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Turns Toward The Wind Naut Crossword Clue

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noun

• (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast

• the act of sailing close to the wind

verb

• sail close to the wind

• flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides

33%4 Drive before the wind (naut)
noun

• the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)

verb

• run or move very quickly or hastily

• run before a gale

33%3 Towards the side away from the wind (naut)
noun

• the side of something that is sheltered from the wind

• United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)

• United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)

• United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1940-1973)

• United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)

• leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)

• soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)

• American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)

adjective satellite

• towards the side away from the wind

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New York Times14 Oct 1986 Down 44
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