"all At Sea" Quiz

[jeremybrink]

just 4 questions out of 60 on an "all at sea" quiz often cryptic in nature:

1. Platform for a castaway (4 letters)
2. Drilling a greasy outfit (6 letters)
3. Ship's flagpole collects nuts (4 letters)
4. Tall story spoken to sailors (4,2,2,3,7)

Thanks all

[Canary42]

1. raft
3. mast

[JJ109]

4 Tell it to the marines

[geevo41]

4 Tell it to the marines

[elliemay1]

2 oilrig

[JJ109]

2 Oilrig

[elliemay1]

^ though usually written as 2 words

[Mexican18]

Can anyone explain why 3.is mast? What have nuts got to do with it?

[emeritus]

definition 2

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/mast

[mallyh]

mast is a name given yo fruit on trees ie acorns and other nuts

[mallyh]

to ^^^

[Mexican18]

Thanks Mallyh. They say that a day when you don't learn something new is a day wasted!