"Foaming cleanser" of old ads

The answer

AJAX

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AJAX answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for AJAX

Every other clue in this collection answered by AJAX, most used first.

• Trojan War hero - used 154 times, most recently in 2026
• Comet competitor - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
• Greek hero - used 17 times, most recently in 2003
• "Iliad" warrior - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Comet rival - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "Iliad" hero - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• "Stronger than dirt!" cleanser - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Greek warrior - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Sink-cleaning brand - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Sophocles tragedy - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Trojan War warrior - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Son of Telamon - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Comet alternative - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Iliad" figure - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Trojan War figure - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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• Old salts - TARS, used 69 times

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