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Spanker Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SAIL which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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97%4Exact Match!
noun

• a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

• an ocean trip taken for pleasure

• any structure that resembles a sail

verb

• traverse or travel on (a body of water)

• move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions

• travel on water propelled by wind

• travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

29%5 Mizzen topsail or spanker
noun

• third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy

• fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast

29%6 Sail above the spanker
noun

• third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy

• fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast

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New York Times21 Aug 1992 Down 5
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