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A map of a sea or ocean area and adjacent coastal regions, intended specifically for navigation at sea. Nautical charts use map projections designed for easy use with hand instruments, such as the Mercator projection , and indicate depths, hazards, landmarks , aids to navigation such as buoys , and ashore facilities of interest to mariners .
Leonard Dawe, Telegraph crossword compiler, created these puzzles at his home in Leatherhead. Dawe was headmaster of Strand School, which had been evacuated to Effingham, Surrey. Adjacent to the school was a large camp of US and Canadian troops preparing for D-Day, and as security around the camp was lax, there was unrestricted contact between ...
Sundeck: A deck onboard passenger watercraft used for suntanning. Sweep deck : ( naval ) The aftmost deck on a minesweeper , set close to the waterline for ease in launch and recovery of equipment. Topgallant forecastle deck : Any raised deck occurring above the forecastle deck (see above).
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A sundeck for chairs, chaise longue and lounge chairs. Rear deck swimming pool with a sundeck. On fishing boats a place to lay fishing nets or big-game fishing chairs or trawler gear. Cable laying gear. Scuba diving deck. Amphibious vehicle launching; Submersible launching; Water skiing launching; Samson post, a strong pillar-post for a towing ...
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
An acrostic is a type of word puzzle, related somewhat to crossword puzzles, that uses an acrostic form. It typically consists of two parts. The first part is a set of lettered clues, each of which has numbered blanks representing the letters of the answer.
The second-class smoking room was subdivided into a wedding chapel and office space. On the Sun Deck, the elegant Verandah Grill was gutted and converted into a fast-food eatery, while a new upscale dining venue was created directly above it on Sports Deck, in space once used for crew quarters. Sun setting behind the Queen Mary in Long Beach in ...