| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| TOPMASTS | High supports on a ship |
| searce | act of boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas in exercise of right of search |
| dystrophic | (of a lake) Having brown acidic water that is low in oxygen and supports little life, owing to high levels of dissolved humus |
| caravels | small 15th and 16th century ship that has broad bows, high narrow poop, and usually three masts with lateen or both square and lateen sails |
