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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 4 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 44% | 7 | Nautical term for a boom used to extend the foot of a jib or flying jib | |
3 | 44% | 12 | Jib-headed sail set on a stay extending to the bowsprit or jib boom | |
Jib Guy Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "STAY" which means:
- noun
- • Continuing or remaining in a place or state
- • The state of inactivity following an interruption
- • A judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
- • A thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
- • (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar verb
- • Stay the same; remain in a certain state
- • Stay put (in a certain place)
- • Dwell
- • Continue in a place, position, or situation
- • Remain behind
- • Stop or halt
- • Stay behind
- • Hang on during a trial of endurance
- • Stop a judicial process
- • Fasten with stays
- • Overcome or allay adjective
- • Steep; ascending.
- • (of a roof) steeply pitched.
- • Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
- • Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud. adverb
- • Steeply.
An example sentence would be:
- • "I booked a stay at a luxurious hotel for my vacation."
- • "Her stay in the hospital was longer than expected."
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New York Times06 Nov 1983 | Down 27 | |
New York Times22 Mar 1981 | Across 81 | |
New York Times31 May 1980 | Down 45 | |
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1 | A boom attached to a jib or flying jib to control its shape | |
2 | Flying jib or spanker
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15 Aug 1980 | New York Times / 15 Aug 1980 |
3 | Jib or spinnaker
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13 Jun 2006 | New York Times / 13 Jun 2006 |
4 | Jib used to give a boat more speed
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09 May 2008 | New York Times / 09 May 2008 |
5 | Nautical term for a boom used to extend the foot of a jib or flying jib | |
6 | Rolled up, as a jib
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08 Feb 1979 | New York Times / 08 Feb 1979 |
7 | The cutting of one's jib?
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02 Jun 2019 | New York Times / 02 Jun 2019 |