The Clue
Type of seaman (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ABLE
Tags
Notes
The answer ABLE is very common and appears about once every 38 puzzles.
Related Clues
___-bodied
Clever
Competent
Dextrous
Efficient
Experienced
Fit
___-minded
Practiced
Proficient
Qualified
Skilled
Skillful
Talented
Elba reversal
Kind of seaman
Ready, willing and ___
Seaman's description
Up to the challenge
Up to the job
Up to the task
Willing follower
Willing partner
Willing's partner
Adjective for some seamen
Fit to be tried
G.I.'s first letter
Good at one's job
It precedes Baker
Like some seamen
Sal's last name?
Simian space traveler: 1959
How Napoleon was before Elba
Definition
ABLE as an adjective:
1. (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant for the project"
2. (able, capable) = have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"
3. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings"
4. (able, able-bodied) = having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able-bodied young man served in the army"