Backs Of Ships Crossword Clue

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	noun • the rear part of a ship • United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) • the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on adjective satellite • of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect • not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty • severe and unremitting in making demands • severely simple
	35%	7		Backs out of space by us: he backs things on wheels
	noun • cap that fits over the hub of a wheel
	23%	12		Capital ships capable of tracking and disabling enemy ships
	noun • An aircraft designed to bomb enemy supply operations.

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