The Clue
Rub clean (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ERASE
Tags
Notes
The answer ERASE is very common and appears about once every 27 puzzles.
Related Clues
Cancel
Delete
Expunge
Obliterate
Remove
Undo
Clean the blackboard
Clean the board
Clear the board
Clear a tape
Do away with
Get rid of
Reduce marks?
Remove from memory
Rub out
Scratch out
Take out
Wipe clean
Wipe out
Backspace over text
Clean, as a computer disk
Completely demagnetize, say
Rid of chalk, e.g.
Shake, as an Etch A Sketch
Take off the board
Use whiteout, e.g.
Wipe the slate clean
Render blank, as a floppy disk
Clean up after a chalk talk
Definition
ERASE as a verb:
1. (erase, wipe out) = remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
2. (erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off) = remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
3. (erase, delete) = wipe out magnetically recorded information