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

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

      If you solved this Thursday grid, don't stop — 05 / AUG / 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 / AUG / 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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      1. The upper corner of a sail; also, the marine toilet (4) — HEAD
      2. Global Positioning System — the US satellite constellation whose signals let a receiver compute its position, heading, a… (3) — GPS
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. To let a sheet, halyard, or other line run out in a controlled manner (4) — EASE
      5. The lower edge of a sail (4) — FOOT
      6. The right side of the boat when facing forward (9) — STARBOARD

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      1. To bind the strands at the end of a rope with a tight wrapping of twine to prevent unravelling (4) — WHIP
      2. A fabric and framework spray hood forward of the cockpit that shelters the crew from wind and spray (6) — DODGER
      3. Wear on a rope, sail, or sheet caused by repeated rubbing against another surface (5) — CHAFE
      4. Secured — held in place, tied off (4) — FAST
      5. The compartment in the bow below deck — in cruising yachts often a cabin, in older designs a stowage void (8) — FOREPEAK
      6. One nautical mile per hour — the standard unit of speed at sea (4) — KNOT
      7. A deck fitting — most commonly a horned or jam cleat — designed to hold a line under load (5) — CLEAT
      8. A traditional Arabian sailing craft, typically single- or twin-masted and carrying lateen sails, still seen throughout t… (4) — DHOW
      9. Search and Rescue Transponder — an emergency device that, when triggered by an X-band radar pulse, replies with a 12-dot… (4) — SART

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