Sailing maneuvers
The crossword clue "Sailing maneuvers" is answered by TACKS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TACKS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TACKS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- LUFFS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TACKS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TACKS, most used first.
- Bulletin board fasteners - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Bulletin board items - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Carpet fasteners - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Sailing - ATSEA, used 44 times
- Sailing vessel - SLOOP, used 36 times
- "Sailing to Byzantium" poet - YEATS, used 22 times
- Sailing hazard - SHOAL, used 12 times
- Sailing hazards - REEFS, used 12 times
- Sailing vessel - KETCH, used 11 times
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