Chemical Clothing Protectors Crossword

Chemical clothing protectors crossword clue. A big one Daily Telegraph crossword question on Wednesday, 28 June 2017. 9 letters. Also appear in other Australia newspaper: Herald Sun and The Courier-Mail.

Answer: MOTHBALLS

Mothballs are small balls of chemical pesticide and deodorant, sometimes used when storing clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae (especially clothes moths like Tineola bisselliella). Use of mothballs when clothing is stored out-of-season has given rise to the colloquial usage of the terms “mothballed” and “put into mothballs”, to refer to anything which is put into storage or whose operation is suspended.