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

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      You're looking at the 06 / JUL / 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 06 / JUL / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

      If you solved this Monday grid, don't stop — 05 / JUL / 2026's puzzle is waiting with a fresh layout from the same nautical vocabulary. Warning: some clues lean on COLREGs Rule numbers and IALA buoyage — brush up if you're rusty.

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      Yesterday's clues & answers — 05 / JUL / 2026

      Newspaper-style: today's page publishes the full solution to Sunday's puzzle (15 maritime terms). Today's answers stay hidden until tomorrow — play the grid above, or replay Sunday's grid.

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      1. The steering control — tiller or wheel (4) — HELM
      2. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      3. In the IALA Region B buoyage system (USA, parts of the Americas, Japan, Korea, Philippines), an odd-numbered green cylin… (3) — CAN
      4. Automatic Radar Plotting Aid — radar software that tracks targets automatically and computes CPA (closest point of appro… (4) — ARPA
      5. The main body of the vessel, excluding the rig, spars, sails, and appendages (4) — HULL
      6. The outgoing phase of the tide, when water level is falling and the flow runs seaward (3) — EBB
      7. The leading edge of a sail (4) — LUFF

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      1. A stowage locker let into the cockpit sole, seats, or afterdeck (9) — LAZARETTE
      2. The principal sail set on the (main) mast of a sloop, cutter, ketch, or yawl (8) — MAINSAIL
      3. The incoming phase of the tide, when water level is rising and the flow runs landward (5) — FLOOD
      4. The part of the boat's side close to the stern — port quarter and starboard quarter (7) — QUARTER
      5. United States Coast Guard — the US federal service responsible for maritime safety, security, and SAR (4) — USCG
      6. The curved extension of a sail's area aft of a straight line drawn from head to clew (5) — ROACH
      7. To roll or gather up a sail so it stows neatly on a boom, stay, or inside a spar (4) — FURL
      8. The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW

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