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FIGUREHEAD: The last word of each theme answer can be placed aHEAD of FIGURE to make a new phrase: STICK FIGURE, WAX FIGURE, and GO FIGURE. It took me a little bit to FIGURE out this theme.
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The figurehead of the Greek brig Aris, c. 1807. National Historical Museum, Athens. Figureheads as such died out with the military sailing ship. In addition the vogue for ram bows meant that there was no obvious place to mount one on battleships. [6] An exception was HMS Rodney which was the last British battleship to carry a figurehead. [6]
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The nguzu nguzu (sometimes called a musu musu or toto isu) is the traditional figurehead which was formerly affixed to canoes in the Solomon Islands. It was attached to the canoe's prow at the waterline, and was held to provide supernatural protection during expeditions.
Each animal has a cheerful, optimistic head at one end and an unhappy, pessimistic head at the other. Even the SkylArk itself is a longship with a figurehead at either end, one smiling, the other frowning. Although there is only one animal of each type, they are referred to in the plural, as in "Brian the lions" and "Rose the elephants".
Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: "Vertically challenged" — HINT: It starts with the letter "S"
He designed the figurehead for a fifth original frigate, USS Constitution (Hercules, 1796, carved by John Skillin, whereabouts unknown, replaced by a figurehead of Andrew Jackson 1848), and may have designed that for the sixth, USS President (George Washington, 1800, carved by Rush's former apprentice Daniel N. Train, whereabouts unknown).