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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword

18 / 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 — 17 / OCT / 2026

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

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      1. Maritime Mobile Service Identity — a unique nine-digit number issued to each DSC-VHF/HF radio, EPIRB, or AIS transponder… (4) — MMSI
      2. A short-lived dip in wind speed (4) — LULL
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. The ratio between the length of anchor rode paid out and the depth of water (plus bow height), e (5) — SCOPE
      5. A two-masted rig whose shorter mizzen mast stands forward of the rudder post and is shorter than the main mast (5) — KETCH
      6. The floor of a cockpit or cabin (4) — SOLE
      7. Any craft — sail, power, or other — used or capable of being used as a means of transport on water (6) — VESSEL

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      1. A permanent joining of two ropes, or a rope's end into itself, by interweaving the strands (6) — SPLICE
      2. Toward, at, or behind the stern (3) — AFT
      3. The periodic vertical rise and fall of the sea surface caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun (4) — TIDE
      4. A sail that has been trimmed so the wind pushes against the reverse side of the cloth, filling it from behind (5) — ABACK
      5. To sail a course that will clear a mark or obstacle without an additional tack (3) — LAY
      6. To tip a vessel so far that it rolls over onto its side or beyond (7) — CAPSIZE
      7. To let a sheet, halyard, or other line run out in a controlled manner (4) — EASE
      8. The steering control — tiller or wheel (4) — HELM

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