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

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      You're looking at the 19 / 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 19 / SEP / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      Yesterday's clues & answers — 18 / SEP / 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. The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW
      2. A fitting — often a block, ring, or slotted plate — that redirects a line with minimum friction and chafe (8) — FAIRLEAD
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. A two-masted rig whose shorter mizzen mast stands forward of the rudder post and is shorter than the main mast (5) — KETCH
      5. To turn the bow through the eye of the wind so the boat changes from one close-hauled course to the other (4) — TACK
      6. The line of sight formed when two marks ashore line up, showing the centre of a channel or a transit bearing (5) — RANGE

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      1. Forward, or toward the bow (4) — FORE
      2. The line on the hull where it meets the water surface at the design load (9) — WATERLINE
      3. The periodic vertical rise and fall of the sea surface caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun (4) — TIDE
      4. A legacy unit of depth equal to six feet (1 (6) — FATHOM
      5. A mooring line used to secure the vessel to a dock, pontoon, or piling (8) — DOCKLINE
      6. A magnetic instrument indicating the vessel's heading relative to the Earth's magnetic field (7) — COMPASS
      7. Digital Selective Calling — a feature of modern VHF and SSB radios that allows a pre-formatted digital distress alert, i… (3) — DSC
      8. To adjust the tension and alignment of the standing rigging so the mast stands straight and the sails set correctly (4) — TUNE
      9. The steering control — tiller or wheel (4) — HELM

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