Drench
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Irish Independent - Simple.

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Publications

  • Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 14 Oct 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 9 Oct 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 2 Oct 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Wednesday, 10 Feb 2021
  • The Mirror Quick - Saturday, 26 Dec 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 11 Mar 2020
  • The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 10 Nov 2019
  • The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 6 Sep 2017

Crossword Answers

3 letters

RET
Place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

SOP
A prescribed procedure to be followed routinely; "rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries"

4 letters

SOAK
Washing something by allowing it to soak

5 letters

DOUSE
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

DROWN
Kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"

SOUSE
The act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching"

DOWSE
Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod

SWAMP
Low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

6 letters

DELUGE
The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

SOAKED
Very drunk

IMBRUE
Permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood"

8 letters

SATURATE
Cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance