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

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      You're looking at the 16 / 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 16 / AUG / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      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. Automatic Radar Plotting Aid — radar software that tracks targets automatically and computes CPA (closest point of appro… (4) — ARPA
      2. A piston or snap hook used to attach the luff of a foresail at intervals along the forestay (4) — HANK
      3. Length Waterline — the fore-and-aft length of the hull measured at the waterline; a major factor in hull speed (3) — LWL
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. To bind the strands at the end of a rope with a tight wrapping of twine to prevent unravelling (4) — WHIP
      6. In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
      7. The whole line-and-chain assembly linking the anchor to the boat (4) — RODE
      8. The upper corner of a sail; also, the marine toilet (4) — HEAD

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      1. The fore-and-aft tilt of the mast relative to vertical (4) — RAKE
      2. A tapered metal spike used to loosen knots, open rope lays, and work splices (11) — MARLINSPIKE
      3. A pressure-measuring instrument whose readings are used to monitor and predict weather trends (9) — BAROMETER
      4. A patch of shallow water, often sand or mud, representing a hazard (5) — SHOAL
      5. The condition of a vessel whose keel or hull is in contact with the seabed (7) — AGROUND
      6. Everyone aboard besides the skipper who helps sail and run the boat (4) — CREW
      7. A large headsail whose clew overlaps the mast, giving extra upwind drive compared with a working jib (5) — GENOA

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