The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BERTHS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BERTHS
- New arrivals, we hear, at the docks
- New arrivals heard of accommodation on board
- Deliveries, reportedly, for docks
- Dawn’s reported offering places to sleep
- Deliveries, we hear — they’re for rest of passengers on board
- Ties up in beds?
- Docks, where sailors sleep
- Department store carries queen and tiny amount of twin beds
- Beds made by using herbs over time
- Sleeping places’ origins articulated
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What does BERTHS mean?
BERTHS noun- A fixed bunk for sleeping (in caravans, trains, etc).
- Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)
- A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
- A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
- A job or position, especially on a ship.
- Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
- Position on the field of play
- To bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth