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20 answers for: Large cable inside a minesweeper's float (7)
RANKANSWERCLUE
OROPESALarge cable inside a minesweeper's float (7)
PARAVANEVera takes a nap on a minesweeper (8)
HAWSERLarge cable (6)
POWERLINEI now peer nervously around large cable, say (5,4)
HBOBig cable letters
SHAWBig cable TV name
TOWERINGHuge cable at the back: pull loop to secure it
CUTTINGTHECORDEschewing big cable, and a hint to 20-, 32- and 40-Across
CAINEMinesweeper in a Pulitzer-winning novel
ICONIt's a bomb for Minesweeper
FLAGIcon for a possible mine square, in Minesweeper
COUSTEAUOceanographer, film-maker and undersea explorer who co-invented the aqualung and converted the minesweeper Calypso into a research vessel (8)
RBOATWWII German minesweeper
CELLIndividual unit in Minesweeper
QUEEGDeranged minesweeper captain in Herman Wouk's novel The Caine Mutiny (5)
IMPECCABLEUSS ___, minesweeper used by the US Navy during World War II originally ordered as HMS Brutus for the Royal Navy
CELLSMinesweeper units
BANDEAUA fillet or strip of ribbon to bind the hair; a narrow piece inside a hat; or, a strapless brassiere or bikini top (7)
REDOUBTA temporary defence work built inside a fortification as a last defensive position (7)
REPTILEIrritate a new pet inside - a tortoise perhaps (7)