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Grave is a term in phonetics relating to the INTENSITY of a sound. Then SIN and the letter T are eliminated from INTENSITY, the letter T being the dash, which is Morse code for T. This is then replaced by M for male (men).

SIN - (T) eliminating
Men (M) in

I might be wrong, but this is what I thought!

Thanks, Fleetwood - it's not often I say this, but I prefer my version! I have checked Chambers and I couldn't see a direct link giving Grave = Intensity, or vice versa. I did find 'Enormity- a great crime', which seems to work as 'grave sin'.

6D Capital fellow on the Spanish Main?
If MANAGUA, fellow = man but where does the "agua" come from?

Hi Rackbrain,
'agua' is Spanish for 'water', with the 'main' being the sea.