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

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      You're looking at the 14 / 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 14 / JUN / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. A single-masted rig carrying both a jib (outer headsail) and a staysail on an inner forestay (6) — CUTTER
      2. A low-Earth-orbit satellite broadband system widely adopted on cruising and commercial vessels since the mid-2020s for h… (8) — STARLINK
      3. Digital Selective Calling — a feature of modern VHF and SSB radios that allows a pre-formatted digital distress alert, i… (3) — DSC
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. To put away neatly and securely (4) — STOW
      6. To bind or secure with line or webbing (4) — LASH
      7. The spars, standing rigging, and sail plan collectively — or the act of rigging the boat for sea (3) — RIG

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      1. The line of sight formed when two marks ashore line up, showing the centre of a channel or a transit bearing (5) — RANGE
      2. The outer sides of the hull between the waterline and the deck (8) — TOPSIDES
      3. The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
      4. A stowage locker let into the cockpit sole, seats, or afterdeck (9) — LAZARETTE
      5. The forwardmost structural member of the hull — the bow's leading edge (4) — STEM
      6. Electronic Chart Display and Information System — a type-approved electronic charting system accepted as the primary mea… (5) — ECDIS
      7. Toward, at, or behind the stern (3) — AFT
      8. An aramid fibre used in high-performance laminate sails and safety gear; it is strong and resists stretch, but degrades with UV exposure (6) — KEVLAR

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