⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword

03 / JUN / 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 — 02 / JUN / 2026

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

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To lead a line through a block, ring, or eye (5) — REEVE
In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
The fore-and-aft tilt of the mast relative to vertical (4) — RAKE
A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
The aft end of the vessel (5) — STERN
The generic term at sea for any rope in use (4) — LINE
A quay, pontoon, or berth where a vessel ties up — and also the act of bringing her alongside (4) — DOCK

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To throw — usually a line (5) — HEAVE
Heeling excessively because the boat is carrying too much sail for the wind strength (11) — OVERPOWERED
The imaginary line running down the middle of the vessel from bow to stern (10) — CENTERLINE
To make fast — attaching a sail to a spar or stay, or tying a line to a sail (4) — BEND
The mostly horizontal upper surface of the hull (4) — DECK
In the water behind the vessel, or moving backwards (6) — ASTERN
A large headsail whose clew overlaps the mast, giving extra upwind drive compared with a working jib (5) — GENOA
To remove water from inside the vessel, traditionally with a bucket or scoop (4) — BAIL

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