Fasten, as a ship's rope
The crossword clue "Fasten, as a ship's rope" is answered by BELAY, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
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BELAY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BELAY answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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- Stop, at sea - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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