Does some housecleaning
The crossword clue "Does some housecleaning" is answered by DUSTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DUSTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DUSTS answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DUSTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DUSTS, most used first.
- Does some housework - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Checks for fingerprints - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Checks for prints - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
- Like some committees - ADHOC, used 68 times
- Does nothing - IDLES, used 58 times
- Caught some Z's - SLEPT, used 54 times
- Some messages - EMAIL, used 54 times
- Like some gases - INERT, used 48 times
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