Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
"Two Years Before the ___" (4 letter answer)
The Answer
MAST
Tags
Notes
The answer MAST is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bonaventure, for one
Pole
Spar
Sprit
Topgallant
Boom, e.g.
Boom support
Canvas holder
Flag holder
Flag support
Food for hogs
Gin pole
Harbor pole
Hog feed
Hog food
Hog's fare
It's rigged
Jigger, e.g.
Junk part
Kind of head
Part of a crane
Place for a sail
Place for a topgallant
Rigging attachment
Rigging support
Sail holder
Sail support
Sail supporter
Schooner part
Schooner pole
A sloop has one
Sow chow
Top gallant
Trestletree site
Vertical spar
Yard supporter
Crow's-nest site
Crow's-nest spot
Sea captain's council
A crow's-nest tops 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