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

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      You're looking at the 22 / 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 22 / MAY / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. Referring to the magnetic north pole rather than true geographic north (8) — MAGNETIC
      2. United States Coast Guard — the US federal service responsible for maritime safety, security, and SAR (4) — USCG
      3. The condition of a vessel whose keel or hull is in contact with the seabed (7) — AGROUND
      4. In the IALA Region B buoyage system (USA, parts of the Americas, Japan, Korea, Philippines), an odd-numbered green cylin… (3) — CAN
      5. Length Overall — the maximum fore-and-aft hull length, excluding bowsprits and pulpits unless specifically included (3) — LOA
      6. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      7. The centre portion of a navigable channel (7) — FAIRWAY
      8. A pyrotechnic distress signal — handheld red flares are for close-range visibility, parachute red flares for long-range,… (5) — FLARE

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      1. To adjust the tension and alignment of the standing rigging so the mast stands straight and the sails set correctly (4) — TUNE
      2. A navigable stretch of water — usually marked with buoyage — where depth is sufficient for safe passage (7) — CHANNEL
      3. The cooking area below decks, typically containing a gimballed stove, sink, refrigeration, and lockers (6) — GALLEY
      4. A piece of standing rigging running from a chainplate to the upper mast or spreader tip, supporting the mast laterally (6) — SHROUD
      5. Forward, or toward the bow (4) — FORE
      6. Any pole that supports a sail — mast, boom, gaff, sprit, yard, whisker pole, or spinnaker pole (4) — SPAR

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