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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
01 / JUL / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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- A line used to trim a sail — e (5) — SHEET
- A U-shaped metal fitting closed by a threaded pin (D-shackle, bow shackle, snap shackle etc (7) — SHACKLE
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- The imaginary line running down the middle of the vessel from bow to stern (10) — CENTERLINE
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- To let a sheet, halyard, or other line run out in a controlled manner (4) — EASE
- The fore-and-aft tilt of the mast relative to vertical (4) — RAKE
- The top end of the mast, often carrying a wind instrument, anchor light, VHF antenna, and sheave for the main halyard (8) — MASTHEAD
- The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
- The outgoing phase of the tide, when water level is falling and the flow runs seaward (3) — EBB
- To put away neatly and securely (4) — STOW
- A collective term for a jib or genoa — any sail set forward of the mast (8) — FORESAIL
- To route a line through a block, fairlead, or similar fitting (4) — LEAD
- (Also 'gybe') To change tack by turning the stern through the wind, allowing the mainsail and boom to swing across (4) — JIBE
- The aft lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail; on a mainsail it is tensioned by the outhaul, on a jib by the sheets (4) — CLEW
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