The Clue
Red and Black (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SEAS
Tags
Notes
The answer SEAS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
Related Clues
Caspian et al.
Seven
The seven ___
Vastnesses
Aqueous "seven"
Azov, Galilee, etc.
Baltic and Andaman
Bering and Caspian
Briny septet
Caribbean and Mediterranean
Caribbean and others
Classic septet
Coral and Red
Coral and Yellow
Fabled septet
High and seven
Homophone for seize
Kipling's "The Seven ___"
Legendary septet
Legendary seven
A proverbial septet
Proverbial septet
A proverbial seven
Red and Baltic
Red and Coral
Red and Dead
Ross and Bering
Saline seven
Salty septet
Septet for Sinbad
Seven for Sinbad
Shark pools?
Traditional septet
Wet septet
Hal ___ ver (drunk)
Half-___ over (drunk)
Half-___ over (inebriated)
Half ___ over (tipsy)
McCullough's "The Path Between the ___"
Red, White and Black
Adriatic and others
They can be choppy
Bodies often bearing names of colors
" . . . snarled and yelping ___": T. S. Eliot
They may be high or heavy
Word in many cruise ships' names
Definition
SEA as a noun:
1. a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
2. (ocean, sea) = anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
3. turbulent water with swells of considerable size; "heavy seas"