| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| TRAPDOORS | Hatches | |
| HATCH | To close with a hatch or hatches. | |
| COURSEY | A space in the galley; a part of the hatches. | |
| HATCHER | One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator. | |
| BIRD'S-NEST | The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young. | |
| HATCH-BOAT | A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries. | |
| TARPAULIN | A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc. | |
| SECURE | To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship. | |
| LARVA | Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several ti... | |