⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword

01 / JUL / 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 — 30 / JUN / 2026

Newspaper-style: today's page publishes the full solution to Tuesday's puzzle (14 maritime terms). Today's answers stay hidden until tomorrow — play the grid above, or replay Tuesday's grid.

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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

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