The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PEDALO
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More clues leading to the result PEDALO
- A pole manoeuvred round stern of hired boat
- Journalist taking friend around old pleasure craft
- Exercise having shifted load in boat
- Stopped alongside, showing craft
- Daughter wearing one ring on another pleasure boat
- Small boat loosely steered at the back with a pole
- Four-foot boat?
- Daughter wearing ring, meeting over pleasure boat
- Craft shown by withdrawn equestrian worker close to nature in work
- Old boy returns after exercises in pleasure craft
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What does PEDALO mean?
PEDALO noun- A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation.