| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| AFT | Astern | |
| LEAST | Hole astern contains what’s said to be soonest mended | |
| STERN | Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. | |
| STERNMOST | Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy. | |
| CAT-HOLE | One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed. | |
| ENLARGE | To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind. | |
| ASTERN | In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern. | |
| QUARTERING | Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object. | |
| DRIFT | To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east. | |