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The Clue
Part of a derrick (4 letter answer)
The Answer
MAST
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Notes
The answer MAST is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Flagstaff
Mizzen
Spar
Topgallant
Boom, e.g.
Boom support
Canvas holder
Flag support
Food for hogs
Forest food
Gin pole
Harbor pole
Hog feed
It's rigged
Jigger, e.g.
Junk part
Keel attachment
Locale for a lashing
Marina sight
Mizzen, e.g.
Pirate's support?
Sail holder
Schooner part
Sow chow
Top gallant
Trestletree site
One of two on a brig
Upright at sea
Yard supporter
Captain's ___ (shipboard hearing)
Crow's-nest site
Fore or main follower
It holds a yard
Whipping site at sea
A crow's-nest is atop it
It may be rigged
"Two Years Before the ___": Dana
Definition
MAST as a noun:
1. a vertical spar for supporting sails
2. nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground; used especially as food for swine
3. nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine
4. any sturdy upright pole