Crossword-Solution: KRAKEN 6 letters, 23 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 14

There appeared in the papers caricatures of every gigantic and imaginary creature, from the white whale, the terrible “Moby Dick” of hyperborean regions, to the immense kraken whose tentacles could entangle a ship of five hundred tons, and hurry it into the abyss of the ocean.

She sang of the nautilus who has a boat of her own that is carved out of an opal and steered with a silken sail; of the happy Mermen who play upon harps and can charm the great Kraken to sleep; of the little children who catch hold of the slippery porpoises and ride laughing upon their backs; of the Mermaids who lie in the white foam and hold out their arms to the mariners; and of the sea-lions with their curved tusks, and the sea-horses with their floating manes.

XXI He rode while omens called, beware Old Kraken’s pledge of faith! A smile and waving hand in air, And outward flew the wraith.

XXIV Old Kraken roped his white moustache Right, left, for savage glee: —To swing him in his soldier’s sash Were kind for such as he! XXV Old Kraken’s look hard Winter wears When sweeps the wild snow-blast: He had the hug of Arctic bears For captives he held fast.

XXV Long sat she there, as flame that strives To hold on beating wind: —His wife must be the fool of wives, Or cunningly designed! XXVI She sat until the tempest-pitch In her torn bosom fell; —His wife must be a subtle witch Or else God loves her well! III I Old Kraken read a missive penned By his great Lady’s hand.