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Heralds of the Wind: Antique Maritime Semaphore is a hard crossword puzzle with 17 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.

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Heralds of the Wind: Antique Maritime Semaphore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Historic armored garment; cryptic hint towards rigid flag sails’ protective nature
  • 2. Ancient sail type sometimes flagged to indicate course or status
  • 3. Point of sail with the wind abaft the beam, often signaled visually
  • 4. Historic maritime flag region, also a complex puzzle misdirection
  • 7. A signal flag or device used to convey urgency in naval operations
  • 9. A tapering flag, historically used to signify command or rank
  • 11. Aftmost mast where specific flags are often hung for communication
  • 13. Oblique reference: a staff linked to flagpoles holding signal flags
  • 14. Flag showing nationality, traditionally flown at the stern
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  • 5. Line used to hoist a flag or sail aloft
  • 6. A single symbol used in maritime communication, often part of a code
  • 8. One attracted to foreign customs, fitting for deciphering international flags
  • 10. To have affixed a seal; metaphorically used for authenticated maritime banners
  • 12. Past tense of an ancient practice of sending visual messages at sea
  • 15. Ancient pigment color historically used in dyeing some maritime flags
  • 16. Weight carried to stabilize, analogous to the anchoring of nautical signals
  • 17. Specialized triangular flags representing yacht clubs or associations
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