| HOLYSTONE | Only those used for scrubbing the decks (9) |
| LOOFAH | A rough sponge-like piece of plant fibre used for scrubbing the body (6) |
| WASHCLOTH | Small fabric used for scrubbing |
| SINGLEOUT | Pick only those who are married for special treatment? (6,3) |
| SHOELACES | Those used to tie up boats? (9) |
| HOGS | Old slang for shillings; stiff nautical brushes for scrubbing the undersides of boats; Harley-Davidson motorbikes; yearling sheep; grunters, pigs, porkers or swine; or, coarse, greedy or inconsiderate |
| LOOFAHS | Sponges made from plant fibre for scrubbing the body (7) |
| PUMICE | Hard material for scrubbing the body |
| CLEARAWAY | Clear the decks |
| LOOFA | This is used for scrubbing a donkey's back (5) |
| ROADCARS | Automobiles for public streets as opposed to those used for racing (4,4) |
| HYPOGEA | Underground vaults, especially those used for burials |
| RODS | Those used for beating Roundheads heartlessly? (4) |
| KEYS | Those used for unlocking cars (4) |
| PAWNS | From the Latin for "foot soldiers", the most numerous pieces in a game of chess, such as those used in an attack move or formation named after grandmaster Marmaduke Wyvill of Constable Burton Hall (5) |
| YEARNTO | "Only those who have denied their being ___ play at it" (Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Lathe of Heaven") |
| BIDE | Stay behind cleaner, scrubbing the floor |
| APSE | Slip when scrubbing the front part of church (4) |
| OVA | Eggs on various athletes, only those coming first (3) |
| MARTELLO | Coastal fortification such as those used against the invasion of Britain during the Napoleonic Wars (8,5) |
