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04 / MAY / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.

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      You're looking at the 04 / MAY / 2026 daily maritime crossword — a free nautical puzzle drawn from our 259-term corpus of COLREGs rules, VHF radio procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary. Every daily puzzle is deterministic — players worldwide saw exactly the same grid on 04 / MAY / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

      If you solved this Monday grid, don't stop — 03 / MAY / 2026's puzzle is waiting with a fresh layout from the same nautical vocabulary. Warning: some clues lean on COLREGs Rule numbers and IALA buoyage — brush up if you're rusty.

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      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. Global Positioning System — the US satellite constellation whose signals let a receiver compute its position, heading, a… (3) — GPS
      2. A vessel filled with water but still floating (7) — SWAMPED
      3. United States Coast Guard — the US federal service responsible for maritime safety, security, and SAR (4) — USCG
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. A large, usually closable opening in the deck or coachroof for access, ventilation, or light (5) — HATCH
      6. In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
      7. To let a sheet, halyard, or other line run out in a controlled manner (4) — EASE

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      1. A drain hole or outlet that removes water from the cockpit or deck (7) — SCUPPER
      2. To turn the bow through the eye of the wind so the boat changes from one close-hauled course to the other (4) — TACK
      3. The principal sail set on the (main) mast of a sloop, cutter, ketch, or yawl (8) — MAINSAIL
      4. A global satellite network (e (7) — IRIDIUM
      5. The enclosed interior accommodation of the vessel (5) — CABIN
      6. The aft edge of a fore-and-aft sail (5) — LEECH
      7. A piston or snap hook used to attach the luff of a foresail at intervals along the forestay (4) — HANK
      8. To adjust the tension and alignment of the standing rigging so the mast stands straight and the sails set correctly (4) — TUNE

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