Hand on deck
The crossword clue "Hand on deck" is answered by SAILOR, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2000. 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
SAILOR
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAILOR answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2000. 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 SAILOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by SAILOR, most used first.
- Tar - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Salt - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Mariner - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Crew member - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Popeye, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Popeye, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Shore-leave taker - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Lend a hand - ASSIST, used 65 times
- On deck - UPNEXT, used 20 times
- Close at hand - NEARBY, used 19 times
- Hand warmer - MITTEN, used 19 times
- Right-hand pages - RECTOS, used 18 times
- At hand - NEARBY, used 17 times
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