Sailor
Crossword Clue & Answers

30 November 2021
Last seen in: Irish Independent - Simple

We found 30 answers for the crossword clue 'Sailor', the most recent of which was seen in the Irish Independent - Simple.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Sailor a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Sailor as an answer itself some 113 times.

Sailor is a single word clue made up of 6 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Irish Independent - Simple' on Thursday, 09 December 2021 with the answer being SEAMAN, but the most popular answer for this clue is TAR.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Irish Independent - Simple - 9 Dec 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 25 Oct 2021
• The Guardian Quick - 18 Oct 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 4 Oct 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 24 Sep 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 15 Sep 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 11 Sep 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 9 Sep 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 1 Sep 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 30 Aug 2021

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Sailor', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Sailor' and give you a hint.

• A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
• Any member of a ship's crew
• A serviceman in the navy

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

GOB
Informal terms for the mouth

TAR
A man who serves as a sailor

4 Letters

HAND
Place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

JACK
Male donkey

SALT
Negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons

SWAB
Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion

6 Letters

BOATER
A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

CALLER
The bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands

LASCAR
An East Indian sailor

PANAMA
A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

RATING
Act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

SEAMAN
Muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)

7 Letters

CREWMAN
A member of a flight crew

LEGHORN
A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

MARINER
A man who serves as a sailor

MATELOT

NAVYMAN
A serviceman in the navy

SHIPMAN

SKIMMER
Gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food

VOYAGER
A traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)

YACHTIE

8 Letters

SEAFARER
A man who serves as a sailor

SHIPMATE
An associate on the same ship with you

STRAWHAT
A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

9 Letters

PANAMAHAT
A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

SAILORBOY
A serviceman in the navy

YACHTSMAN
A person who owns or sails a yacht

10 Letters

ABLESEAMAN
A seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills

BLUEJACKET
A serviceman in the navy

12 Letters

JOLLYJACKTAR