The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 5 letter word TEA CLOTH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TEA CLOTH
- Group entering train to get drier
- An idiot in the cast — one dries up regularly
- Each lot scoured after end of repast — towel required
- A mass of stuff stuck in the new drier
- Kitchen rubber shows result of curdling in blistering heat
- A medical problem in the ground? Get kitchen item
- Dryer for the whole boarding school
- Order last drop of Merlot, each lot getting drier
- School group’s breaking drier
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