The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CRAFT
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More clues leading to the result CRAFT
- Ship, perhaps: empty chair to the back of it?
- Trickery getting airmen in court
- Build ship, perhaps?
- For example, working with 4 boats
- Vessel caught going over simple boat
- . Build boat
- Ship trade involving skilled workers
- Expertise shown by service in court
- 1 For example, pottery
- Skill shown by hundred, a large number
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The straight part
We know that "Ship, perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ship, perhaps = craft.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CRAFT mean?
CRAFT noun- Strength; power; might; force .
- Intellectual power; skill; art.
- (obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art .
- A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment .
- Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities .
- Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession .
- (plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation .
- A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ .
- (plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space .
- Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .
- To make by hand and with much skill.
- To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).
- To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.