Answer:

wash

Answer	Crossword Clue
WASH	Clean with water
WASH	Pass muster
WASH	Scrub clean

WASH	Launder
WASH	Thin coat of ink
WASH	Laundry
WASH	Get tough on grime?
WASH	Dry streambed
WASH	Break-even situation
WASH	Load in a basket
WASH	Clean

WASH	Piled whites and darks
WASH	Erode, with "away"
WASH	Bathe
WASH	Basketful, perhaps
WASH	Household chore
WASH	Scrub
WASH	Do a laundry chore
WASH	Hamper contents

WASH	Clean up
WASH	Get ready for dinner, with "up"
WASH	Make clean
WASH	Laundry load
WASH	Lave
WASH	First back ender
WASH	Use soap and water
WASH	Thin coat of water-based paint

WASH	Whites or darks in a pile
WASH	Load requiring separating
WASH	Basketful, maybe
WASH	Appear correct, as a theory
WASH	Something to fold
WASH	Scrub up
WASH	Take a bath
WASH	Come clean?

WASH	Get ready for dinner
WASH	Laundromat load
WASH	Do the laundry
WASH	Laundry cycle
WASH	Partner of wear