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Ethereal Haunts of Maritime Taverns
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Seabird often seen near fishing hamlets with rustic inns
  • 2. Dockside location where inn patrons embarked and disembarked
  • 3. Fees for cargo loading, paid near inns by seafaring merchants
  • 4. Part of the shore exposed at low tide, often hosting forgotten inns
  • 5. Underwater seaweed beds near coastal villages influencing inn locales
  • 7. River or coastal boatmen who frequented bygone taverns
  • 9. Historically, a tavern keeper, central to village hospitality
  • 12. Not sailors smoking, but vessels vital to coastal trade and inn prosperity
  • 14. Old seafarer or ship's crew member, habitual inn visitor
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  • 6. Guardian of the beacon; frequent visitor to coastal watering holes
  • 8. Act of giving shelter where inns often offered rest
  • 10. Relating to the brackish convergence where many coastal inns once thrived
  • 11. A classic bed style possibly found in rustic inn chambers
  • 13. Old term for a female brewer, possibly keeper of village alehouses
  • 15. Nautical traveler whose tales filled inn hearths
  • 16. Large sailing ship whose crew sought refuge onshore in forgotten inns
  • 17. Structure once ominously near village inns, hinting at old maritime justice
  • 18. Shrouded in mist, as were many coastal inns cloaked in legend

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