Cleanse
The crossword clue "Cleanse" is answered by PURGE, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PURGE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PURGE answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PURGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PURGE, most used first.
- Get rid of - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Political housecleaning - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Large-scale dismissal - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Cleanse. - RINSE, used 9 times
- Cleanse - BATHE, used 7 times
- Do a juice cleanse, say - DETOX, used 7 times
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