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

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      You're looking at the 09 / 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 09 / AUG / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

      If you solved this Sunday grid, don't stop — 08 / 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 — 08 / AUG / 2026

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

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      1. In the IALA Region B buoyage system (USA, parts of the Americas, Japan, Korea, Philippines), an odd-numbered green cylin… (3) — CAN
      2. To route a line through a block, fairlead, or similar fitting (4) — LEAD
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. The lower edge of a sail (4) — FOOT
      5. In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
      6. The upper corner of a sail; also, the marine toilet (4) — HEAD
      7. The outer edge of the deck, where the deck meets the topsides (4) — RAIL

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      1. A short-lived dip in wind speed (4) — LULL
      2. The fore-and-aft tilt of the mast relative to vertical (4) — RAKE
      3. In the water behind the vessel, or moving backwards (6) — ASTERN
      4. The enclosed interior accommodation of the vessel (5) — CABIN
      5. A three-hulled vessel: a central hull (vaka) flanked by two amas (8) — TRIMARAN
      6. Short, steep, broken waves — typically caused by wind over a shallow or restricted fetch (4) — CHOP
      7. To adjust a sail's controls to produce optimum drive and lift (4) — TRIM
      8. Personal Locator Beacon — a small 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to an individual (not a vessel), carried… (3) — PLB

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