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30 / JUL / 2026 — everyone worldwide gets the same puzzle today. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.

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      Yesterday's clues & answers — 29 / JUL / 2026

      Newspaper-style: today's page publishes the full solution to Wednesday's puzzle (15 maritime terms). Today's answers stay hidden until tomorrow — play the grid above, or replay Wednesday's grid.

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      1. Running across the vessel from one side to the other, at right angles to the fore-and-aft line (12) — ATHWARTSHIPS
      2. The direction, expressed in degrees, in which the vessel is being steered (6) — COURSE
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. A traditional Arabian sailing craft, typically single- or twin-masted and carrying lateen sails, still seen throughout t… (4) — DHOW
      5. A fixed vertical fin ahead of the rudder, protecting and supporting it (4) — SKEG
      6. Any sail set forward of the mast — jib, genoa, staysail, or code zero — typically attached to the forestay (8) — HEADSAIL

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      1. In the IALA Region B buoyage system (USA, parts of the Americas, Japan, Korea, Philippines), an odd-numbered green cylin… (3) — CAN
      2. A pressure-measuring instrument whose readings are used to monitor and predict weather trends (9) — BAROMETER
      3. The aft end of the vessel (5) — STERN
      4. The spars, standing rigging, and sail plan collectively — or the act of rigging the boat for sea (3) — RIG
      5. The forwardmost structural member of the hull — the bow's leading edge (4) — STEM
      6. The underwater steering foil hinged at the stern (or on a skeg) that, swung to port or starboard, alters the boat's heading (6) — RUDDER
      7. On a four-sided fore-and-aft sail, the spar that supports the sail's upper (head) edge (4) — GAFF
      8. Any space inside the vessel that is beneath the deck (5) — BELOW
      9. Differential GPS — a GPS that uses correction signals from ground or satellite-based reference stations to refine accura… (4) — DGPS

      Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.