Cleanse with soap and water
The crossword clue "Cleanse with soap and water" is answered by LAVE, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
LAVE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAVE answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LAVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAVE, most used first.
- Wash - used 148 times, most recently in 2025
- Bathe - used 56 times, most recently in 2023
- Wash up - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Cleanse - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
- Flow along - used 11 times, most recently in 1992
- Take a bath - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Rinse - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
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