| Mariner's "Mayday!" | 
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            | Mayday (1,1,1) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            01 Nov 2025 | 
          
          
            | Initially a call for help (1,1,1) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            01 Nov 2025 | 
          
          
            | Message spelled in the sand, perhaps | 
            Universal | 
            29 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Letters that mean "Mayday!" | 
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            | Maritime distress call | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal from a sinking ship | 
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            | Sailor's distress call | 
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            | What a flare may mean | 
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            | Urgent call for help | 
            The Times Concise | 
            13 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Internationally recognised distress signal used by ships and aircraft (1,1,1) | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            10 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            08 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
            Commuter | 
            06 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            02 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal from a ship at sea | 
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            | ...---... ("Help," in Morse code) | 
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            | Castaway's call for help | 
            New York Times | 
            29 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Mayday!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            28 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            24 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            23 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Help me, fellow sailors!" | 
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            | Distress signal from the Esso station (inits) (3) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            19 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | "I need a rescue" letters | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Song title used by ABBA and Rihanna | 
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            | Sailor's cry for help | 
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            | Ship's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
            Universal | 
            30 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal from a ship at sea | 
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            | ABBA song | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            24 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Please rescue us!" | 
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            | A little "Help here!"? | 
            New York Times | 
            22 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday" at sea | 
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            | Mariner's distress signal | 
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            | "Help!" letters | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Appeal from a troubled ship | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            06 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at sea | 
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            | "Send a rescue ship!" | 
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            | Mariner's call for help | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            30 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic "help!" | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Letters spelled in rocks on a desert island | 
            Universal | 
            26 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic hit for a palindromic band | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            25 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            25 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            23 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress call from the ocean | 
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            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            16 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Help us!" letters | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            15 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | 1975 ABBA hit whose title is a palindrome | 
            Universal | 
            14 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Signal at sea | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Plea from the sea | 
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            | "Help!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            09 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Nautical "Help!" | 
            Universal | 
            08 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Album by SZA | 
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            | Frantic appeal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            03 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | "I need help!" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Plea from the sea | 
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            | "Help us!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            29 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal letters | 
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            | Brillo competitor | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Mayday!" | 
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            | 26 ultimately missed call for help | 
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            | "Mayday!" | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Mayday call from the Sargasso Sea (inits) (1,1,1) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            19 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at sea | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            18 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Emergency alert letters | 
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            | Stops every other emergency call (inits)(3) | 
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            | DIY ____, TV series presented by Nick Knowles | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            11 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            11 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Letters of urgency | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Mayday call, or a pattern found in 17-, 27-, 45-, and 60-Across | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck plea | 
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            | Urgent signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Send help!" | 
            USA Today | 
            29 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Seafarer's "Help!" | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            23 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Send a rescue ship!" | 
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            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            20 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Help us!" letters | 
            Universal | 
            16 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | A message mostly hissed? (3) | 
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            | Mayday code (1,1,1) | 
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            | "Send me a lifeline!" | 
            USA Today | 
            10 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Urgent telegraph signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            07 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Captain's plea | 
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            | "We need help!" at sea | 
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            | Cry for help | 
            New York Times | 
            03 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal and title of a 1975 12 across single (1,1,1) | 
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            | Pad around the kitchen | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal is just about adequate (1,1,1) | 
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            | "Hel-l-lp!" | 
            New York Times | 
            29 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___ pad (rough scrubber) | 
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            | "Help me!" | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Maritime alert | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Letters written in the sand, maybe | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Mayday call | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            22 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Rescue call letters | 
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            | Emergent: appeal | 
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            | "Help us!" | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Homophone of Morse's VTB | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            16 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | ABBA hit from 1975 (1,1,1) | 
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            | Palindromic "help!" | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Help needed!" letters | 
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            | Letters of distress | 
            Universal | 
            07 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Mayday call | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            The Times Concise | 
            07 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Save our souls... short | 
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            | Coast Guard alert | 
            Family Time | 
            06 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Signal sent during a sea disaster | 
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            | Sailor's distress signal | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            04 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Mayday" | 
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            | Desperate signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            01 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            29 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Initially a call for help | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            29 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Rescue us! | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            27 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Call for help from a distressed ship | 
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            | Maritime call | 
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            | Distress signal from a ship | 
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            | "Help!" | 
            Commuter | 
            22 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
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            | "Help!" | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | ABBA song that reads the same forward and backward | 
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            | Call for help | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            16 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Help line? | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Help me, fellow telegrapher!" | 
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            | Distress signal | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Message half of us get so wrong! (3) | 
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            | ... _ _ _ ... | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            11 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            11 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            10 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Halp!" | 
            USA Today | 
            07 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
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            | Palindromic cry for help (abbr.) | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            03 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Contents of The Police's Message in a Bottle | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            28 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | In short, in order to make an appeal (3) | 
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            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            27 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
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            | Distress call | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            24 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Help!(3) | 
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            | Sinking-at-sea signal | 
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            | "Help!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            18 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Plea code from the sea | 
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            | "Please send assistance A.S.A.P.!" | 
            New York Times | 
            17 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            14 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | "A lil help, please. My boat's in bad shape" | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | 1975 hit for ABBA, or 2006 hit for Rihanna | 
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            | Emergency signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Help us!" letters | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Either way it's an appeal for help (3) | 
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            | "Please send help," in Morse code | 
             | 
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            | Ship's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | ABBA palindrome? | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            23 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | ... ___ ... (distress signal code) | 
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            | Steel wool pad | 
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            | Brillo's rival | 
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            | Rihanna song with the refrain "please. someone help me" | 
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            | Desperate transmission | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            21 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | 18-Across song with the refrain "please, someone help me" | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sign of distress | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Appeal of sailors? | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            16 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck emergency call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            14 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Cry for help | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Shipwrecked sailor's plea | 
             | 
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            | Distress signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            07 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Lost-at-sea signal (abbr.) | 
             | 
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            | Cry similar to "Mayday!" | 
             | 
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            | Initially a call for help | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            02 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            02 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Mayday call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            01 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Call for help, or SZA album | 
             | 
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            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            01 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Distress call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stranded sailor's signal | 
            Universal | 
            30 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Our ship is sinking!" | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Call for emergency rescue (inits) (3) | 
             | 
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            | It's sent in so sad circumstances (3) | 
             | 
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            | This means trouble | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Dit-dit-dit. dah-dah-dah, dit-dit-dit to a radio operator | 
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            | Distress signal at a shipwreck | 
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            | An appeal for help or rescue (1,1,1) | 
             | 
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            | DIY ____, Nick Knowles TV series | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            13 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | As sent when there's a bit of a hole in a ship? (3) | 
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            | "Help us!" | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress at sea | 
             | 
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            | Distress signal, in short | 
             | 
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            | "Our boat's in trouble!' | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Castaway's sand scrawl | 
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            | ABBA song | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            08 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | The first thing most people learn to spell in Morse code | 
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            | "Help wanted" sign? | 
            New York Times | 
            05 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            04 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Rescue us!" call on a ship | 
             | 
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            | "Help!" | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal that reads the same when viewed upside down | 
             | 
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            | Marine "Mayday!" | 
             | 
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            | Help stops every now and then (3) | 
             | 
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            | So the head of security gets the message (3) | 
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            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            25 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | It replaced CQD | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            23 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | 'A little help here!" | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | ABBA song | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            23 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Please rescue us!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in the sand, maybe | 
             | 
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            | Anyway! It means someone's in trouble (3) | 
             | 
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            | "Mamma Mia!" number | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's cry for help | 
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            | Missive sent in an emergency | 
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            | Coded plea for help | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Plea for help from a ship's captain | 
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            | Ship's distress letters | 
             | 
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            | Distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal(1,1,1) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Rescue us!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            27 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Thus the head of state gets the message (3) | 
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            | What the USCG may respond to | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Dispatch from the distressed | 
            Universal | 
            23 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Please rescue us!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday call from the virtuoso soloist (inits) (3) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            18 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday" at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scouring pad brand | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Castaway's call | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Rihanna song with the lyric "someone help me" | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            11 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" letters | 
             | 
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            | International distress signal | 
             | 
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            | Distress call at sea | 
             | 
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            | Appeal for help or rescue (inits) (3) | 
             | 
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            | 2006 Rihanna song | 
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            | Distress call | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            05 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Letters that signal a call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | DIY ____, BBC series | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            04 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress code(3) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday call from the virtuoso soloist (inits) (3) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            26 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            25 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | 505 * | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            25 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Cry for help | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            23 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | ABBA's musical cry for help | 
             | 
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            | Soap pad brand | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Call for help from the ocean | 
             | 
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            | Letters that mean Help us! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            21 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Letters spelled out in the sand on a deserted island, in comics | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | ... --- ... | 
            Universal | 
            16 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Lost-at-sea plea | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress call from the ocean | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help, please!" | 
            Commuter | 
            13 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Replacement for CQD | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            13 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Maritime alert | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | An appeal for help (1,1,1) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent appeal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Please don't leave us stranded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Welp . . . things are not going well on my boat!" | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            03 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Appeal in order to start salvage(3) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message that might be spelled out with rocks on a desert island | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday call from the Sargasso Sea (inits) (3) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            31 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for help, informally (3) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal sent during mesoscopic examination(l,l,l) | 
             | 
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            | Distress signal from a ship at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Call for rescue | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Cry for help | 
            New York Times | 
            17 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | What a flare may mean | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent call at sea | 
            Family Time | 
            12 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Plea from the sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ••• - - - ••• | 
            New York Times | 
            04 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            04 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Palindromic song title for a palindromic band | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            02 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Urgent signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            01 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            30 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Rescue me!" | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            29 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | *Distress call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal when sinking | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            24 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Universal | 
            23 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal from a sinking ship | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            22 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            22 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | ABBA song | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            21 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            21 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            20 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Plea from a sinking ship | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            18 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            18 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Maritime call for help | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "I'm trapped on this island!" | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Help us!" | 
            Commuter | 
            15 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Mayday formerly (1,1,1) | 
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            | Plea for rescue | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Maritime plea | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            14 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic Abba song (3) | 
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            | Ship distress signal | 
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            | Distress signal from a sinking ship | 
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            | . . . - - - . . . | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | ABBA song covered by Portis head (1,1,1) | 
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            | Mariner's "Help!" | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | ABBA's distress signal? | 
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            | The appeal of a dying craft perhaps | 
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            | Ship's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Mayday!" | 
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            | "Send us a rescue ship!": Abbr. | 
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            | "Help us!" letters | 
            Universal | 
            20 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Emergency alert letters | 
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            | Scouring pad brand | 
            Universal | 
            17 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | ...___... in Morse code | 
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            | Emer. message | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Castaway's short message | 
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            | Rihanna song that pleads "Please, someone help me" | 
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            | "Help us" trio | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | 1975 ABBA hit whose title is a plea for help | 
            Universal | 
            11 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | ... --- ... | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            10 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal from a ship | 
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            | Call for help (init.) (3) | 
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            | Maritime plea | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Int. distress signal | 
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            | Shipwreck plea | 
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            | Cry for assistance | 
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            | Urgent call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            31 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            30 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Shipwrecked sailor's plea | 
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            | Mayday call (inits) (3) | 
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            | "Mayday!" | 
            Commuter | 
            22 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            21 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Help us!" | 
            Commuter | 
            21 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal designed for Morse code | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            20 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call at sea | 
            Family Time | 
            19 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Plz save me from this desert island" | 
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            | Hit song by ABBA or Rihanna | 
            USA Today | 
            17 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Mayday call | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | It can also arise due to a bit of a hole in a ship (3) | 
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            | Part of an isosceles triangle? HELP! (1,1,1) | 
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            | Letters of distress | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Morse code distress call | 
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            | Certain cell-phone mode | 
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            | "We need help!" at sea | 
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            | Palindromic plea meaning "Help us!" | 
            USA Today | 
            04 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | A cry for help went back and forth (1,1,1) | 
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            | "Rescue us!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            28 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic cry for help | 
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            | "Send us a rescue ship!" | 
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            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            22 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia!" duet for Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" letters | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            20 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            17 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | "helppp" | 
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            | "help meee!" | 
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            | Distress signal from a stranded ship | 
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            | Palindromic distress message | 
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            | "Help!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            13 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Help us!" letters | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            08 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sounds of silence can initially signal distress (1,1,1) | 
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            | Castaway's plea | 
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            | . . . - - - . . . | 
            Universal | 
            05 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short" | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Maritime distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            03 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Letters often spelled in Morse code | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress inits. | 
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            | Urgent call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            27 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Someone rescue us! | 
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            | 6-Down hit with the lyric "Nothing else can save me" | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Message from a shipwreck | 
            Universal | 
            27 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Letters meaning "Help!" that might be spelled out in coconuts on a beach | 
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            | Letters sent in emergencies | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Call for help (inits) (1,1,1) | 
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            | Distress signal from a ship | 
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            | Kind of pad with scour power | 
            Universal | 
            22 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Universal | 
            21 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
            Commuter | 
            18 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | ABBA single (1,1,1) | 
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            | "Send help!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            17 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Help!!! | 
            Commuter | 
            16 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Help me!" | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Acronym in a bottle | 
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            | Letters from people in distress | 
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            | "Save me from this deserted island ASAP, plz! | 
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            | Desperate plea at sea | 
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            | Distress signal at sea | 
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            | Help! Our boat is sinking! | 
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            | Therefores | 
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            | "Mayday!" | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
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            | "My boat's sprung a leak!" | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Call from a distressed ship | 
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            | Ship's cry | 
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            | "Help needed" signal | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Help us!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            25 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Shouts out "Hut" for a distress call (3) | 
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            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            24 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
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            | Letters that might mean "Help! We're stranded on a desert island!" | 
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            | Castaway's call for help | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | We're all at sea! (3) | 
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            | Distress signal when there's a hole in a ship (3) | 
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            | Sailor's "Mayday!" | 
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            | Distress signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            14 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Scouring-pad competitor of Scotch-Brite | 
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            | "Help!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            07 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Mayday call sounds overly suspicious at first (1,1,1) | 
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            | Castaway's cry for help | 
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            | Signal back, too (3) | 
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            | "Send us a rescue ship!": Abbr. | 
             | 
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            | "We're sinking!" | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress code at sea | 
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            | "Mayday!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            28 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call for assistance | 
            The Times Concise | 
            27 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress signal (and ABBA hit song) (1,1,1) | 
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            | ABBA hit that's the same backward and forward, just like "ABBA" itself is | 
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            | Morse code distress signal | 
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            | Our situation is desperate! | 
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            | "Help me!" | 
            Commuter | 
            17 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            13 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            11 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | ABBA song whose title is a cry for help | 
            Universal | 
            11 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Shipwrecked sailor's plea | 
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            | How to get help, initially (1,1,1) | 
             | 
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            | Ship's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Send help" signal | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Emergency request for help | 
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            | Distress call | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            04 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Acronym in a bo le | 
             | 
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            | Initially a cry for help | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            04 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress letters at sea | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Rescue us!" | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Distress call at sea | 
             | 
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            | 1975 ABBA song | 
             | 
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            | "Help!" | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | . . . - - - . . . | 
            Universal | 
            29 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Scouring brand | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Send help!" | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Brillo competitor | 
            Commuter | 
            22 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Text (1,1,1) | 
             | 
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            | ABBA classic | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            19 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | “Help!” | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            19 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at a shipwreck | 
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            | Pierce Brosnan-Meryl Streep duet in "Mamma Mia!" | "Everything's A-O.K." | SZA album that followed "Ctrl" | 
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            | Hit for Rihanna or ABBA | 
             | 
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            | Mayday call from the Sargasso Sea (inits)(3) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            14 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | A call for help | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Symbolic ''help'' | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Symbolic 'help' | 
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            | "Rescue me!" call from a ship | 
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            | Letters of distress at sea | 
             | 
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            | "Our boat is sinking!" | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" letters | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            07 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Help us!" | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            New York Times | 
            05 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Rescue us!" call on a ship | 
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            | "Help! We've sprung a leak!" | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | ... --- ... | 
             | 
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            | Ship's call for help | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            02 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Rihanna No. 1 of 2006 | 
             | 
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            | Marine "Mayday!" | 
             | 
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            | Call for help | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Cry of distress | 
            TV | 
            26 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress call crossing the Atlantic? (3) | 
             | 
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            | Mayday call from the Sargasso Sea (inits)(3) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            25 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mayday call from the Sargasso Sea (inits)(3) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            23 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | What a flare can mean | 
            Universal | 
            22 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Urgent transmission | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            21 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Hit song title for Abba or Rihanna | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Title of a Rihanna or ABBA hit | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            08 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Need help stat," at sea | 
             | 
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            | What a flare might indicate | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            04 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | ''Send help'' signal | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Please send a boat to rescue my boat" | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            31 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            31 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Brillo alternative | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Help us pls!" | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Plea from the sea | 
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            | Adoption of the International Radiotelegraph Convention in 1906 | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress, at sea | 
             | 
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            | "Help!" | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" from ABBA? | 
             | 
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            | Maritime call for help | 
            Universal | 
            30 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Emergency call from a sailor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" letters | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            26 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Call for help repeated in the Police's "Message in a Bottle" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | 'Help us pls!' | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Desperate transmission | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            23 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            22 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
            Universal | 
            18 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Help!," asea | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            10 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Rescue me!" call from a ship | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress letters | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Help us!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Marine rescue call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
            Newsday | 
            31 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Help me!" plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle, maybe | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            15 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            12 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Brillo competitor | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress call from a sinking ship | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress call | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress letters at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal of distress at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'There's a hole in my boat!' | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ship's "Help us!" | 
             | 
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            | Sailor's call for help | 
             | 
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            | "Help us!" letters at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            15 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Send a rescue ship!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "We need help!" | 
            Universal | 
            12 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
            Universal | 
            11 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Send a rescue ship!" letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            24 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | 'Help! We've sprung a leak!' | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Oceanic distress signal | 
             | 
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            | Distress call | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Help signal that is also a 1975 ABBA hit | 
             | 
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            | Palindromic plea | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted" notice? | 
            Universal | 
            13 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Send help!" | 
            Universal | 
            11 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' | 
            New York Times | 
            04 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at sea | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Call for assistance | 
            Newsday | 
            25 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday" letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            22 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Emergency at sea!" signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            16 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic plea | 
            Universal | 
            15 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Signal for help | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            04 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Nautical distress call | 
            USA Today | 
            02 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Brand that 'Spells Clean!' | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            27 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress call from a ship | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Send help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help line? | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            05 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress call at sea | 
            Newsday | 
            03 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Scouring pad brand | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "We're going to drown!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            27 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ABBA song with the words "Nothing else can save me" | 
            Universal | 
            19 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shipwrecked sailor's plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rihanna hit of 2006 | 
            Universal | 
            11 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | All Surface Sponge brand | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Send help ASAP!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Homophone of VTB, click-wise | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia!" song with the lyric "The love you gave me, nothing else can save me" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at sea | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress sig | 
            Canadiana | 
            27 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress call letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brief alarm? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | What a flare may mean | 
            Universal | 
            19 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            16 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" letters | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Universal | 
            12 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Morse "Mayday!" | 
            Universal | 
            01 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            27 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Letters that shouldn't be written big for air rescue (a single V or X is best) | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at sea | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Help signal | 
            Family Time | 
            08 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Nine-symbol message | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Letters requesting help | 
            New York Times | 
            04 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Letters read from a rescue plane | 
            Universal | 
            28 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Help signal on the Indian Ocean | 
            Family Time | 
            25 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Nine-symbol message | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'Send help!' | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Theme of the puzzle | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Big letters on an island beach, maybe | 
            Universal | 
            16 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Scouring pad brand | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Plea from the sea | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Kind of pad | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            02 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Nautical call for help | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Sinking ship's signal | 
             | 
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            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            24 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            22 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "help me!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ...---.. | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Plea from the sea | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | …—… | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            18 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Letters spelled out with rocks on a desert island, in cartoons | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            10 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Letters of urgency | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Help, we're sinking!": Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            21 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Distress sig | 
            Canadiana | 
            17 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Rescue me!" call at sea | 
             | 
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            | Airborne attention-getter | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | “Help!” | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Mayday!" | 
             | 
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            | "Help!" | 
            Family Time | 
            02 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" from a ship | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brief alarm | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Boater's urgent signal | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
            Universal | 
            27 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Marine "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Morse code plea | 
            Universal | 
            19 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Distressed dispatch | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Please rescue us!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" letters | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            12 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Get me out of here!" | 
            Universal | 
            03 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            03 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Rescue me!" signal at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            31 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            30 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            15 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'Send help!' | 
            Newsday | 
            31 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Send help!" | 
            Universal | 
            30 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Please send help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Universal | 
            27 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters for help | 
            Family Time | 
            25 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Help us!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            24 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Boater's distress signal | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Help! | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            15 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Sea plea, briefly | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Help me!," at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            10 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            07 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Ship distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            05 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Letters that mean "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            28 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'Send help!' | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'Help us!' | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Cleaning pad brand | 
            Universal | 
            24 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Palindrome in English and Morse code | 
            Universal | 
            23 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Lost ship call: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" letters | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Appeal at sea | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Nine-symbol message | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            08 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress call | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Help signal at sea | 
            Family Time | 
            05 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Captain's call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Universal | 
            27 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Signal while sinking | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            23 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "rescue me!" letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Non-Scratch Scrubber brand | 
            Newsday | 
            21 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            20 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Maritime distress call | 
            Universal | 
            17 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            09 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            29 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Maritime ''Help!'' signal | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" at sea: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            23 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Rescue request | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            21 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'Please help!' | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Captain's call for help: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | “Bring help!” signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Call of distress: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            08 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted" letters? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters for help | 
            Newsday | 
            03 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Household brand spelled with two (not three) dots | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday" | 
            Family Time | 
            27 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Urgent | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            26 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Help!": Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            21 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'Help! We're having boat problems!' | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic 33-Down hit | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic 33-Down hit | 
            The Washington Post | 
            16 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Cleaning pad brand | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            13 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at sea | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Brand name that looks like it has a missing period | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Brand name that looks like it has a missing period | 
            The Washington Post | 
            05 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Mayday alternative | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            15 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | ABBA song that pairs well with "Help!"? | 
            Universal | 
            10 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | ''Help!'' at sea | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | A call for help | 
            New York Times | 
            04 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            01 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            01 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Plea from the sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'We need help!' letters | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Coast Guard pickup | 
            The Washington Post | 
            22 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Coast Guard pickup | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Panicked transmission | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            16 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            10 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            08 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            24 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Aptly palindromic ABBA hit | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Distress code | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Signal of desperation | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Captain’s call for help | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Send help!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            12 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            08 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            02 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            29 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent call from inside espresso shop | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            27 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Call for help letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Desperate transmission | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            16 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            15 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            10 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's distress signal | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            30 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | 'Help me!' letters | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            27 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Ship's ''Help!'' signal | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Distress sig | 
            Canadiana | 
            25 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Marine relief request | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea from the sea | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | "I can't get this water out of the boat fast enough!" | 
            Family Time | 
            17 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Brief alarm | 
            The Washington Post | 
            15 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Brief alarm | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Distress at sea: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            13 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tar's "Help!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            10 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Distress sig | 
            Canadiana | 
            04 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
            Universal | 
            28 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Help, please," to those in a sinking boat | 
            Family Time | 
            27 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" from a ship | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress call | 
            Family Time | 
            19 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Marine "Mayday!": Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            15 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Maritime distress call | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
            The Washington Post | 
            07 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Morse code ''Help!'' message | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Message often written in large letters | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic band name | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Palindromic plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help! in calypso style  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime distress letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help signal on the ocean | 
            Family Time | 
            23 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            23 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Distress letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nautical distress call | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Desperate signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            14 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call to the USCG | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | [Send assistance!] | 
            New York Times | 
            10 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Titanic's distress signal: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
            The Washington Post | 
            06 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            05 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            The Washington Post | 
            04 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Message from a sinking ship: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Desperate signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            31 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Signal after a shipwreck | 
            Universal | 
            26 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            24 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Mariner's distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ABBA song with the lyric 'nothing else can save me' | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Help!," at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters from a ship in peril | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            07 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea, briefly | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rihanna's first #1 single | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Signal for help | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Signal for help | 
            The Washington Post | 
            25 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Mayday letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's cry for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nautical call for help | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            07 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Request for help at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Help us!' | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            23 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call from inside espresso shop | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            22 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | ... --- .. | 
            New York Times | 
            17 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Help signal while sinking | 
            Family Time | 
            17 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Plea for rescue | 
            Newsday | 
            06 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | "We need assistance!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            02 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Help" signal at sea | 
            Family Time | 
            02 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Notes help me!  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help signal at sea | 
            Family Time | 
            19 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Castaway's call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
            The Washington Post | 
            06 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Stranded ship's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | “We’re taking on water!” | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Rihanna song with the lyric 'someone help me' | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | "H-E-L-P!" | 
            Universal | 
            25 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Abba song mostly average  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Onboard distress call | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            21 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "He-e-elp!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            14 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Desperate transmission | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ''Help, quick! There's water in the boat!'' | 
            Family Time | 
            07 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Nautical distress call | 
            USA Today | 
            07 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at sea | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Nautical alert | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Help signal from a yacht | 
            Family Time | 
            28 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Send help!' | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Please help!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            14 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Help signal sent by captains | 
            Family Time | 
            01 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Rescue us!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            31 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Request for rescue | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            28 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lost-at-sea signal | 
            Universal | 
            26 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency call in Morse code | 
            New York Times | 
            25 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic song from a palindromic band | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic song from a palindromic band | 
            The Washington Post | 
            16 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Help!"-ful soap pad brand | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!'-ful soap pad brand | 
            The Washington Post | 
            05 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | 'Mayday!' | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Message from a sinking ship | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Help me!' letters | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
            The Washington Post | 
            28 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Brand of pads | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'It's going down!' | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            27 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal when at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rihanna's 2006 hit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's call for help | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | "Rescue me!" call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Send help!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            22 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Maritime distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Send a rescue ship!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
            Universal | 
            13 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | "Send help!" message | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Rescue signal from the Atlantic | 
            Family Time | 
            09 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'Send help!' message | 
            The Washington Post | 
            09 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Letters often meant to be read from afar | 
            New York Times | 
            07 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Letters calling for help | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' letters | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Help signal  on the Chesapeake Bay | 
            Family Time | 
            02 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cry for help at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Classic distress call | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | "Help us!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            11 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Rihanna hit that samples 'Tainted Love' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            10 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Rihanna hit that samples "Tainted Love" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            10 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" on the briny | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' on the briny | 
            The Washington Post | 
            08 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Emergency transmission | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | ''Send help'' signal | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Message in Morse code, maybe | 
            New York Times | 
            29 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Impetus for a rescue mission | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea, briefly | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal that's a palindrome in English and Morse code | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's emergency signal | 
            Universal | 
            15 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Help signal on an island | 
            Family Time | 
            13 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Title of hits by Abba and Rihanna | 
            New York Times | 
            11 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | "Help, quick! I'm sinking" | 
            Family Time | 
            07 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
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            | "The ship is sinking!" | 
            Family Time | 
            24 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Help signal far from shore | 
            Family Time | 
            23 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'We need help!' | 
            New York Times | 
            17 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Seafaring distress letters | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Rescue plea | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Rescue plea | 
            The Washington Post | 
            16 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress signal | 
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            | Distress signal for bobbers | 
            Family Time | 
            09 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic plea at sea | 
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            | Help signal on the Indian Ocean | 
            Family Time | 
            27 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Nine-symbol message | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Urgent letters? | 
            Universal | 
            26 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
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            | Help signal among choppy waves | 
            Family Time | 
            20 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress signal | 
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            | Letters of distress: Abbr. | 
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            | "Mayday" at sea | 
             | 
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            | ''Help wanted'' message | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Distress call at sea | 
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            | Offshore distress signal | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            21 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Rihanna hit of 2006 | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Oceanic distress signal | 
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            | Pot-scrubbing brand | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            26 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Urgent letters | 
            USA Today | 
            25 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Help signal while floating | 
            Family Time | 
            24 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Mariner's distress signal | 
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            | 911 call from the sea? | 
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            | "Mayday!" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            26 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress at sea | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal from a ship at sea | 
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            | Distress signal, at sea | 
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            | Sinking ship's signal | 
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            | 'We're in danger!' | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            29 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Message from a sinking ship | 
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            | Plea at sea | 
             | 
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            | Oceanic distress signal | 
            Jonesin | 
            10 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Sinking ship's signal | 
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            | Message from a sinking ship | 
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            | Help line? | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Help wanted sign | 
            New York Times | 
            28 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Red-square emergency emoji | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Message from a sinking ship | 
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            | Message in smoke signals, maybe | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            05 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'Mayday!' | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            03 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Mayday signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            03 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Help!" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Jan 2020 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            20 Jan 2020 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's 'Help!' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            20 Jan 2020 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
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            | Distress call from the ocean | 
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            | Call to the U.S.C.G. | 
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            | "Mayday!" signal | 
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            | What's sent intermittently as Morse? | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            13 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" at sea | 
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            | Ship's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Emergency broadcast at sea | 
            Universal | 
            09 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Sinking ship's call | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            08 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Appeal for aid | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Call in a calamity | 
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            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
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            | Emergency signal | 
            Universal | 
            27 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Frantic signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            26 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Mayday!" | 
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            | Brillo competitor | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Morse code plea, once | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'We're going down!' | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            17 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic plea | 
            Universal | 
            12 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Sinking ship's signal | 
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            | Distress code | 
            Canadiana | 
            11 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | What a flare can mean | 
            Universal | 
            11 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Foundering signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' at sea | 
            The Washington Post | 
            04 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" at sea | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | What Clorox makes with steel | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Dots-and-dashes distress call | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Castaway's message | 
            Universal | 
            17 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Tapped-out plea | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Call from a sinking ship | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            14 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | ... --- .. | 
            Universal | 
            08 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Ship's help signal | 
            Family Time | 
            07 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Message from a ship at peril | 
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            | Distress message | 
            Jonesin | 
            01 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'Mamma Mia!' song | 
            The Washington Post | 
            15 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia!" song | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Big name in scouring pads | 
            Universal | 
            09 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            Newsday | 
            03 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | 2006 Rihanna hit that samples "Tainted Love" | 
            The New Yorker | 
            02 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Titanic's transmission | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            28 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Distress letters of old | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Message from a sinking ship | 
             | 
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            | "Help, we're sinking!" | 
            Universal | 
            16 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Message from a stranded sailor | 
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            | ''Send help now!'' | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Coast Guard pickup | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Coast Guard pickup | 
            The Washington Post | 
            03 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Help!" | 
            Universal | 
            01 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Plea for help | 
            Universal | 
            27 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'Mayday!' precursor | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Message from a sinking ship | 
             | 
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            | Distress letters used by a sailor | 
             | 
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            | ''Help!'' at sea | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Urgent transmission | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Plea from a schooner | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            14 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Urgent signal | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Song from 'Mamma Mia!' | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
            The New Yorker | 
            08 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress: Abbr. | 
             | 
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            | Desperate dots and dashes | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Help!" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress call | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Mariner's 'Help!' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            24 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" at sea | 
             | 
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            | Distress call | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            20 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'I need help!' | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Rescue request | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            16 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Morse code at sea | 
             | 
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            | Distress signal | 
            Canadiana | 
            10 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Universal code requesting for immediate help | 
             | 
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            | Desperate call for assistance at sea | 
             | 
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            | Sinking ship's signal | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Maritime emergency letters | 
            The Washington Post | 
            27 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Distress letters at sea | 
             | 
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            | Call to the USCG | 
            USA Today | 
            26 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | "Rescue me!" call on a ship: Abbr. | 
             | 
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            | USCG reception | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | USCG reception | 
            The Washington Post | 
            19 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | . Spouse frequently gives an alarm call  | 
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            | Distress signal | 
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            | "Send a rescue ship!" | 
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            | "Help!" signal | 
            Universal | 
            04 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Sinking ship's signal | 
             | 
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            | Desperate letters on the sea: Abbr. | 
             | 
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            | 'Hel-l-lp!' | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            28 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Morse code-based call for assistance from a ship at sea | 
             | 
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            | Sea plea | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            14 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Plea from the sea | 
             | 
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            | Message from a sinking ship | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            07 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Critical message that's a hint to the six longest entries in this puzzle | 
            New York Times | 
            07 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Desperate morse code: Abbr. | 
             | 
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            | Alert at sea | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            24 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal: Abbr. | 
             | 
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            | Call for help in Morse code | 
             | 
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            | "We need help!" at sea: Abbr. | 
             | 
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            | ... --- ..., in Morse code | 
            Universal | 
            01 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Kind of pad | 
            New York Times | 
            28 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Scrubbing brand | 
            The Washington Post | 
            27 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Scrubbing brand | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Help wanted sign? | 
            New York Times | 
            25 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted" sign? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'Help wanted' sign? | 
            The Washington Post | 
            16 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Desperate Morse message: Abbr. | 
             | 
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            | Abba song (also an abbreviation for a call for help) | 
             | 
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            | "Mayday!" letters | 
             | 
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            | Morse code red alert signal: Abbr. | 
             | 
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            | Maritime distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Desperate signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            22 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Plea to the USCG | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
            New York Times | 
            17 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Dots-and-dashes plea for help | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Signal of distress used by ships at sea: Abbr. | 
             | 
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            | Distress signal from the sea: Abbr. | 
             | 
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            | 'Help a seafarer out!' | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Frantic transmission | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress letters | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Distress letters | 
            The Washington Post | 
            01 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Help wanted sign? | 
             | 
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            | Critical message that's a hint to the six longest entries in this puzzle | 
             | 
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            | Kind of pad | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
             | 
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            | Urgent transmission | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message from a sinking ship | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Frantic transmission | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Desperate signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Desperate dots and dashes | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call from a sinking ship | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for assistance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help a seafarer out!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic's transmission | 
             | 
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            | Tapped-out plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Song from "Mamma Mia!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sinking ship's signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea to the USCG | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dots-and-dashes plea for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dots-and-dashes distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress letters of old | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call to the USCG | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo competitor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" precursor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "I need help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaway's message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted" sign? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia!" song | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Coast Guard pickup | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime emergency letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scrubbing brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | USCG reception | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Big name in scouring pads | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ... --- ..., in Morse code | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ... --- ... | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help, we're sinking!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            20 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Mayday! | 
            Universal | 
            19 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | "Help" variety | 
            Universal | 
            18 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
            New York Times | 
            05 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Call for help from a ship: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brief call for help | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Send help!' | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            04 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Wet "Emergency!" | 
            Universal | 
            02 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Castaway's distress call | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | 'We're sinking!' | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Three short, three long, three short | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Plea to the Coast Guard | 
            Universal | 
            11 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Distress call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal seeking help: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Coast Guard alert | 
            Family Time | 
            30 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Jets can be found in one | 
            New York Times | 
            30 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Jonesin | 
            25 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Call for help at sea: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's distress signal: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's distress call: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            Universal | 
            06 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | 'Mayday!,' on a ship | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            02 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Code which means "Send help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Send help!": Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Three-letter product with two periods | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Three-letter product with two periods | 
            The Washington Post | 
            23 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Distress call on water | 
            Universal | 
            21 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Scouring pad brand | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            20 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | 'Help us!,' at sea | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Nine-symbol signal | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Mayday call | 
            Universal | 
            20 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Brand of 42-Down | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle, maybe | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            06 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Foundering ship's signal | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Ship's emergency signal | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime call for help | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Pot-scrubbing brand | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress signal | 
            Family Time | 
            28 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Cry on a sinking ship | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            27 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Distress code to signal danger | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters of desperation | 
            Universal | 
            14 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Imperiled one's signal | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            13 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Mariner's mayday | 
            Canadiana | 
            30 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Scratchy pad | 
            Universal | 
            21 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Masons dismiss man looking for help | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            21 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | 'Mayday!' relative | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Help transmission | 
            Universal | 
            18 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Maritime plea | 
            Universal | 
            13 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Call from a sinking ship | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | "Send help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call to a rescuer | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Mariner's distress signal: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Universal | 
            18 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Morse distress signal | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Mayday call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            17 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Distress sig | 
            Canadiana | 
            05 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Request to get away from an island? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call to the Coast Guard | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Request for aid | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Nine-symbol message | 
            Newsday | 
            18 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Brillo alternative | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Letters signaling trouble | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            14 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call to the USCG | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            The Times Concise | 
            09 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia!" number | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | 'Mamma Mia!' number | 
            The Washington Post | 
            01 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday | 
            Universal | 
            22 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Emergency signal | 
            Newsday | 
            18 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea written with rocks | 
            Universal | 
            15 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Opening track on ABBA's "Greatest Hits" | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Request for an island getaway?: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia!" number | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Three-letter product with two periods | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help us!," at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia!" song that begins "Where are those happy days?" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call to the Coast Guard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pot-scrubbing brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Request for aid | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Three short, three long, three short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help" variety | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call on water | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help transmission | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters of desperation | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea to the Coast Guard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea written with rocks | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scratchy pad | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Wet "Emergency!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" relative | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "We're sinking!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo alternative | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call from a sinking ship | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call to a rescuer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaway's distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Foundering ship's signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Opening track on ABBA's "Greatest Hits" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent call to the USCG | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brand of 42-Down | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Frantic signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scouring pad brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sinking signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call from the ocean | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's distress signal | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            24 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Scouring pad brand | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Nautical distress call | 
            Universal | 
            17 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Plea for help | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!,' asea | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            03 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
            Newsday | 
            03 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Cry for help (inits) | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            01 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Spouse's odd cry for help (inits) | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            01 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Under-the-sink brand | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            24 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Desperate Morse message | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            22 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' at sea | 
            Jonesin | 
            21 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted" notice? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Line in the sand? | 
            New York Times | 
            05 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Signal for help | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Tune from "Mamma Mia!" | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's call for help | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            15 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
            Universal | 
            12 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Message from a sinking ship, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bit of telegraphy | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Call to the Coast Guard | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | ''The Soapy Superhero'' | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | The appeal of love on board ship  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Request for an island getaway? | 
            New York Times | 
            16 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Maritime 'Mayday!' | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            10 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters that mean "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Please rescue me!' | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            03 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Signal of distress | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Signal of distress | 
            The Washington Post | 
            30 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Letters of desperation | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            27 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Help! | 
            Universal | 
            26 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Song on the album 'ABBA' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            17 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Song on the album "ABBA" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Morse code plea | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Family Time | 
            14 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Message from the marooned | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | 'Hel-l-lp!' | 
            New York Times | 
            17 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal from a ship, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Send help!' | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Appeal of love on board ship  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' from a helmsman | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            18 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | What the Coast Guard may pick up | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            09 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "I'm in danger!" emergency letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Appeal at sea | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            20 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Message from one stranded on an island | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday call found in the starred answers | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            01 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Non-scratch scrubber brand | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Urgent appeal to the Coast Guard | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Distress message | 
            Universal | 
            14 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | ''Someone help me'' ABBA tune | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | An emergency signal of distress in radio code | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'He-e-elp!' | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            26 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Rihanna's first #1 hit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Help me!' | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            19 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | "Help, quick!" | 
            Universal | 
            18 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            17 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Sinking call | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            14 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Message spelled out in the sand, sometimes | 
            Universal | 
            12 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at sea | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Act II duet in 'Mamma Mia!' | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            03 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Distress-at-sea message | 
            Universal | 
            19 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            18 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Sinking ship's signal of old | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            Canadiana | 
            16 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Distress letters | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            13 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Emergency signal | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Call to the Coast Guard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scouring pad brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sinking ship's signal of old | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tune from "Mamma Mia!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Act II duet in "Mamma Mia!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message spelled out in the sand, sometimes | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | What the Coast Guard may pick up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Under-the-sink brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Line in the sand? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nautical distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent appeal to the Coast Guard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message from the marooned | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Hel-l-lp!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal of distress | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Song on the album "ABBA" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help, quick!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Request for an island getaway? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Morse code plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday! Mayday!" | 
            Universal | 
            30 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle? | 
            The Washington Post | 
            24 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | ...---.. | 
            The Washington Post | 
            04 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Message that might be spelled with rocks | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Urgent appeal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            01 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Brillo competitor | 
            The Washington Post | 
            10 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Either way, one is seeking professional help for May Day | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            22 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Help-needed announcement | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Rescue request | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Longtime distress signal | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Letters in the sand? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" cousin | 
            Universal | 
            03 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | "Emergency!" | 
            Universal | 
            02 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Non-Scratch Scrubber brand | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Urgent distress signal | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal that's also palindromic in Morse code | 
            Jonesin | 
            13 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Signal often made in Morse code | 
            The Washington Post | 
            01 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters | 
            The Washington Post | 
            02 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic call for help | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | This puzzle's theme | 
            Universal | 
            23 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Big name in pads | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Brand with a Grill Mates variety | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
            Universal | 
            28 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Response to a sinking feeling? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Emergency call | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Mayday!" | 
            Universal | 
            23 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            The Washington Post | 
            13 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Palindrome named 1975 hit from a palindrome named band | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            09 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!,' at sea | 
            New York Times | 
            23 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
            The Washington Post | 
            14 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | ''Mayday!'' | 
            Newsday | 
            08 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' | 
            New York Times | 
            04 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Urgent dispatch | 
            The Washington Post | 
            01 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted notice? | 
            The Washington Post | 
            24 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | "Emergency!" at sea | 
            Universal | 
            13 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Brillo alternative | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Cleaning product with two periods in its name | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Maritime plea | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            28 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Emergency transmission | 
            New York Times | 
            22 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Rihanna's first #1 single | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | It has three dashes in the middle | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Mayday relative | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Coast Guard alert | 
            Universal | 
            08 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Brand of scouring pad | 
            Universal | 
            31 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Sinker's signal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Salt's 'Help!' | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            17 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Either way, one is seeking professional help | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            16 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Signal officially replaced in 1999 | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Message that might be laid out in coconuts on a beach | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
            Universal | 
            12 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            10 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | It has three dashes in the middle | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Response to a sinking feeling? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Palindromic call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters in the sand? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday relative | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress letters | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            01 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | This puzzle's theme | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Coast Guard alert | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brand of scouring pad | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" cousin | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday! Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Emergency!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted" letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rihanna's first #1 single | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message that might be spelled with rocks | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message that might be laid out in coconuts on a beach | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!," at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            19 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Only palindromic top-40 song title from a palindromic-name group | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | 'Help wanted' sign | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | 'Help!' | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Nautical signal | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Sailor's ''Help!'' | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Palindromic ABBA hit | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Yachter's 'Help!' | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            24 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Brillo competitor | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            10 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Signal of distress | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at sea | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Castaway's signal | 
            Universal | 
            16 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Smidgen | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Mayday relative | 
            Universal | 
            11 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Signal from a marooned sailor | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Tar's 'Help!' | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            20 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted announcement? | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Titanic call | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            13 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | "Help! We're sinking!" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Urgent call | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Message spelled out with coconuts, maybe | 
            New York Times | 
            11 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | "Emergency!" at sea | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Castaway's call | 
            Universal | 
            29 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Plea asea | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Mayday call | 
            Jonesin | 
            16 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | 'Save us!' | 
            Jonesin | 
            11 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Desperate letters | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Mayday! (and the initials of this puzzle's longest answers) | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            01 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted sign? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | Foundering plea | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | Desperate signal | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | Nautical ''Help!'' | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Nine-tap signal | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Call to the Coast Guard | 
            Universal | 
            10 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea, briefly | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | 'Rescue us!' | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            25 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted letters | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            16 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Castaway's call | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Intl. distress letters | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Main signal | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Castaway's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaway's signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday relative | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Desperate signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Emergency!" at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo counterpart | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nautical signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nine-symbol message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Only palindromic top-40 song title from a palindromic-name group | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted announcement? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Foundering plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call to the Coast Guard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted" sign | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Foundering signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday! (and the initials of this puzzle's longest answers) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent appeal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaway's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message spelled out with coconuts, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal from a marooned sailor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Rescue us!' | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Send help!' | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tar's 'Help!' | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police "I'll send an ___ to the world" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The Police's "Message in a Bottle" distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea, briefly | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nine-tap signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help wanted signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Main signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "We're going to drown!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shortest-named ABBA single | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Desperate letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo competitor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted sign? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal of distress | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea asea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help! We're sinking!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ...---... | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Palindromic ABBA hit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nautical "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Intl. distress letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters in the sand, perhaps | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Emergency!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It's sometimes written in the sand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Marine "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sea captain's "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scouring pad brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" on the high seas | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters addressed to anyone at all | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters in the sand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship emergency letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message from the Titanic | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-seeking letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic transmission | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" cousin | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Gilligan's Island" signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted"? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Worrisome letters to send | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime alert | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sign of trouble | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal that replaced "CQD" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Hel-l-l-lp!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Oceanic distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea from the sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic transmission | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted notice? | 
             | 
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            | 'Help!' | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Help!,' asea | 
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            | Alert at sea | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Salt's 'Help!' | 
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            | Urgent call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | What the USCG may respond to | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo competitor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scrubber brand | 
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            | 1975 ABBA hit | 
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            | Rescue party prompter | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Motley Crue "Same Ol' Situation (___)" | 
             | 
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            | Sinking ship signal | 
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             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Rihanna's first #1 Billboard single | 
             | 
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            | Stranded message? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent dispatch | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Brillo alternative | 
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            | Call to the Coast Guard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Pad at a sink | 
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            | 'Help us!' | 
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             | 
          
          
            | 'Mayday!' | 
             | 
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            | 'We need assistance!' | 
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             | 
          
          
            | "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" ___ Band | 
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            | "___ (Rescue Me)" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call at sea | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Request for help asea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
             | 
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            | Brand spelled with two (not three) dots | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" signal | 
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            | It sounds the same as Morse's VTB | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tapped-out letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" kin | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted announcement? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message from the Titanic | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nine-sound signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call sent in Morse | 
             | 
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            | Marine "Mayday!" | 
             | 
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            | "H-E-L-P!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Theme of the puzzle | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia!" number | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Marine mayday | 
             | 
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            | Emergency signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters to the Coast Guard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sign of trouble | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tapped-out letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call to the Coast Guard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday relative | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Symbolic "help" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" to a sailor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Poseidon's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Urgent transmission of sorts | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | What the Titanic sent | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Marine mayday | 
             | 
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            | Desperate plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Abba hit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help found inside eight puzzle answers | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pot-scrubbing brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal for immediate assistance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Universal signal since 1908 | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent offshore signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Send help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Rescue me" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Something to get a cutter's attention | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Response to a sinking feeling? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 1975 hit by 51-Across | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal for immediate assistance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime alert | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 33-Across brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo alternative | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help found inside eight puzzle answers | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pot-scrubbing brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Universal signal since 1908 | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent offshore signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Send help now" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cry for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | [I'm really tired of being a castaway] | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "I'll send an ___ to the world" (Police lyric) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaway's message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea for aid | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea to the Coast Guard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's help signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brand owned by Clorox | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters from desperate people | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Long-distance call? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea before going under | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Alert for the Coast Guard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | #1 hit for Rihanna | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia!" song | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Desperate letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo alternative | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 33-Across brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted indicator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Foundering call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call, at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Sending out an ___" (repeated Police lyric) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Coded plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rihanna hit that samples "Tainted Love" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kind of pad | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nautical counterpart of "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pad around the kitchen | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Desperate call, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Song in "Mamma Mia!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help plea from the sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sign of desperation | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help us!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Desperate call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rescue request | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Captain's "I need help ASAP!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 1975 ABBA hit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Popular pad | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted" letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | What the Titanic sent out | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Captain's "I need help ASAP!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help, we're sinking!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seaman's "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia!" song | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call letters? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | CQD successor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Under-the-sink brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Under-the-sink brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency broadcast | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters in the sand? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Send help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Skipper's "mayday" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message on the beach of a remote island, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Popular pad | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call hidden in this puzzle's eight longest answers that's apt for May Day? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seaman's "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Clorox cleaning product | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | See 38-Across | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a storm | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kin of a 911 call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Flare, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Coast Guard pickup | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia" number | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "H-E-L-P!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted announcement | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress-signal letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dashed-off message? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call from the distressed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency call to the Coast Guard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!"... and a hint to 17-, 27-, 42- and 53-Across | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia!" song | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Sending out an ___" (much-repeated line in a Police hit) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | *Rihanna, 2006 | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted indication | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One might be picked up in a storm | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Song from "Mamma Mia!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tapped-out message, often | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ pad | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Save me!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Soap-pad brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 911 on the ocean | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ABBA hit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kin of a 911 call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Song on the "Mamma Mia!" soundtrack | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent transmission | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call in a watery calamity | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent request to the USCG | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Worrisome letters to send | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seaman's call for assistance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seaman's "911" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One might be picked up in a storm | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a storm | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kin of a 911 call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Flare, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia" number | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "H-E-L-P!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Marine counterpart of "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seaman's call for assistance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seaman's "911" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tapped-out message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Coast Guard concern | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pad name | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 2006 Rihanna hit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Wedding ___" (reality TV series) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Under-the-sink brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted request | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Palindromic ABBA hit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tapped-out message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It might be sent from a bridge | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 2006 Rihanna hit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal that had only existed for a few years when the RMS Titanic used it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Send the Coast Guard!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 911 call, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted request | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "H-E-L-P!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia!" song | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help, quick!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "I'm foundering!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pad in the kitchen | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Under-the-sink brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hit song by ABBA | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rescue request | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scrubbing brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message from a bridge | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It might be sent from a bridge | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Marine "mayday" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo competitor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic transmittal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Rescue me!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cry when going down? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | [I'm in trouble here!] | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distressing letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ yer old man!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Gilligan's Island" signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sinking ship's signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent transmission of sorts | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent request | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Come and get us!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Worrisome letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Send a rescue ship!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 2007 Jonas Brothers song | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dit-dit-dit-dah-dah-dah-dit-dit-dit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Morse-code message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Song sung by Sam and Donna in "Mamma Mia!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Certain smoke signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message that may be written in large letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted notice? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted notice? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Flare, perhaps | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Familiar telegraphy sequence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday! Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo shelfmate | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help wanted notice? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Flare, perhaps | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Familiar telegraphy sequence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Watery 911 | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea from the sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It may be tapped out at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ...---... | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Marine broadcast | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Common Morse-code message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaway's message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stranded traveler's signal, perhaps | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Clorox cleaning product | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brand invented by an aluminum pot salesman | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scary signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea asea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday rel. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It may go up in smoke | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It may be tapped out at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brand invented by an aluminum pot salesman | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo competitor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Clorox cleaning product | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaway's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call to the USCG | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call in a calamity | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Worrisome letters to send | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo alternative | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted" letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One might be received on a bridge | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stranded traveler's signal, perhaps | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One might be received on a bridge | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Flashed message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal meaning "help" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal for the USCG | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Line in the sand? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help wanted sign? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | CQD replacer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 1975 Abba hit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It may be tapped out | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for aid | 
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            | It may go up in smoke | 
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            | Letters from the high seas | 
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            | Morse Mayday | 
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             | 
          
          
            | USCG alert | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Marooned person's message | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Palindromic plea | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Ocean's "911" | 
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            | Main message? | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Letters of distress | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ... --- | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Sinking ship's signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ... --- ... | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Dashed-off message? | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Help wanted letters | 
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             | 
          
          
            | "I'm foundering!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent request to the USCG | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rescue request | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Help!" | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Request to be rescued | 
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             | 
          
          
            | "Help wanted" | 
             | 
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            | Letters in the sand? | 
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            | It replaced CQD | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Telegrapher's distress signal | 
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            | Shipwreck signal | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Plea for help | 
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            | Help wanted advertisement? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday! Mayday! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaway's call | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Brand of scouring pad | 
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            | Main message? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 2006 Rihanna hit | 
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            | "Send help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaway's call | 
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            | Brillo alternative | 
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            | Message from the Titanic | 
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             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's 'Mayday!' | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ocean's "911" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Request to be rescued | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Palindromic signal | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Call for assistance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 911 call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ... --- ... | 
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            | "__ your old man!" | 
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            | Help wanted notice? | 
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            | International call? | 
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            | "__ Titanic": 1979 film | 
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            | "Send help!" | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Urgent request to the USCG | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Brand found in the kitchen | 
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            | Help-wanted sign? | 
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            | Alert asea | 
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            | "Mamma Mia!" song | 
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            | 1975 ABBA hit | 
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            | A message from the Titanic | 
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            | Signal since 1912 | 
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            | Sinking ship's signal | 
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            | Signal from a sinking ship | 
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            | Palindromic hit song by the palindromic band Abba | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nine-sound signal | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Modern version of CQD | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message that may be written in large letters | 
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            | It replaced CQD | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Emergency letters at sea | 
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             | 
          
          
            | One of five "M'aidez!" ("Help me!") pleas in this puzzle | 
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            | "Mayday!" relative | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Those, in Toledo | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Shipwreck signal | 
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            | Emergency call to the Coast Guard | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Cry for help | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Brand found in the kitchen | 
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            | "I'll send an ___ to the world" (repeated lyric in "Message in a Bottle") | 
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             | 
          
          
            | "Mamma Mia!" song | 
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            | Titanic's message | 
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             | 
          
          
            | "We need help!" | 
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             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" (and this puzzle's title) | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Call for assistance | 
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             | 
          
          
            | 911 at sea | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Message that's often repeated | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle? | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's call for help | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Sinking ship's signal | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Distressing letters | 
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             | 
          
          
            | "___ yer ol' man!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distressing letters found 9 times in this puzzle | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message to the Coast Guard | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Call for assistance | 
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             | 
          
          
            | MAYday relative | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Morse code message | 
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             | 
          
          
            | 36-Across, decoded | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Skipper's distress call | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Skipper's plea | 
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             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" (and this puzzle's title) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nine-symbol message | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Kitchen pad | 
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            | Help wanted notice? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal first used in 1909 | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Call for assistance | 
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            | Sea plea | 
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            | Sea call | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Marine Mayday | 
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            | Distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle? | 
             | 
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            | Only hit song for which title and artist are both palindromes | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Morse message | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Mayday letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kitchen pad | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle, maybe | 
             | 
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            | "Dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Abba hit of 1975 | 
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            | Brillo rival | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call of desperation | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Clorox brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call at sea | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Radio distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sea signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Certain smoke signal | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Coast Guard concern | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Coded message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It may be tapped out | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message from a desert isle, perhaps | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sinker's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Send help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cry for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dashed-off plea? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Smoke signal message, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dot, dot, dot, dash, dash, dash, dot, dot, dot | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Morse mayday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Foundering call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ... _____ ... | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seaman's distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nine-symbol plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help wanted ad? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seaman's distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | International signal that replaced CQD | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Common Morse message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pot-scrubber's aid | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Morse signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The ___ Band ('80s funk group) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Song by 10 Across | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Helmsman's 'Help!' | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ Titanic" (1979 TV movie) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaway's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Disaster signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Palindromic plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters of desperation? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | '75 Abba tune | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Help wanted notice? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Skipper's plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scourer's option | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kin of 911 | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hel-l-lp! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | CQD successor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Titanic" call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sailor's distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 1975 Abba hit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday cousin | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brand of soap pads | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call to the Coast Guard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call from a ship | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Poseidon's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday letters featured in this puzzle's theme answers | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nine-part plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ yer old man!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Emergency message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It's sometimes written in the sand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Terse radio message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Request to the USCG | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ···---··· | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sea plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kin of 911 | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help wanted announcement? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday!, once | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brief distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 1975 ABBA hit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | USCG signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | __ your old man! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaway's note | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Naut. alert, once | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cry for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo alternative | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted announcement? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Caost Guard pickup | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message from a bridge | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Relief request | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic transmission | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Clorox brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Abba tune | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 1-Across song | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo pad competitor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sign of distress | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Send help! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic transmission | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Relief request | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message from a bridge | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Caost Guard pickup | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaways signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call at sea, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help, quick!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaway's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Help, Hornblower!' | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Alert asea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sturdy pad | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "_____ your mama!" (insulting comeback) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "____ your old man!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Request for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ your old man!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Morse call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message from the Titanic | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "H-E-L-P!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Atlantic plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Coast Guard alert | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rival of Brillo | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Line from the Titanic | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A sea plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday! Mayday! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dashed-off plea? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kind of pad | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ..._____... | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Castaway's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call to the USCG | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Desperate plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Captain's cry | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Coast Guard alert | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Marine message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal from Sparks | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help wanted notice? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Help!", on the high seas | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ yer ol' man!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "...and ___ yours!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ... _ _ _ ... | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tapped-out message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dashed-off message? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | War and ____ | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ...- - -..., to Morse | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | CQD successor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Soap pad brand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cry for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scouring pad | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "_____ Pacific" (1959) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Letters for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call to the USCG | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Titanic" message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ...- - -... | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | HELP! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Brillo rival | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Alarming letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ____ yer old man! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal for aid | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Successor of CQD | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | USCG reception | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sinking ship's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ship's plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message in a bottle, perhaps? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mariner's "Mayday" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ..._ _ _... | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ... --- ... | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | USCG call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ Titanic" (1979 movie) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Urgent call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help wanted notice | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maritime distress signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ yer old man!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ... _ _ _ ... | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help wanted advertisement? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "M'aidez," e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ...---... | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___your old man!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Skipper's plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Smoke signal message, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | . . . - - - . . . | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Message from the Titanic | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Morse code message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stranded sailor's call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic  message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cousin of "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 1975 Abba hit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Offshore A.P.B. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | U.S.C.G. call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kin of 911 call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Abba hit song, 1975 | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Signal since 1912 | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Radio message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Andrea Doria call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help-wanted indicator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distress letters | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cry at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sparks's last gasp | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sparks's desperate message | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Morse recourse | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday's cousin | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call at sea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Morse recourse? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ your old man!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Andrea Doria msg. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | High-seas alert | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sparks's frantic call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday's rel. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sinking ship's call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | M'aidez! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lusitania's last gasp | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Helmsman's panicked plea | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Distressful call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Titanic's cry | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lusitania's signal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Intl. signal adopted in 1912 | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Msg. from the Titanic | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | U.S.C.G. stimulus | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday's kin | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Mayday!" cousin | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday relative | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call for help | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | MAYday's cousin | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayday's relative | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plea for help | 
             | 
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            | A plea at sea | 
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            | Mayday, in a way | 
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            | Morse resource | 
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            | Lusitania signal | 
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            | Distress call | 
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            | "Mayday!" relative | 
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            | Sparks's desperate call | 
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            | Sea call | 
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            | Help call | 
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            | Sparks's plea | 
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            | Sparks's frantic message | 
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            | Help request | 
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            | Andrea Doria signal | 
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            | Frantic signal at sea | 
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            | Appeal for help | 
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            | Message like Mayday | 
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            | Sparks's "Help!" | 
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            | Sea signal | 
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            | Signal from the Titanic: April, 1912 | 
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            | May Day! | 
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            | Desperate initials | 
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            | Relative of mayday | 
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            | Titanic call | 
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            | Call used by 41 Across | 
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            | Titanic's call | 
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            | Desperate letters | 
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            | Call for assistance | 
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            | Desperate trio | 
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            | Relative of Mayday | 
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            | Six dits and three dahs | 
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            | Radio message. | 
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            | Signal sent by Carlsen. | 
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            | Relative of Mayday (m'aidez). | 
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            | Code signal. | 
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            | Message from Sparks. | 
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            | Emergency call. | 
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            | Signal like "Mayday." | 
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            | Signal. | 
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            | Morse code signal. | 
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            | Radio for help. | 
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            | Trouble! | 
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            | Morse Code call. | 
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            | Call, at sea. | 
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            | Urgent message. | 
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            | Signal for help. | 
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            | Ship signal. | 
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            | Signal of a sort. | 
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            | Distress call. | 
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            | Call for help. | 
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            | Call for help: Colloq. | 
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            | Distress signal. | 
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            | Danger signal. | 
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            | Help wanted! | 
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            | Call for help at sea. | 
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            | Call of sorts. | 
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            | Radio call. | 
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            | Sea call. | 
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            | Kin of C.Q.D. | 
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            | Sea signal. | 
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            | Signal at sea. | 
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            | Radio code signal. | 
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            | Nautical signal. | 
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            | "I'm drowning" | 
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            | "I'm in trouble here!" | 
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            | Code signal akin to mayday (m'aidez). | 
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            | "We're in trouble," briefly | 
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            | 1975 #1 hit song with the lyrics "the love you gave me, nothing else can save me" | 
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            | Brillo rival | 
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            | Rihanna hit of 2006 or Abba hit of 1975 | 
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            | Scotch-Brite rival | 
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            | Shipwreck signal | 
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            | Sinking feeling outburst? | 
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            | . . . _ _ _ . . . | 
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            | Signal made official in 1912. | 
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            | Urgent signal. | 
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            | . . . – – – . . . | 
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            | Sparks' desperate call. | 
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            | 3 dots, 3 dashes, 3 dots. | 
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            | Emergency message. | 
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            | Plea from the sea. | 
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            | Ship's emergency message. | 
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            | Kin of C. Q. D. | 
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            | Three dots, three dashes, three dots. | 
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