Related Clues:

• Love story
• Salt's agreement
• Naval affirmative
• Salt's assent
• Novel category
• Deck reply
• Novel genre
• Affair of the heart
• Sailor's ''yes''
• ''Si, si'' at sea
• Sailor's OK, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme
• Gothic __
• ''Roger,'' at sea
• Wine and dine, perhaps
• Assent asea