| Small cleaner | 13 |
| Medicine cabinet item, perhaps | 30 |
| It goes in one ear, gets flipped, then into the other | 53 |
| Head cleaner of sorts | 21 |
| Double-swabbed item | 19 |
| Cotton swab | 11 |
| Cotton cleaner | 14 |
| Common swab | 11 |
| Certain swab | 12 |
| Canal cleaner | 13 |
| Big name in swabs | 17 |
| Aural cleaner | 13 |
| A Tribe Called Quest rapper | 27 |
| You may stick it in your ear | 28 |
| Wax attacker | 12 |
| Unilever item | 13 |
| Unilever hygiene product | 24 |
| Tiny swab | 9 |
| Swab's name | 15 |
| Swab on land | 12 |
| Swab of a sort | 14 |
| Swab for cleaning | 17 |
| Stick with soft ends | 20 |
| Stick with a swab | 17 |
| Stick with a little cotton | 26 |
| Stick in the medicine cabinet | 29 |
| Stick in a certain bodily canal | 31 |
| Small swab | 10 |
| Small cleaning tool | 19 |
| Rapper with the album "Amplified" | 43 |
| Rapper who was in "She Hate Me" | 41 |
| Rapper born Jonathan Davis | 26 |
| Popular swab | 12 |
| Popular applicator | 18 |
| Outer ear cleaner | 17 |
| Medicine cabinet swab | 21 |
| Makeup smudge remover | 21 |
| Little wax remover | 18 |
| Little applicator | 17 |
| Johnson's Safety Swab alternative | 37 |
| Item used in wax attacks | 24 |
| It's not recommended for ear cleaning | 41 |
| Infant-care aid | 15 |
| Hyphenated swab | 15 |
| Earful, perhaps | 15 |
| Ear-cleaning thingy | 19 |
| Ear-cleaning brand | 18 |
| Ear spear | 9 |
| Ear care brand | 14 |
| Double-tipped swab | 18 |
| Cottony ear cleaner | 19 |
| Cotton-covered cleaner | 22 |
| Common makeup applicator | 24 |
| Common cotton swab | 18 |
| Common cosmetics applicator | 27 |
| Commercial swab | 15 |
| Cerumen remover | 15 |
| Canal cleaner? | 14 |
| Aural hygiene item | 18 |
| A drum stick, of sorts | 22 |
| "The Ultimate Beauty Tool" | 36 |
| A drum stick, of sorts | 23 |
| Cotton product | 14 |
| Wax removers | 12 |
| Unilever brand | 14 |
| Ear cleaners | 12 |
| Wax collectors? | 15 |
| Some swabs | 10 |
| Small swabs | 11 |
| Cotton-on-stick cleaners | 24 |
| Cotton swabs | 12 |
| You can stick them in your ear | 30 |
| They might be used to remove mascara | 36 |
| They make wax wane | 18 |
| They cause wax to wane | 22 |
| Sticks in the nursery | 21 |
| Sticks in the medicine cabinet | 30 |
| Sticks in a cabinet | 19 |
| Sticks in a bathroom | 20 |
| Little swabs | 12 |
| Ear's spears? | 17 |
| Ear swabs | 9 |
| Cotton swabs originally called Baby Gays | 40 |
| Cleaners that ought not to hit the drum, if you can help it | 59 |
| Chesebrough-Pond's product | 30 |
| Canal cleaners? | 15 |
| Canal cleaners trademarked by Unilever | 38 |
| Baby Gays, today | 16 |
| Ah, just stick 'em in your ear! | 35 |
| Accessible for shooting | 23 |
| Super Bowl div. | 15 |
| NFL div. | 8 |
| Half of a half (Abbr.) | 22 |
| 15 min. of football | 19 |
| Twelve minutes in the NBA: Abbr. | 32 |
| Time unit in basketball: Abbr. | 30 |
| Part of the sch. year | 21 |
| Part of a yr. | 13 |
| One ends on Sept. 30 | 20 |
| N.F.L. period: Abbr. | 20 |