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Daily Maritime Crossword
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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword

05 / 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 — 04 / JUN / 2026

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

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      1. A vessel filled with water but still floating (7) — SWAMPED
      2. A large, usually closable opening in the deck or coachroof for access, ventilation, or light (5) — HATCH
      3. One nautical mile per hour — the standard unit of speed at sea (4) — KNOT
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. A piece of standing rigging supporting a mast in the fore-and-aft direction (4) — STAY
      6. A pressure-measuring instrument whose readings are used to monitor and predict weather trends (9) — BAROMETER

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      1. To sail a course that will clear a mark or obstacle without an additional tack (3) — LAY
      2. Toward the source of the wind (8) — WINDWARD
      3. Personal Locator Beacon — a small 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to an individual (not a vessel), carried… (3) — PLB
      4. See forestay — the standing rigging from bow to masthead (8) — HEADSTAY
      5. The incoming phase of the tide, when water level is rising and the flow runs landward (5) — FLOOD
      6. To adjust the tension and alignment of the standing rigging so the mast stands straight and the sails set correctly (4) — TUNE
      7. The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW
      8. The underwater steering foil hinged at the stern (or on a skeg) that, swung to port or starboard, alters the boat's heading (6) — RUDDER
      9. Everyone aboard besides the skipper who helps sail and run the boat (4) — CREW

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