Captain Ahab for one losing weight gets fitter (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HALER Captain Ahab for one losing weight gets fitter (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 21, 2026
5% SNAPS Loses one's temper (5) Commuter Oct 31, 2026
5% DIETED Tried to lose weight (6) (6) Mirror Quick Oct 29, 2026
5% THEE What Ahab called the whale (4) Newsday Oct 24, 2026
5% SIMMER One travelling through water loses weight? Seethe (6) (6) The Sun Two Speed Oct 17, 2026
5% KIPPER Fish makes captain lose head (6) (6) Mirror Cryptic Sep 8, 2026
5% DIET Attempt to lose weight (4) Puzzler Backwords Aug 19, 2026
5% FIRST With 46-Across, Starbuck vis-à-vis Captain Ahab (5) New York Times Aug 5, 2026
5% SEAMAN Captain Ahab, for one (6) Eugene Sheffer Feb 5, 2026
5% WHALER Captain Ahab, for one (6)

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