| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| CLEAT | Holdfast for a rope. |
| BITT | Holdfast for a hawser. |
| RIATA | Rope for a Gaucho. |
| SHEEPSHANK | Knot for shortening a rope. |
| INHAUL | Rope for pulling a sail |
| VANG | Rope for steadying a gaff |
| EARING | Small rope for a gaff. |
| PITON | Peg for a mountaineer's rope. |
| TOWLINE | Rope for pulling a barge. |
| EARING | Rope for reefing a sail |
| BELAY | Anchor for a mountain-climber's rope. |
| HAWSE | Hole for a ship's anchor rope |
| AGAVE | Source of a fiber for rope |
| PAINTER | Rope for making a boat fast. |
| CLEAT | Piece of wood for belaying a rope. |
| SISAL | Rope fiber named for a Yucatan port. |
