| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ROPE | Halyard or hawser |
| FAKED | Coiled, as a rope or hawser. |
| towrope | rope or hawser used in towing boats |
| towropes | rope or hawser used in towing boats |
| towline | line, hawser, or the like, by which anything is or may be towed |
| lifeline | line, fired across a ship or boat, by means of which a hawser for a breeches buoy may be hauled aboard |
| arks | watertight container used in marine rescue operations, suspended from a hawser and hauled back and forth between a stranded or wrecked vessel and the shore |
