To the rear, on a boat
The crossword clue "To the rear, on a boat" is answered by AFT, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
AFT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AFT answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AFT
Every other clue in this collection answered by AFT, most used first.
- Toward the stern - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
- Sternward - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
- Astern - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Back at sea - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the rudder - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Fore and __ - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Back, on a boat - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the tail - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Back on board - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Toward the rear - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Fore's opposite - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Nautical direction - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Back of the boat - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the tiller - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Not fore - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Away from the bow - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the back of a ship - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- At the stern - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Opposite of fore - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Rearward - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Toward the back of the boat - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the back of a boat - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Back, on a ship - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- To the rear - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Away from the prow - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- Back - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Toward the wake - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Sailor's direction - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Toward the back - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Away from the bow, on a boat - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Nautical term. - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Rearward, at sea - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Back on the boat - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Rear - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Behind - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Early P.M. - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Fore's partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- P.M. - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Back in the navy - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Fore's counterpart - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sailor's back - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Toward the ship's rear - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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