Clues for the word "AFT"
We've had 277 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1089 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on October 16, 2026.
Definition of aft
- adv. & a. - Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
Referring Clues
- Rearward
- Tailward, on jets
- Toward the stern
- Behind
- Nautical direction
- Toward the tiller
- Sternward
- Not fore
- Back at sea
- Back on board
- Early P.M.
- Towards the tail
- Back
- Toward the rear
- Away from the bow
- Stern view?
- Where jetsam may be thrown
- 34-Down's opposite
- Back at sea?
- Where life jackets may be stored
- Fore's opposite
- Time in 65-Down
- Where the outboard motor goes
- Back of the boat
- Toward the tail
- To the rear
- Like a jiggermast
- Tailward
- Back from boating?
- Rear
- Astern
- Propeller's locale
- Back, at sea
- In the back
- Toward the rudder
- Fore's partner
- Swabbie's rear
- Opposite of fore
- Naval direction
- To the rear, at sea
- Propeller's position
- Near the rear
- Opposite the bow
- Hinder
- Shipboard direction
- Rear admiral's rear
- At the rear
- To the back
- Toward the poop
- Like a spanker
- Back on the water
- Away from the prow
- Near the tail
- Back, on a ship
- Back in the air
- P.M.
- Toward the back, to a sailor
- Aircraft section
- Toward the 37 Down
- Toward the rear, at sea
- Behind, at sea
- Place for the rudder
- Back, on board
- 90 degrees from starboard
- Stern spot
- Fore partner
- Fore opposite
- Back on the boat
- Fore and ___
- Toward an airplane's tail
- Sailor's rear end?
- At the tiller
- Sailor's back
- At the back of the plane
- Back on the briny
- At the stern
- Tiller locale
- Ninety degrees from starboard
- Back on a ship
- Backward
- Back on the ocean
- Back of a boat
- Sailor's rear
- Toward the stern of a submarine
- Fore's counterpart
- Time in a classified ad
- To the rear, on a boat
- Near the back, on a ship
- Toward the wake
- Toward the tail, in a yacht race
- Back on a bark
- Backwards, to Barnacle Bill
- Where one might head to puke due to motion sickness
- Ship's end
- Toward the back of a boat
- Nautical rear
- Rear, to an admiral
- Rearward (nautical)
- Rear (naut.)
- Opposite of fore, on a frigate
- Popeye's behind?
- Propeller position
- Toward the back
- At the back of a boat
- "Send everyone ___; mastheads there!": Ahab
- Time in some want ads
- Time in some want ads
- In back
- Stern-ward
- Back on a boat
- Ship's back
- P.M. period
- Boat back
- Rear (nautical)
- Direction at sea
- Rudder's position
- Siesta time: Abbr.
- Back, to Blackbeard
- "To the rear, Admiral!"
- "Rear," to an admiral
- Toward a boat's stern
- Helm location in a sloop
- P.M. part
- Rearward, at sea
- Plane direction
- Popeye's back?
- Sailor's direction
- Outboard motor's position
- Back, on a boat
- Furthest back
- Toward a boat's back
- Towards the stern
- Educational org.
- Rudder's place
- Mariner's direction
- In the back, nautically speaking
- Back, to a shellback
- Tar's direction
- At a boat's back
- Rudder's location
- Rear-end indicator
- Toward the back of the boat
- Poop deck's place
- Toward the ship's rear
- Like a spanker's position on a ship
- Back, to Popeye
- Ship's tail
- Tailgunner's position
- Direction on a ship
- Tiller's place
- Like a mizzenmast on a ship
- It follows morning (abbr.)
- Away from the nose
- Toward the back of a ship
- Toward a ship's rear
- Where a rudder is
- Opposite of "forward"
- Deck direction
- Rearward, on board
- Time to call, in ads
- Like a boat's cockpit, usually
- Rudder locale
- Union alternative to the NEA
- Place for rudders
- To a boat's rear
- Position of some propellers
- Where to see a wake
- Back of the space shuttle
- Back, nautically
- Back on the plane?
- Direction on deck
- Rudder location
- Tiller locale, to those onboard
- Toward the propeller, on a boat
- Admiral's rear
- Back in the harbor?
- To a ship's back
- Back, on the water
- Toward the back, matey
- Fore's mate
- To the stern
- Back end of the boat
- Close to a ship's stern
- Direction of a plane's tail
- Back of the barge
- Tailward, on planes
- Toward the rear, on a ship
- A foot at the rear of a ship
- To the back of a boat
- Rear, on a ship
- Toward the back of an airplane
- Toward the rear of a ship
- Nautical adverb
- At the back of a ship
- A pink organ moving towards the rear
- A foot backward
- Back on the Bounty
- Like some airplane bathrooms
- Back on a plane
- Toward the front
- Back in the air?
- Ship back?
- Towards rear of ship
- Towards stern
- Wobbly, fat rear
- Stern
- Captain's rear
- Toward the poop deck
- Fore and ___ (at both ends of a ship)
- Back, on a battleship
- Back on board?
- To a ship's rear
- Back, on the lake
- Back of a barge
- Back at sea?
- Back in a boat
- Back on the water?
- Behind, to Popeye
- Rear seen in taffeta, regularly
- Back in the water?
- Rear, at sea
- Ship's stern
- Toward the most common part of a boat to fish from
- Unusually fat at the rear
- Back, to a sailor
- Outboard motor's place
- Rearward, to a mariner
- Back on a brig
- Towards the rear, on a ship
- Behind, on board
- In the back, matey
- Astern, to Pulver
- Jack's back
- Blackbeard's backward
- A foot back
- Rearward, nautically
- Back, on boats
- Back to a mate
- Newt
- Back in the navy
- Back on barques
- Near the back of the boat
- Toward the rear, Captain
- A foot farther back
- Direction taken by craftspeople
- Far from fore
- Back in the U.S.S.?
- Toward the watery rear
- Away from a ship's figurehead
- Toward the rear, to a sailor
- Toward the 50-Across
- Boater's back side?
- Back, on your Bertram yacht
- Rearmost, as decks
- Rearward, aboard ship
- Toward the rear, on a watercraft
- Direction of many a lavatory on a plane
- Like the mizzenmast
- Not forward
- Rearward, to a rear admiral
- Back of a yacht
- Toward a boat's rudder
- Forward's opposite
- Where the coxswain sits
- Away from the bow, on a boat
- Second-largest U.S. teachers union
- Back, to boaters
- Toward the back, at sea
- Back, to a boatswain
- Ship position
- Stern direction?
- At the back of the boat
- Rearward, matey
- Back on the Atlantic?
- Rear, in the boat
- Where to look for a backward sailor?
- Rearward, on a boat
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - October 16, 2026
- Mirror Daily - October 06, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - October 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 28, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - September 25, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 24, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - September 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 11, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 08, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - September 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 03, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - August 29, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 28, 2026
- LA Times - August 18, 2026
- LA Times - August 17, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - August 05, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - August 01, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 28, 2026
- Your Life Choices - July 21, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - July 10, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - July 04, 2026
- New York Times - June 17, 2026
- Daily American - June 15, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 03, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 07, 2026
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