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Vanished Mariners: Arcane Nautical Trades 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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Vanished Mariners: Arcane Nautical Trades
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Steersman’s aide, keeper of the ship’s rudder
- 2. Ancient lookout, perched aloft to spy distant sails
- 5. Clerk counting cargo, a now nearly forgotten role
- 6. Obsolete watchman braving dense mist to guide ships
- 8. Specialist in restoring fishing nets, vital yet obsolete
- 9. Generic term with archaic usage for seafaring navigator
- 14. Old term for helmsman, guiding by wooden spokes
- 17. Labourer who dredged seabeds, archaic maritime term
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- 3. Ship’s boy assigned to miscellaneous chores, often errands
- 4. Craftsman of leather footwear for sailors, now ashore
- 7. Keeper of ropes and yarns, essential in old rigging
- 10. Expert in assembling sails and spars, now mechanized
- 11. Ancient anchorer’s tool, grappling the seabed for mooring
- 12. Navigational guide once crucial to celestial direction
- 13. Punishment ritual by dragging beneath the ship’s keel
- 15. Provider of ship’s sundries before modern provisioning
- 16. Menial caretakers aboard ships, tending crew and stores
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