Absorbent cloth
The crossword clue "Absorbent cloth" is answered by TOWEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TOWEL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TOWEL answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for TOWEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by TOWEL, most used first.
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- Locker room need - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Dry (off) - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Beachgoer's need - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Symbol of surrender - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Throw in the ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Beach bag item - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Drying cloth - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Spa handout - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Drying need - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Low-tech hair dryer - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Throw in the ___ (give up) - 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.
- Cloth fold - PLEAT, used 25 times
- Cover with cloth - DRAPE, used 21 times
- Man of the cloth - PADRE, used 21 times
- Abrasive cloth - EMERY, used 10 times
- Cloth strainer - TAMIS, used 10 times
- Rough wool cloth - TWEED, used 9 times
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