Hard sources of wood for ship steering systems (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Hard sources of wood for ship steering systems (5) last seen in Guardian Quick Cryptic puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is HELMS.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HELMS Hard sources of wood for ship steering systems (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic May 10, 2025
7% ELM Hard-to-split wood (3) LA Times Daily Nov 9, 2025
7% TREE Wood source (4) Commuter Nov 1, 2025
7% TEAK Hard wood (4) The Telegraph Quick Oct 13, 2025
6% EBONY Black extremely hard wood (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 26, 2025
6% ASH Get clean fires with hard wood (3) The Times Cryptic Oct 24, 2025
5% EASTER Festival involving a steer (6) (6) Mirror Cryptic Nov 9, 2025
5% OARS Steering implements on dragon boats (4) LA Times Daily Nov 9, 2025
5% SONAR Sub system (5) Wall Street Journal Nov 8, 2025
5% ROOT Source (4) Eugene Sheffer Nov 6, 2025

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