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

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      You're looking at the 01 / SEP / 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 01 / SEP / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

      If you solved this Tuesday grid, don't stop — 31 / 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 — 31 / AUG / 2026

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

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      1. A small reinforcing plate built into the head of a sail to spread halyard load (9) — HEADBOARD
      2. A piston or snap hook used to attach the luff of a foresail at intervals along the forestay (4) — HANK
      3. On, onto, or inside the vessel (6) — ABOARD
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. Maritime Mobile Service Identity — a unique nine-digit number issued to each DSC-VHF/HF radio, EPIRB, or AIS transponder… (4) — MMSI
      6. The enclosed interior accommodation of the vessel (5) — CABIN
      7. Standing rigging running from the bow (or stemhead) up to the mast, to which the foresail is hanked or furled (8) — FORESTAY

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      1. The line permanently attached to the bow of a dinghy or tender (7) — PAINTER
      2. The small triangular headsail set forward of the mast, tacked to the stemhead and hanked, bolted, or furled onto the forestay (3) — JIB
      3. The fore-and-aft tilt of the mast relative to vertical (4) — RAKE
      4. Lying on a line perpendicular to the vessel's centerline — directly off her side (5) — ABEAM
      5. The outer sides of the hull between the waterline and the deck (8) — TOPSIDES
      6. The vertical spar — originally timber, today commonly aluminium or carbon — from which the mainsail is hoisted (4) — MAST
      7. The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
      8. The greatest width of the vessel measured at its widest point (4) — BEAM

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