Ancient mariner

The answer to “Ancient mariner” in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is NOAH — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on August 14, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 17-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Ancient mariner” answer

NOAH (4 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is NOAH.

What does NOAH mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of NOAH is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Ancient mariner” appeared?

Eugene Sheffer reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 14, 2026 (most recent) → NOAH. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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