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Esoteric Pirate Vernacular and Nautical Cryptics
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Brutal corporal punishment dragging 'neath the ship’s underwater spine
  • 2. Cannon volley unleashed along the hull’s expanse, destructive salvo
  • 3. Swords curved for close combat, pirates’ preferred instruments of menace
  • 4. Skull and crossbones banner flying high, symbol of plunder’s grim delight
  • 7. Nautical term for obscured view, where navigation demands keen insight
  • 8. Rogue seafarer, one who’ll abscond with booty or truth alike
  • 9. Relating to mirrors, reflecting pirate stratagems through optical tricks
  • 13. Golden Spanish coin, pirate treasure’s shimmering kernel of wealth
  • 14. One who barters illicit goods, peddler of forbidden maritime wares
  • 16. Edge of the ship where muskets perch, ready for nefarious broadsides
Down
  • 5. Bold swordsman flaunting panache, mixing bravado with bluster
  • 6. Deserted upon an isle, abandoned fate bound by nature’s cruelty
  • 10. Clueless terrestrial, awkward in saltwater realms and ropey jargon
  • 11. Structural spine reinforcing, essential to sustain the vessel’s backbone
  • 12. Torpor zones where ships stall, caught in windless maritime malaise
  • 15. Endless deck cleaning chore — a choreographer's dance with brine
  • 17. Raised aft platform, where commands echo over crests and salt spray
  • 18. Vitamin-deficiency ills festering aboard, bane of long sea ventures

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