Possible Clues:

• Makes up stories about unusual Ad Run produced by those who take credit for everything coming out in the wash
• Washing rooms
• Finishing school, going to Australia for new start preserves those promising everything will come out in the wash
• They're expected to iron things out in Ireland? Us - somehow!
• Under sail perhaps, they may tend to the sheets
• In which one finds left article gets wet?
• The French gets wet, perhaps, for washing
• They use water, but one gets rid of it in the end