Sweep
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sweep</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that sweep can be written as expanse)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for expanse that I've seen before include "Range - spread" , "Stretch - extent" , "Wide area of open land or space" , "reach" , "Swathe" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sweep</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that sweep can be written as brush)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for brush that I've seen before include "Sweep" , "Cleaning implement" , "Tool for cleaning or painting" , "Slight touch; fox's tail" , "Undergrowth, fox tail" .)
(Other definitions for area that I've seen before include "environs" , "Expanse of a surface" , "Expanse or neighbourhood" , "Field of activity or surface" , "Region, space" .)