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Daily Maritime Crossword
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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword

07 / MAY / 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 — 06 / MAY / 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. The left side of the boat when facing forward (4) — PORT
      2. Length Waterline — the fore-and-aft length of the hull measured at the waterline; a major factor in hull speed (3) — LWL
      3. A piston or snap hook used to attach the luff of a foresail at intervals along the forestay (4) — HANK
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. A thin strip of timber, fibreglass, or carbon inserted into a pocket along the leech of a sail to maintain its aerodynamic shape (6) — BATTEN
      6. See jibe — a turn in which the stern passes through the wind (4) — GYBE

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      1. A sail drawing properly, filled with wind and not luffing (4) — FULL
      2. A sail that has been trimmed so the wind pushes against the reverse side of the cloth, filling it from behind (5) — ABACK
      3. To lead a line through a block, ring, or eye (5) — REEVE
      4. A stowage locker let into the cockpit sole, seats, or afterdeck (9) — LAZARETTE
      5. The aerodynamic or hydrodynamic force generated by a sail or keel that drives the boat through the water (4) — LIFT
      6. The upper corner of a sail; also, the marine toilet (4) — HEAD
      7. To lay a rope down in neat, uniform loops for storage, or the stored loops themselves (4) — COIL
      8. The greatest width of the vessel measured at its widest point (4) — BEAM
      9. A floating aid to navigation, anchored in position to mark channels, dangers, or stations (4) — BUOY

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