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Needing To Be Taken To The Cleaners Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SOILED which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: SOILED

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199%6Exact Match!
230%7Taken to the cleaners
330%8Taken to the cleaners

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We think the answer is "SOILED" which means:

    adjective
  • • Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
  • verb
  • • To make dirty.
  • • To become dirty or soiled.
  • • To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
  • • To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
  • • To make invalid, to ruin.
  • • To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
  • • To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The soiled laundry needed to be washed again."
  • • "He refused to sit on the soiled couch."

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New York Times23 Sep 1982 Across 22
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