Political housecleaning
The crossword clue "Political housecleaning" is answered by PURGE, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 7 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 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PURGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PURGE, most used first.
- Cleanse - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Get rid of - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Political pamphlet - TRACT, used 21 times
- Political influence - CLOUT, used 17 times
- Political columnist Molly - IVINS, used 11 times
- Political group - PARTY, used 11 times
- Political ticket - SLATE, used 9 times
- Political groups. - BLOCS, used 8 times
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