The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 4 letter word SEA LEGS
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More clues leading to the result SEA LEGS
- Aquatic mammal with roe — half-hearted adaptation to marine environment
- South-Easterly gales blowing – you might need these on board!
- Puppy, for example, small, but useful on board ship?
- Sailors make steady progress on them, say, among swimmers
- Members with ability to survive rough voyages
- In the main, they provide support
- With these, we have ability to keep balance on moving ship
- Balance on board say amongst elite US Navy personnel
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The straight part
We know that "adaptation to marine environment" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case adaptation to marine environment = sea legs.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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