Answer: CAPSTAN
The answer CAPSTAN has 75 possible clues. See the results below.
Possible Clues:
- Nautical item is on top of vessel, not bottom
- Drum on which cable is wound
- Sailor's rope puller does better than bronze
- One winds up chap wearing hat
- One used to wind and effect of sun after eclipses
- Rotating shaft
- Catnaps -- possibly that provides energy for the sailor
- Rotating machine showing effect of sun after eclipses
- Does better with bronze winch
- Accountant pants moving windlass
Last seen in:
- The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 9491
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 29,192 - Oct 4 2023
- The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,134 - Nov 2 2022
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,367 - Oct 21 2022
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2249
- The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 704 - Apr 18 2022
- The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 306
- The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8802
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28170
- The Sun - Two Speed - May 1 2021