Ship's captain, informally, and a hint to help you to understand five answers in this puzzle Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SKIPPER Ship's captain, informally, and a hint to help you to understand five answers in this puzzle (7) Wall Street Journal Mar 20, 2025
65% DOUBLECROSSED Like five Across answers by five Down answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively (13) New York Times Jan 4, 2026
62% CLUE Helpful hint (4) Universal Nov 27, 2025
60% AYE Captain's affirmative, on a ship (3)
60% TIP Helpful hint (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 25, 2025
60% BACKTOSQUAREONE Hint for understanding this puzzle's starred answers (15)
57% DIYKITS Help for the handy, informally (7) Newsday Dec 28, 2025
57% SOS "Help!" from a ship (3)
52% GETIT "Understand?" (5) Newsday Jan 11, 2026
52% SEE Understand (3) New York Times Jan 5, 2026

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