⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword

16 / 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 — 15 / JUL / 2026

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

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The leading edge of a sail (4) — LUFF
Any space inside the vessel that is beneath the deck (5) — BELOW
A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
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
A point of sail with the wind coming from dead astern (3) — RUN
To route a line through a block, fairlead, or similar fitting (4) — LEAD
A patch of shallow water, often sand or mud, representing a hazard (5) — SHOAL

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To put away neatly and securely (4) — STOW
Length Overall — the maximum fore-and-aft hull length, excluding bowsprits and pulpits unless specifically included (3) — LOA
The vertical distance from the waterline to the deck edge (9) — FREEBOARD
Toward, at, or behind the stern (3) — AFT
A two-masted rig whose shorter mizzen mast stands forward of the rudder post and is shorter than the main mast (5) — KETCH
The line of sight formed when two marks ashore line up, showing the centre of a channel or a transit bearing (5) — RANGE
To make fast — attaching a sail to a spar or stay, or tying a line to a sail (4) — BEND
Length Waterline — the fore-and-aft length of the hull measured at the waterline; a major factor in hull speed (3) — LWL

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