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26 / 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 — 25 / 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. Sailing too close to the wind, resulting in a stalled luff and reduced boat speed (8) — PINCHING
      2. The pin of a rudder fitting that drops into a gudgeon on the transom, allowing the rudder to swing freely (6) — PINTLE
      3. Length Waterline — the fore-and-aft length of the hull measured at the waterline; a major factor in hull speed (3) — LWL
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. The lowest internal part of the hull, where water inevitably drains and collects (5) — BILGE
      6. A piece of standing rigging running from a chainplate to the upper mast or spreader tip, supporting the mast laterally (6) — SHROUD
      7. On a cutter, the inner headsail set on an inner forestay between the bow and the mast; more generally, any sail set on a stay (8) — STAYSAIL

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      1. To lay a rope down in neat, uniform loops for storage, or the stored loops themselves (4) — COIL
      2. To adjust the tension and alignment of the standing rigging so the mast stands straight and the sails set correctly (4) — TUNE
      3. Toward the source of the wind (8) — WINDWARD
      4. The vertical distance from the waterline to the deepest part of the keel — the minimum water depth the vessel needs to float (5) — DRAFT
      5. The sideways lean of the hull caused by wind pressure on the sails (4) — HEEL
      6. The spars, standing rigging, and sail plan collectively — or the act of rigging the boat for sea (3) — RIG
      7. The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW
      8. The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET

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