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Ephemeral Wrecks of Nautical Lore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Ancient oared warships often lost beneath Mediterranean waters
  • 2. Unpleasant fluid accumulating in a ship’s lowest compartments, often toxic
  • 3. Marine predator lending its name to a WWII vessel now sunken
  • 8. Internal longitudinal timber reinforcing a ship’s backbone beneath the hull
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  • 4. Principal fore-rigged sail on masts whose absence could doom a drifting wreck
  • 5. Seaman’s pointed tool vital in unraveling rigging, lost with many ships
  • 6. Simultaneous discharge of cannon fire from one ship’s hull side
  • 7. Staple sustenance stored aboard sea vessels, tough as the ordeal of sinking

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