| SWAB | A small piece of cotton or gauze used for cleaning a wound (4) |
| WASHER | It's used for cleaning a metal ring (6) |
| CHEESECLOTH | Gauze used for making shirts? (11) |
| SLAB | Thick slice of cake? - Gauze used to apply antiseptics (4) |
| SCRIM | Hessian-, muslin- or gauze-like open-weave cloth (5) |
| TAPE | A thin strip of cotton or linen for binding, fastening or for embroidering with one's name; a length of cellulose for sticking; a long cloth or metal ruler for carpentry, dressmaking, tailoring etc; a |
| LACE | From "noose", a cord such as a shoestring or a corset's rat-tail; an ornamental braid; fine openwork of cotton or silk; or, unrelatedly, a dash of brandy added to a coffee/drink (4) |
| MOPS | Wads or bundles of cotton or synthetic material fastened to the end of a stick, for cleaning of floors |
| SARI | Traditional Indian dress fashioned from a length of cotton or silk (4) |
| WIPE | for cleaning a baby's bottom |
| BALE | Bundle of cotton or hay |
| WADS | Balls of cotton or paper |
| ONKP | Cleaning a mess in a mess, maybe |
| NEEM | This tree's twigs have traditionally been used for cleaning teeth |
| RAMROD | Implement for forcing down a charge or for cleaning a gun-barrel (6) |
| CRAYON | Drawer, perhaps, for a little piece of cotton and artificial fibre (6) |
| MOP | A wad or bundle of cotton or synthetic material fastened to the end of a stick for cleaning floors, etc. |
| THREAD | A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving. |
| CHAMBRAY | A smooth, light fabric of cotton or linen with a white weft and a coloured warp (8) |
| PARRAMATTA | Fabric with a weft of worsted and a warp of cotton or silk (10) |
