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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword

13 / 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 — 12 / 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 incoming phase of the tide, when water level is rising and the flow runs landward (5) — FLOOD
      2. A permanent joining of two ropes, or a rope's end into itself, by interweaving the strands (6) — SPLICE
      3. Length Waterline — the fore-and-aft length of the hull measured at the waterline; a major factor in hull speed (3) — LWL
      4. Lying on a line perpendicular to the vessel's centerline — directly off her side (5) — ABEAM
      5. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      6. Automatic Identification System — a VHF-based transponder network that continuously broadcasts a vessel's identity, posi… (3) — AIS
      7. The weighted vertical fin beneath the hull that resists leeway and, through its ballast, keeps the boat upright; modern… (4) — KEEL
      8. The periodic vertical rise and fall of the sea surface caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun (4) — TIDE

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      1. Secured — held in place, tied off (4) — FAST
      2. The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (1972, amended) — the body of rules governing rights of w… (7) — COLREGS
      3. The centre portion of a navigable channel (7) — FAIRWAY
      4. The marine term for a pulley — a sheave in a housing through which a line runs (5) — BLOCK
      5. A windshift in which the wind moves forward on the boat, forcing the helm to bear away or the sheets to be eased (6) — HEADED
      6. United States Coast Guard — the US federal service responsible for maritime safety, security, and SAR (4) — USCG
      7. One nautical mile per hour — the standard unit of speed at sea (4) — KNOT

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