⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword

25 / 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 — 24 / MAY / 2026

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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To make fast — attaching a sail to a spar or stay, or tying a line to a sail (4) — BEND
A nautical map showing coastlines, depths, aids to navigation, and hazards (5) — CHART
A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
Automatic Identification System — a VHF-based transponder network that continuously broadcasts a vessel's identity, posi… (3) — AIS
A tapered hardwood or metal spike used to open the strands of a rope when splicing (3) — FID
The underwater surface of the hull (6) — BOTTOM

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The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW
A quay, pontoon, or berth where a vessel ties up — and also the act of bringing her alongside (4) — DOCK
To bind or secure with line or webbing (4) — LASH
A three-hulled vessel: a central hull (vaka) flanked by two amas (8) — TRIMARAN
A drum with a handle (manual) or motor (electric/hydraulic) that provides mechanical advantage when sheeting or hoisting… (5) — WINCH
A small boat, sailed or rowed, used for pleasure or as a yacht's tender (6) — DINGHY
Multi-Function Display — a large chartplotter screen able to show radar, AIS, sonar, engine data, camera feeds, and char… (3) — MFD
A global satellite network (e (7) — IRIDIUM
A fixed vertical fin ahead of the rudder, protecting and supporting it (4) — SKEG

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