Calms the wild sea at certain points (5)
I believe the answer is:
eases
'calms' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the wild sea at certain points' is the wordplay.
'the wild' indicates anagramming the letters.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'certain points' becomes 'es' (E is an example. I am not sure about the 'certain' bit.).
'sea' is an anagram of 'eas'.
'eas'+'es'='EASES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eases that I've seen before include "Alleviates, relieves" , "Relieves, loosens" , "Facilitates" , "Borders, margins" , "Moderates" .)