| WASHINGUP | Dishes and cutlery to be cleaned (7-2) |
| SPOTON | Take time in arranging cutlery to be exact (4,2) |
| TABLEWARE | Rebate, in law, adapted for dishes and cutlery (9) |
| SEASHANTY | Air of Athens, say, to be cleaned up (3,6) |
| WASHUP | Cleanse dishes and cutlery (4,2) |
| SHEFFIELD | English city on the River Don noted for steel and cutlery (9) |
| SHEFFIELF | English city on the River Don noted for steel and cutlery (9) |
| SIDEBOARD | Place for plates and cutlery (9) |
| OVENGLOVE | Heat-resistant type of padded or quilted mitt for handling hot dishes and baking trays (4,5) |
| FLEAPIT | Appropriate to jump in, the place needs to be cleaned up (7) |
| VERBS | Versace to be cleaned out by Scottish bank - wait and see? (5) |
| PUS | Turns up at end of holidays and needs to be cleaned out (3) |
| SUNBEAM | In Australia, this ray of light doesn't need to be cleaned (7) |
| ACT | It might need to be cleaned up |
| STERILISED | Spade, they say, needs to be cleaned thoroughly (10) |
| LOSEONESSHIRT | Blast shelter is soon to be cleaned out (4,4,5) |
| LOADS | Units of laundry to be cleaned |
| MESS | Place that needs to be cleaned |
| WASHABLE | OK to be cleaned in a Maytag |
| WASHED | The bundle she put in to be cleaned (6) |
