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• ___ -bodied

• ___ -bodied seaman

• ___ seaman

• ___ to leap tall buildings in a single bound

• ___ to leap tall buildings...

• ___ was I ere...

• ___-bodied (fit for the armed forces)

• ___-bodied (physically fit)

• ___, Baker, Charlie

• ___, baker, charlie, dog,...

• A willing partner?

• A, in code

• Accomplished

• Accomplished musician

• Adept

• Adequately skilled

• Adjective for a seaman

• Adjective for some seamen

• Adroit

• And they were not ___ to resist the wisdom (Acts 6:10)

• Au fait

• Baker preceder

• Baker-Charlie precursor

• Baker's associate?

• Baker's colleague

• Baker's onetime predecessor

• Baker's predecessor

• Bikini blast

• Bill attachment?

• Can do

• Capable

• Capable of making a BALE?

• Classic palindrome start

• Code word for A

• Communications code word for 'A'

• Competent

• Competent, like a seaman

• Confident

• Cutting the mustard

• Deft

• Effective

• Efficient

• Empowered

• Ept, so to speak

• Equal to

• Equal to the task

• Equipped

• Experienced

• Expert

• First code word

• First word in a radio alphabet

• First word of a famous palindrome

• Fit

• Fit for duty

• Fit for the job

• Fit for the task

• Fit to cut the mustard

• Fit to perform

• Fit to perform the task

• Fit to serve

• Flex-___ (Steve Vai album)

• Flex-___ (Steve Vai CD)

• Follower of li or cap?

• Fully fit

• Fully functional

• Fully qualified

• Functioning in all respects

• Gifted with aptitude

• Good at one's job

• Good enough

• Habile

• Handling things OK

• Handy

• Hardly helpless

• Having skill

• Having sufficient power

• Having sufficient skill

• Having the knack

• Having the know-how

• Having the means

• Having the necessary know-how

• Having the necessary power

• Having the necessary skill

• Having the needed resources

• Having the power

• Having the required skills

• Having the resources

• Having the right stuff

• Having the skill

• Having the stuff

• Having the wherewithal

• Having what it takes

• He's ___ (Kirk Franklin & the Family)

• Highly adroit

• Highly competent

• Highly skilled

• Highly talented

• Historic space monkey

• I Just Ain't Been ___ (Hank Williams, Jr. song)

• I'll be better doc as soon as I am ___ (Rocky Raccoon)

• I'll be ready doc as soon as I am ___ (Beatles lyirc)

• I'll be ready, Doc, as soon as I am ___ (Rocky Raccoon line)

• In a position

• In a position (to)

• In a position to help

• In good condition

• Ingenious

• Irish Rose's love

• It has the same meaning if cap is added

• It precedes Baker

• It precedes baker, charlie

• Kind of seaman

• Knowing how

• Legally empowered

• Legally qualified

• Like most seamen

• Like some seamen

• Masterful

• Napoleon, before seeing Elba?

• Napoleon's palindromic word

• Not impotent

• Not incompetent

• Not inept

• Not just ready and willing

• Obsolete term for the player immediately to the left of the dealer*

• Off the injured list

• Old phonetic-alphabet starter

• On the ball

• One-time pal of Baker and Charlie?

• Part of a ready trio

• Part of A.B.

• Partner of ready and willing

• Partner of willing

• Passing the physical

• Permitted

• Possessed of the requisite skills

• Possessing power

• Possessing the know-how

• Pot attachment

• Practiced

• Proficient

• Qualified

• Radioman's A

• Ready and willing

• Ready and willing companion

• Ready and willing partner

• Ready for action

• Ready for work

• Ready to perform

• Ready trio member

• Ready, willing and ___

• Ready, willing and ___ to pitch

• Ready's partner

• Recovered enough

• Resourceful

• Seaman type

• Seaman's description

• Self-assured

• Showing skill

• Showing talent

• Simian space traveler: 1959

• Skilled

• Skilled, as a seaman

• Skillful

• Some seamen, with bodied

• Start of a classic palindrome

• Start of a famed palindrome

• Start of a palindrome

• Start of a palindrome whose center word is ere

• Start of a popular palindrome

• Start of WWII alphabet

• Strong of body and mind

• Sufficiently skilled

• Sufficiently talented

• Suit tail?

• Sure-handed

• Talented

• Talented enough

• Trained

• Type of seaman

• Up (to)

• Up for the job

• Up to it

• Up to scratch

• Up to snuff

• Up to speed

• Up to the challenge

• Up to the task

• Well qualified

• Well-suited

• Willing companion

• Willing follower

• Willing partner

• With all the tools

• With the power

• With the skill

• With the wherewithal

• Word before Baker

• Word that keeps the same meaning if cap- is added at the front

• Worthy