The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CREWED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result CREWED
- Having sailors using filthy language audibly maybe?
- Worked on a boat unprepared to be heard
- Was a staff member on boat sounding rough?
- Pronounced ‘basic’, as ship will be before sailing
- Having company with set of principles carrying little weight
- Served on board, sounding vulgar
- Operated craft with a hundred that had married again
- Had workers with divided beliefs
- Put men on board lacking refinement, we hear
- Were sailors coarse in speech?
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What does CREWED mean?
CREWED adjective- Having a crew; manned; piloted.