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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword

28 / OCT / 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 — 27 / OCT / 2026

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

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      1. The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
      2. 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
      3. To put away neatly and securely (4) — STOW
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. Automatic Identification System — a VHF-based transponder network that continuously broadcasts a vessel's identity, posi… (3) — AIS
      6. To haul a sail to windward so the wind fills the wrong side, stopping the boat or driving it astern (4) — BACK
      7. To propel a boat with a single oar worked side-to-side through a notch or rowlock in the transom (5) — SCULL

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      1. To make fast — attaching a sail to a spar or stay, or tying a line to a sail (4) — BEND
      2. Of wind: a clockwise shift in direction (opposite of 'back') (4) — VEER
      3. The floor of a cockpit or cabin (4) — SOLE
      4. Under international rules a vessel is 'underway' whenever she is not at anchor, moored, aground, or made fast to the sho… (8) — UNDERWAY
      5. The lower edge of a sail (4) — FOOT
      6. Afloat with no means of propulsion or attachment, carried along by wind, current, or tide (6) — ADRIFT
      7. Everyone aboard besides the skipper who helps sail and run the boat (4) — CREW
      8. The weighted vertical fin beneath the hull that resists leeway and, through its ballast, keeps the boat upright; modern… (4) — KEEL

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