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

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      You're looking at the 06 / JUN / 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 06 / JUN / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

      If you solved this Saturday grid, don't stop — 05 / JUN / 2026's puzzle is waiting with a fresh layout from the same nautical vocabulary. Warning: some clues lean on COLREGs Rule numbers and IALA buoyage — brush up if you're rusty.

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      Yesterday's clues & answers — 05 / JUN / 2026

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

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      1. The vertical spar — originally timber, today commonly aluminium or carbon — from which the mainsail is hoisted (4) — MAST
      2. The lower edge of a sail (4) — FOOT
      3. In the IALA Region B buoyage system (USA, parts of the Americas, Japan, Korea, Philippines), an odd-numbered green cylin… (3) — CAN
      4. To route a line through a block, fairlead, or similar fitting (4) — LEAD
      5. To remove water from inside the vessel, traditionally with a bucket or scoop (4) — BAIL
      6. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      7. The disturbed water and trailing waves left behind a moving vessel (4) — WAKE
      8. The marine term for a pulley — a sheave in a housing through which a line runs (5) — BLOCK

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      1. The outer sides of the hull between the waterline and the deck (8) — TOPSIDES
      2. An electronic device that converts the boat's 12/24 V DC supply into 120/230 V AC mains for running domestic appliances… (8) — INVERTER
      3. The upper corner of a sail; also, the marine toilet (4) — HEAD
      4. A vessel filled with water but still floating (7) — SWAMPED
      5. A fabric and framework spray hood forward of the cockpit that shelters the crew from wind and spray (6) — DODGER
      6. To turn the bow through the eye of the wind so the boat changes from one close-hauled course to the other (4) — TACK
      7. The steering control — tiller or wheel (4) — HELM

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