Theme: THATS surrounds each long entry [clever, but even with the title I can see how it can be easily missed]
Good ones:Spot in front of the telly? TEA
Sailor's direction AFT [I thought compass, not in the boat itself]
Berth place DOCK [not birthplace --- second maritime reference today]
Some aromatic cakes SOAP [I thought baba]
Dreaded Jamaican? RASTA
Bar fliers DARTS [looks like barflies]
Theater opening ACTI [not the building but the drama, and not the drama's run, but the actual play]
Turn at the bar, perhaps SWIVEL [literally]
BTW:Nautical ropes TYES [third reference, is new to me, and I read
Chapman's Piloting"I'm not impressed" MEH [nor am I with "meh"]
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