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20 answers for: What nautical word means "margin of safety"? (6)
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LEEWAYWhat nautical word means "margin of safety"? (6)
AYEAYEWhat nautical response is given when accepting an order? (3,3)
CABLEWhat nautical unit of length is most commonly taken as 120 fathoms? (5)
ASTERNNautical word meaning behind or towards the rear of a ship (6)
ASHORENautical word meaning towards the land from the direction of the sea (6)
STEEVEA nautical word meaning compress and stow cargo in a ship's hold; or, to incline upwards to the horizon (6)
CHOCKSWhat colloquial word means "crammed full"? (6)
DINKUMWhat colloquial Australian word means "genuine"? (6)
ERSATZWhat adopted German word means substitute or replacement? (6)
AVAUNTWhich Middle-English word means "go away!"? (6)
DEFINEExplain what a word means
SPONGEThis word means to cadge (6)
NUANCEWhich adopted French word means "subtle difference in meaning"? (6)
TENUREFire safety?
ALLOWSFORLeaves a margin of safety, in a way? (6,3)
HAIRSBREADTHTiny margin of safety for Damocles (5-7)
CATSEYESWhat 1934 invention of Briton Percy Shaw improved road safety? (4,4)
BUSKA stay or strip of whalebone in a corset; the bodice so stiffened; or, a nautical word meaning "cruise about, tack, go from place to place, seek", hence "go about town performing" (4)
LEEWAYSMargins of safety
CRUCIFORMFrom Latin, what word means "in the shape of a cross"? (9)