The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HAWSER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result HAWSER
- A shrew damaged heavy rope
- Yak hesitantly nearing one bound to graft cut cable
- Some may say sex worker has a stout rope
- Thick tie was frayed in woman’s embrace
- Cable carried by rickshaw service
- Rope is in possession of queen, wife’s admitted
- A ship-to-shore cable
- Rope that woman takes in was knotted
- Saw distress in her cable
- Cable has sandwiches with Her Majesty
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What does HAWSER mean?
HAWSER noun- A cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship