Nautical direction
The crossword clue "Nautical direction" is answered by ABEAM, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABEAM
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABEAM answer page.
Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ABEAM
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABEAM, most used first.
- Perpendicular to the keel - used 43 times, most recently in 2021
- At right angles to the keel - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
- Nautical term. - used 28 times, most recently in 1996
- Nautical position - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Crosswise, on deck - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Crosswise, nautically - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
- At right angles to a ship's keel - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
- Crosswise, on a ship - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- From port to starboard - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Crossing the keel - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Crosswise to a ship's middle - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Crosswise to the keel - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Stage direction - ENTER, used 165 times
- Nautical command - AVAST, used 44 times
- Nautical direction - APORT, used 37 times
- Script direction - ENTER, used 33 times
- Nautical pole - SPRIT, used 28 times
- ___ in the right direction - ASTEP, used 27 times
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