Referring Clues

• Potash
• High-pH substance
• Heavy-duty cleanser
• Soapmaker's solution
• Soap solution
• Leaching product
• Bleaching agent
• Burning substance
• Lixivium
• Caustic substance
• Bleaching solution
• Caustic cleanser
• Common name for sodium hydroxide
• Potassium hydroxide, e.g.
• Soapmaking need
• NaOH or KOH
• Drain cleaner ingredient
• Strong cleaner
• Eye burner
• Strong alkali
• Strong cleanser
• Tough cleaner
• Basic cleaner
• Soap-making ingredient
• Ingredient in some cakes
• It makes soap strong
• Caustic chemical
• Potassium hydroxide
• Sodium hydroxide
• Soapmaker's need
• Clog remover
• Strong alkaline
• Drain unclogger
• Soap ingredient
• Burn cause
• Alkali in cleansers
• Oven cleaner ingredient
• Caustic alkali
• Caustic cleansing agent
• Chemical in Drano
• NaOH
• Soapmaker's supply
• Cause of some skin burns
• Caustic soapmaking compound
• Soap substance
• Caustic stuff
• Soapmaking compound
• Type of soap, once
• Drain-opener ingredient
• Kind of soap
• Caustic solution
• Red Devil product
• Caustic cleaner
• Old soap ingredient
• Soap ingredient, once
• Soapmaker's ingredient
• Strong sodium solution
• Alkaline made from ashes
• Toothpaste ingredient
• Alkaline liquid
• Caustic potash
• Oven cleaner component
• Soap-making need
• Caustic drain opener
• Solution obtained by lixiviation
• Caustic used in soapmaking
• It may go down the drain
• Cleaning substance
• Ingredient in Liquid-Plumr
• Harsh chemical
• Soapmaking solution
• Solution for leaching
• Hominy bath
• Drano ingredient
• Cleaning agent
• It's used in soap-making
• Drain cleaner component
• NaOH, familiarly
• KOH, to a layperson
• Soap-making stuff
• Pipe cleaner
• Sodium hydroxide solution
• Chemical used to make biodiesel
• Strong soap ingredient
• NaOH solution
• Cleaning solution
• Strong solution of sodium
• Alkaline soap ingredient
• Drain-cleaning chemical
• Caustic application
• Caustic matter
• Caustic potash, e.g.
• Sodium hydroxide, familiarly
• Wood ash product
• Potassium hydroxide solution
• Caustic soda
• A corrosive
• Strong cleaning solution
• Solution in soap and frosted glass
• Soap chemical
• Soap maker's need
• Strong alkaline solution
• Hydroxide solution
• Soap component
• Drano component
• It leaches and bleaches
• Solution for a clogged drain
• Cleaner ingredient
• Caustic agent
• Leaching solution
• Soapmaking caustic
• Lutefisk-curing need
• Corrosive stuff
• "Fight Club" chemical
• It's obtained by leaching
• Caustic
• Grammas' ______ soap
• More common name for caustic soda
• Caustic compound
• Oven-cleaner ingredient
• Detergent chemical
• Drain opener
• What real lutefisk is soaked in
• Drain-clearing chemical
• Drain-cleaner chemical
• Burning stuff
• Drain-cleaner ingredient
• Pipe unclogger
• Old-time soap ingredient
• Soap stuff
• Harsh cleanser
• Drain-opening stuff
• Drain cleaner
• Corrosive cleanser
• Stuff in soap
• Corrosive substance
• Hominy-making solution
• Alkali used in soapmaking
• Chemical in drain cleaners
• Caustic drain unclogger
• Caustic stuff in Drano
• Soapmaking stuff
• Caustic chemical used in making soap
• Chemical in biodiesel factories
• Caustic "Fight Club" substance
• Oil partner in soapmaking
• Soapmaker's caustic need
• Drain cleaner chemical
• Caustic fluid
• Strong drain cleaner
• Corrosive chemical
• Alkaline solution
• Basic solution
• Caustic drain-opener
• Grease dissolver
• Corrosive cleaner
• Soap compound
• Food-curing chemical
• Hydroxide
• Burn cause, perhaps
• It's KOH, chemically
• Powerful cleaner
• Caustic material
• Pipe cleaner?
• Cleanser ingredient
• Solution for some housework
• Solid caustic
• Potent cleaning solution
• Strong solution of potassium hydroxide
• Drain-cleaning substance
• Corrosive material
• Potent drain unclogger
• Caustic cleaning chemical
• Chemical in Drano crystals
• Strong base
• Oven-cleaner chemical
• Drain unclogger ingredient
• It's used to prepare lutefisk
• Soap-making chemical
• Chemical used in making 51-Across
• Caustic liquid
• Clog-clearing chemical
• Caustic drain-cleaning liquid
• Drain-unclogger ingredient
• Former soap ingredient
• Chemical in Liquid-Plumr
• Basic cleanser
• Soap ingredient of old
• Caustic drain-clearing chemical
• Unclogging agent
• Soapmaking supply
• Chemical in drain uncloggers
• Clog dissolver
• Potash substance
• Drain chemical
• Chemical
• Corrosive
• Cleaning chemical
• What Granny Clampett used in her homemade soap
• A solid caustic
• Strong solution
• Lutefisk soaking agent
• Strong cleanser that can burn the skin
• Solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
• Substance used in soap-making
• Heavy Toronto band used for making soap?
• Washing solution
• Component in drain cleaners
• Oven-cleaning stuff
• Sodium hydroxide, by another name
• Serious cleanser
• Sodium hydroxide in our home chemistry set
• Hair remover?
• Drano compound
• Caustic stuff used in some soaps
• Harsh cleaning chemical
• Caustic substance that changes fats into soap
• Potassium hydroxide cleaner
• Caustic ingredient found in Drano
• Basic substance
• Old-fashioned soapmaking need
• Ingredient in soap manufacture
• Caustic cleaning agent
• Harsh chemical in oven cleaners
• Caustic that opens drains
• Caustic substance in drain cleaners
• Burning liquid
• Unclogging aid
• ___ soap
• Corrosive solution
• Soapmaker's compound
• Caustic drain substance
• Ingredient in a drain declogger
• Drain unblocker
• Drain-opening liquid
• Strong drain opener
• Chemical compound with the formula NaOH
• Dishonest-sounding chemical
• It's used in soapmaking
• Chemical used in soap making
• Caustic soap ingredient
• Caustic chemical that sounds wrong
• Corrosive cleaning stuff
• Chemical in oven cleaners
• Drain-opener chemical
• Corrosive liquid
• Soapmaking ingredient
• Strong chemical
• Ingredient in drain openers
• Homophone of 24-Across
• Compound in drain cleaners
• pH adjuster in cosmetics
• Ingredient in soap
• Soapmaking substance
• Soap-making supply
• Harsh cleaning agent
• Ash product
• Chemical similar to bleach
• Homophone for 23-Across
• Homophone of "lie"
• Substance used to pickle lutefisk
• ___ water (jianshui zong ingredient)
• Caustic cleaning substance
• It may be part of a solution
• Bagel-making chemical
• Chemical in potent drain cleaners
• ___ water (alkaline ingredient in kutsinta)
• Ingredient in soapmaking
• Substance used to make soap
• Lutefisk-making chemical
• Olive-curing chemical
• Solution to some chemistry problems?
• 109-Across maker's need
• Compound used to make soft pretzels
• Liquid used to cure fish
• Chemical in soap
• Sodium solution
• Chemical used to make bagels
• Substance that's a homophone of a falsehood
• Substance in soap
• Abrasive chemical
• Substance used to cure olives
• Chemical in bagel-making
• Chemical in hominy
• Very basic stuff?
• Wood ash water
• Old soap base
• Solution for many cleaning problems
• Caustic chemical used to make lutefisk and bagels
• Caustic, corrosive cleaning agent
• Corrosive substance in pichi-pichi
• Very basic cleaner
• "That's a ___!" (chemist's punny observation)
• Caustic drain cleaner
• Common name for NaOH
• Chemical in pretzel-making
• Caustic paint stripper
• NaOH, more familiarly
• Potent base
• Aid in making soap