Clean up
The crossword clue "Clean up" is answered by WASH, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WASH
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WASH answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- MAKEAKILLING (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for WASH
Every other clue in this collection answered by WASH, most used first.
- Launder - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Laundry - used 43 times, most recently in 2024
- Cleanse - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Load of laundry - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Bathe - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Do the laundry - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Hamper contents - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Break-even situation - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Clean - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Scrub - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Clean with soap - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Household chore - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Wear's partner - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Get clean - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Lave - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- No-loss, no-gain situation - used 7 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.
- Come clean, with "up" - FESS, used 63 times
- ___ up (come clean) - FESS, used 37 times
- With a clean slate - ANEW, used 36 times
- Tabula ___ (clean slate) - RASA, used 32 times
- Clean the deck - SWAB, used 15 times
- Clean a pipe - REAM, used 13 times
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