| 100% | MOP | 3 | Cleaning tool that a janitor uses with a bucket of water |
| 77% | MOP | 3 | Tool that's often used with a bucket of water |
| 66% | MOP | 3 | Cleaning tool used with a bucket of water |
| 59% | MOP | 3 | *Spring cleaning* "Last but not the least clean the floors with a bucket of water and this tool!" |
| 55% | MOP | 3 | Janitor's tool used with a bucket |
| 51% | MOPS | 4 | Tools used with buckets of water |
| 50% | RAGMOP | 6 | Cleaning tool usually used with a bucket |
| 50% | MOP | 3 | Cleaning tool dipped into a bucket of water |
| 48% | CHISEL | 6 | Tool that may be used with a mallet |
| 47% | MOP | 3 | Floor-cleaning tool used with a bucket |
| 44% | MOP | 3 | Cleaning tool that goes in a bucket |
| 43% | MOP | 3 | Cleaning tool that could describe a messy head of hair |
| 43% | SPONGE | 6 | Soft, water-soaking cleaning tool that you may find in a pottery class |
| 42% | JETWASH | 7 | Clean with a powerful stream of water |
| 41% | CRIMPER | 7 | Tool that joins pieces of metal with a bend |
| 41% | MOP | 3 | Janitorial tool that goes with a bucket |
| 40% | SCOOP | 5 | Tool that's used to get ice cream out of a tub |
| 40% | YEW | 3 | A kind of wood that is used for bows (rhymes with "new") |
| 40% | RAKE | 4 | Long-handled tool that a gardener would use for cleaning up leaves in the fall |
| 39% | SHOVEL | 6 | Tool with a broad blade, that a gardener would use for turning over soil |
| 39% | PEPPERS | 7 | With 15 Across, illusion that uses a reflection to create the appearance of a phantom |
| 39% | HYDRO | 5 | Prefix with "power" for a method of generating 28a using fast-running water |
| 39% | WASOF | 5 | "A bucket of water ___ no use for the wild fires...": 2 wds. |
| 38% | OAR | 3 | Tool that can be used in a lake |
| 38% | NAILSET | 7 | Tool that may be hit with a hammer |
| 38% | GONG | 4 | A massive bell that is hit with a mallet, usually used to signify the start of something |
| 38% | LAKE | 4 | Slaked with a lot of water |
| 38% | OOBLECK | 7 | Gooey substance made of cornstarch and water, with a name that comes from Dr. Seuss |
| 38% | ICETONGS | 8 | Tool with a bucket |
| 37% | MOP | 3 | Floor-cleaning tool that gets dipped into a bucket |