
|
| Clear the blackboard |
|
|
| Towel |
|
|
| Help in the kitchen |
|
|
| After wash. |
|
|
| Help with the dishes. |
|
|
| Dry by rubbing. |
|
|
| Swab. |
|
|
| Sponge off. |
|
|
| Dry. |
|
|
| Expunge (with "out"). |
|
|
| Rub off. |
|
|
| Clean off. |
|
|
| Dry off. |
|
|
| Do dishes |
|
|
| Brush. |
|
|
| Cancel (with "out"). |
|
|
| Rub. |
|
|
| Rub dry. |
|
|
| Classic film transition |
|
|
| Desmudge, as a touchscreen |
|
|
| Squeegee |
|
|