Chicken and chips for the college students' festival - someone with clean up with that in New York
I believe the answer is:
dishrag
'college students' festival someone with clean up with that in new york' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dishrag that I've seen before include "Cleaner" , "Wiper in the kitchen" , "American tea towel" , "used to clean in kitchen" , "Washing-up cloth" .)