The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CLEW which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1987.
Lower corner of a square sail crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CLEW | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lower corner of a square sail
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- clew
- clews
- clue
- tack
- crossjack
- peak
- course
- foot
- bunt
- bowline
- spanker
- footrope
Crossword Answer definitions
CLEW noun- A roughly spherical mass or body.
- A ball of thread or yarn.
- Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
- The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.
- (in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
- (in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.
- To roll into a ball
- (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)
- A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
- Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
- An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
- Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
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