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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword

15 / JUN / 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 — 14 / JUN / 2026

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

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      1. Weight — usually carried low in the keel — that lowers the centre of gravity and gives the boat stability and righting moment (7) — BALLAST
      2. Any space inside the vessel that is beneath the deck (5) — BELOW
      3. Any pole that supports a sail — mast, boom, gaff, sprit, yard, whisker pole, or spinnaker pole (4) — SPAR
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. Any loop or curve formed in a rope between its two ends (5) — BIGHT
      6. Everyone aboard besides the skipper who helps sail and run the boat (4) — CREW
      7. Short strands of wool or ribbon on a sail (or shrouds) showing airflow — a practical guide to sail trim (9) — TELLTALES

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      1. Length Overall — the maximum fore-and-aft hull length, excluding bowsprits and pulpits unless specifically included (3) — LOA
      2. A drain hole or outlet that removes water from the cockpit or deck (7) — SCUPPER
      3. A stowage locker let into the cockpit sole, seats, or afterdeck (9) — LAZARETTE
      4. Wear on a rope, sail, or sheet caused by repeated rubbing against another surface (5) — CHAFE
      5. An electronic self-steering system that uses a heading or GPS input to drive a hydraulic ram, linear drive, or wheel mot… (9) — AUTOPILOT
      6. The spars, standing rigging, and sail plan collectively — or the act of rigging the boat for sea (3) — RIG
      7. The aft lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail; on a mainsail it is tensioned by the outhaul, on a jib by the sheets (4) — CLEW
      8. Digital Selective Calling — a feature of modern VHF and SSB radios that allows a pre-formatted digital distress alert, i… (3) — DSC

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