⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword

13 / 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 — 12 / 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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A long cone or series of small cones streamed on a bridle from the stern in very heavy weather to slow the boat, keep he… (6) — DROGUE
Personal Locator Beacon — a small 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to an individual (not a vessel), carried… (3) — PLB
A traditional Arabian sailing craft, typically single- or twin-masted and carrying lateen sails, still seen throughout t… (4) — DHOW
A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
The direction the bow is pointing, expressed in degrees (7) — HEADING
Any loop or curve formed in a rope between its two ends (5) — BIGHT
The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET

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Toward the wind's source (6) — UPWIND
To sail close to the wind (5) — POINT
A short line led directly from the vessel to the dock, holding the hull close alongside (10) — BREASTLINE
The mostly horizontal upper surface of the hull (4) — DECK
The condition of a vessel whose keel or hull is in contact with the seabed (7) — AGROUND
The aft edge of a fore-and-aft sail (5) — LEECH
A large, usually closable opening in the deck or coachroof for access, ventilation, or light (5) — HATCH
A quay, pontoon, or berth where a vessel ties up — and also the act of bringing her alongside (4) — DOCK

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