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Nautical Taboos and Mariner Omens
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Deck drainage port whose clatter was said to foretell storms
  • 2. Experienced seafarer often steeped in superstitious lore
  • 3. Bioluminescent plankton linked to ghostly sea lights
  • 4. Burden of the ancient mariner's aerial omen
  • 5. Small sail whose improper use was warned against by old salts
  • 7. Rigging line whose mishandling might invoke Neptune’s wrath
  • 10. Furnace room whose heat was thought to influence ship’s fortune
  • 11. Liturgical item used at sea to expel malignant forces
  • 14. Rare clover said to bring luck against oceanic perils
  • 15. Omen of chaos that sailors dreaded as a cursed fate
  • 16. Pirate figure whose presence aboard meant calamity at sea
  • 17. Funeral song believed to summon bad luck when sung at sea
  • 19. Opaque maritime veil often interpreted as supernatural warning
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  • 6. Icy glaze considered an ill omen on temperate voyage
  • 8. Negotiation that, if ignored, was said to anger sea gods
  • 9. Elevated lookout perch, a place for spotting ill portents
  • 12. Interlaced pattern sailors believed warded off evil spirits
  • 13. Invisible sea methane flame sailors feared as unholy phenomena
  • 18. Spiny sea creature symbolizing treacherous hidden dangers
  • 20. Mythical serpent whose gaze was feared by superstitious crews

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