| 20 answers for: Used a sponge, say |
| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| WIPEDUP | Used a sponge, say |
| WIPED | Used a sponge |
| DAB | Apply with a sponge, say |
| CAKE | Sponge, say, a piece of which isn't hard (4) |
| GREASYSPOON | Sponge, say, or exotic food cooked here? (6,5) |
| WETS | Sponges, say |
| FLAN | A planchet; or, from "custard", word for a round cake first, later a tart; or, a sponge base with a sweet topping (4) |
| LOOFAH | The interior of a dried fruit of a tropical plant used as a sponge for washing the body (6) |
| LEECH | An old word for a physician or healer; a medicinal hirudinean used in bloodletting; or, a sponge/vampire (5) |
| ICED | Adjective referring to things that are either frosted/glace or just cold, for example, a bun, cocktail, frappe, "gem" biscuit, latte, road or a sponge bundt cake prepared in a mould (4) |
| SOPUP | Apply a sponge to, say |
| LOOFA | A sweet served up - it's a sponge |
| BARTAB | A sponge might have a big one |
| CAKEY | A minor possibly trailing about like a sponge? |
| SWAB | What is a sponge used in surgery? (4) |
| ALOOF | Reserved a sponge without a home (5) |
| TIPSY | -----cake; a trifle made of a sponge cake soaked in white wine and decorated with almonds (5) |
| SWISSROLL | A sponge cake spread with jam, cream or another filling and served in a cylindrical form (5,4) |
| MADEIRACAKE | Aimed at a crake, missed, got a sponge instead (7,4) |
| VICTORIA | Queen whose name was given to numerous things including an English plum, a decoration for bravery, an Australian state and a sponge cake sandwiched with jam and cream (8) |
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