Clean with elbow grease Crossword Clue

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Clean with elbow grease Crossword Answer

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SCRUB

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Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. rub hard or scrub
2. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
(noun)
1. a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ELBOW (noun)
1. hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
2. a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it
ELBOW (verb)
1. push one’s way with the elbows
2. shove one’s elbow into another person’s ribs
GREASE (noun)
1. a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
2. the state of being covered with unclean things
GREASE (verb)
1. lubricate with grease

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SCRUB
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More LA Times Crossword (11/13/2025) Answers

Across

1. Sega hedgehog

6. Mark of approval

11. Posed (for)

14. Cause of some food recalls

15. Wispy streaks in the sky

16. Blubber

17. Raised type?

19. Regatta blade

20. "That ship ___ sailed"

21. Connecticut university founded in 1701

22. One of the four countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands

24. Against type?

28. Gentleman's opposite

29. Snide snickers

30. Corset components

32. Catching in an ambush

37. Yuck!

38. Movable type?

39. Short time out?

40. Opening-night event, often

43. Realty ad count

45. Sad sigh

46. Mood

47. Blood type?

51. Abruptly cut contact with

53. "Chill, will ya?"

54. Some TVs and fridges

56. Slam (into)

57. File type?

61. Intention

62. Go me!

63. Chabert of "Party of Five"

64. Garment that rarely works with a backless gown

65. Doesn't shy from

66. Come on in

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Down

1. Short meeting?

2. Legs on a spider, e.g.

3. Legal deterrents to loud parties

4. Feeling feverish or not so hot

5. Commuting option

6. Get to the top of

7. Like many New York City subway stations

8. Vessel in Genesis 7

9. Emergency food ration, for short

10. Orinoco biter

12. Many a Moroccan

13. Banks with style

18. Hostess's estimate

23. OpenTable alternative

25. Son

26. "Wunderbar!"

27. Join together

30. Crimson Tide org.

31. Pan Am rival

32. "Do your ___!"

33. Invoice fig

34. Brainy one

35. "Not my thing"

36. Waymo tech

38. Bread served with raita

41. Volkswagen that shares a name with a New Mexico town

42. Faraway dwarf planet

43. Commuting option

44. __ Simbel, Egypt

46. Ming collectible

47. One in 1,000?

48. Clear, as a windshield in winter

49. Holders of barbells

50. Feel similarly

51. Screen __

52. Subject of the r/Tressless subreddit

55. Icelandic dairy product similar to yogurt

58. __ diavolo sauce

59. In favor of

60. "The Wheel of Time" role

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