Stops a sailboat’s forward motion Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LAYSTO Stops a sailboat’s forward motion (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 7, 2022
6% MAST Sailboat's post (4) New York Times Sep 2, 2025
6% ENGINE Ivor the ____, stop-motion classic (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jul 13, 2025
6% TABLE Put forward, as a motion (5) The Telegraph Plusword Jun 29, 2025
5% LOCO Set into -motion? (4) LA Times Daily Sep 6, 2025
5% STOOP Bend forwards (5) (5) Mirror Classic Sep 6, 2025
5% SENSORS Motion detectors (7) Newsday Sep 4, 2025
5% PROGRESS Forward movement (8) (8) Puzzler Sep 4, 2025
5% CEASE Stop (5) LA Times Daily Sep 3, 2025
5% HALTS Stops (5) The Telegraph Plusword Sep 3, 2025

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