Back at sea (2,6)
'back at sea' is the definition.
'go astern' can be an answer for 'back' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'at sea' bit.
'back at sea' is the wordplay.
'back' becomes 'stern' (stern means the back of a boat).
'at' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'sea' becomes 'goa' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'stern' after 'goa' is 'GO ASTERN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
'back at sea' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for aft that I've seen before include "Astern" , "Towards rear (of ship)" , "behind boat" , "At the back of a ship" , "Near the rear (of ship)" .)
'back at sea?' is the definition.
(nautical term for the back of a ship)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for stern that I've seen before include "End part" , "Austere rear part of a ship?" , "Grimly serious; back" , "Poop" , "Rigid" .)
'back at sea' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'back at sea' is the wordplay.
'back' becomes 'stern' (stern means the back of a boat).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'sea' becomes 'a' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'stern' after 'a' is 'ASTERN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for astern that I've seen before include "Towards a ship's rear" , "Behind the back of a ship" , "at the vessel's rear" , "following behind vessel" , "Towards back of boat" .)