Nautical Crossword Across


1 Thick lashing around the upper mast supporting an eyesplice at the top of the headstay


4 Rounded rail at the bow of a ship


8 Not deep enough for the draft of a ship


11


9 Jute fiber soaked in tar 10 Concept of self 11 Unprotected from the weather 13 Expanse 15 Acidity measurement 16 Lash together 17 Chowed down at the mess 21 Noise of timbers 22 Snagged 23 A toque (2 words) 25 One of Snow White’s dwarves 26 Victorian, for one 27 Boxing blow, abbr. 28 ___ and aahs 30 Tautness of line or cable 33 Top of a deck structure 35 Santa’s laugh sound 36 Light line fastened on the mast with a grommet at the end


37 Two time 12 14 16 20 23 26 30 31 35 38 36 39


38 Extreme, of degree 39 Older than Jr 40 Scaleless fish


Down


1 Senior operator of a non-military vessel


2 George Washington’s dream 3 Join up


40 32 24 27 33 34 37 21 25 28 29 17 18 22 15 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 13 9


Lowtide


4 Paddled 5 Paddle downstream through rapids


6 Having masts set an angle making the boat appear fast


7 A whale is one 12 Light rope attached to the bow of a small boat as a towing line


14 Seattle and Marseilles, for example


15 Desktop 17 Rainbow curve 18 Wood used in shipbuilding 19 Narrow arm of sea in Scotland 20 Narrow channel of water between a sandbank and the shore


21 Length of metal rings used as a weight on ground tackle


22 Flub 24 Waves ____ on the rocks 25 Opening 29 Yacht feature 31 Cargo weight measure 32 Yuletide beverage 34 “Star-Spangled Banner” preposition 37 “Let it __”: Beatles advice


solution on page 59


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