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

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      You're looking at the 08 / 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 08 / AUG / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      Yesterday's clues & answers — 07 / AUG / 2026

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

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      1. Of wind: a clockwise shift in direction (opposite of 'back') (4) — VEER
      2. A classic knot that forms a secure, non-slipping loop and can still be untied after heavy loading (7) — BOWLINE
      3. To tip a vessel so far that it rolls over onto its side or beyond (7) — CAPSIZE
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. A reinforced ring — usually brass or stainless — set into a sail or cover to accept a line or fastening (7) — GROMMET
      6. The upper corner of a sail; also, the marine toilet (4) — HEAD

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      1. A large headsail whose clew overlaps the mast, giving extra upwind drive compared with a working jib (5) — GENOA
      2. To route a line through a block, fairlead, or similar fitting (4) — LEAD
      3. The disturbed water and trailing waves left behind a moving vessel (4) — WAKE
      4. Everyone aboard besides the skipper who helps sail and run the boat (4) — CREW
      5. A fixed vertical fin ahead of the rudder, protecting and supporting it (4) — SKEG
      6. Under international rules a vessel is 'underway' whenever she is not at anchor, moored, aground, or made fast to the sho… (8) — UNDERWAY
      7. The outer edge of the deck, where the deck meets the topsides (4) — RAIL
      8. Any loop or curve formed in a rope between its two ends (5) — BIGHT
      9. Short, steep, broken waves — typically caused by wind over a shallow or restricted fetch (4) — CHOP

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