| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ABSORBED | Soaked up, as a sponge |
| BLOTTED | Soaked up, as a spill |
| ABSORB | Suck up, as a sponge |
| BLOTTED | Soaked up, as ink |
| TRIFLE | Sponge cake soaked in wine |
| ABSORB | Soak up like a sponge |
| ABSORB | Suck up, like a sponge |
| SORB | Take up like a sponge |
| CADGE | Pick up like a sponge? |
| imbiber | take in or up a sponge imbibes moisture |
| spicules | Each of the small needlelike or sharp-pointed structures of calcite or silica that make up the skeleton of a sponge |
