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

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      You're looking at the 14 / 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 14 / SEP / 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 Sunday's puzzle (15 maritime terms). Today's answers stay hidden until tomorrow — play the grid above, or replay Sunday's grid.

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      1. Vertical metal posts bolted to the deck edge that support the lifelines (10) — STANCHIONS
      2. United States Coast Guard — the US federal service responsible for maritime safety, security, and SAR (4) — USCG
      3. In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. To let a sheet, halyard, or other line run out in a controlled manner (4) — EASE
      6. To make fast — attaching a sail to a spar or stay, or tying a line to a sail (4) — BEND
      7. Heeling excessively because the boat is carrying too much sail for the wind strength (11) — OVERPOWERED

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      1. The spars, standing rigging, and sail plan collectively — or the act of rigging the boat for sea (3) — RIG
      2. A large, light downwind sail, symmetric or asymmetric, flown from a halyard rather than a stay and used on broad reaches and runs (9) — SPINNAKER
      3. The outer sides of the hull between the waterline and the deck (8) — TOPSIDES
      4. A U-shaped metal fitting closed by a threaded pin (D-shackle, bow shackle, snap shackle etc (7) — SHACKLE
      5. Under international rules a vessel is 'underway' whenever she is not at anchor, moored, aground, or made fast to the sho… (8) — UNDERWAY
      6. A classic knot that forms a secure, non-slipping loop and can still be untied after heavy loading (7) — BOWLINE
      7. Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon — a self-contained 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to the vessel… (5) — EPIRB
      8. A tapered hardwood or metal spike used to open the strands of a rope when splicing (3) — FID

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