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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword

22 / SEP / 2026 — everyone worldwide gets the same puzzle today. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.

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      Yesterday's clues & answers — 21 / SEP / 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. The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW
      2. The spars, standing rigging, and sail plan collectively — or the act of rigging the boat for sea (3) — RIG
      3. The crew member steering the boat at a given moment (8) — HELMSMAN
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. A small open or lightly decked sailboat intended for short pleasure sails rather than overnight cruising (9) — DAYSAILER
      6. To let a sheet, halyard, or other line run out in a controlled manner (4) — EASE
      7. The recessed working area of the deck where the helm, sheets, and instruments are usually grouped (7) — COCKPIT
      8. Lying on a line perpendicular to the vessel's centerline — directly off her side (5) — ABEAM

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      1. The upward force exerted by water on a submerged body — the property that lets an object float (8) — BUOYANCY
      2. To adjust a sail's controls to produce optimum drive and lift (4) — TRIM
      3. An engine-driven generator that converts mechanical rotation into alternating current, which on a yacht is then rectifie… (10) — ALTERNATOR
      4. (Pronounced 'gunnel') The top edge of the hull where deck meets topsides (7) — GUNWALE
      5. To lay a rope down in neat, uniform loops for storage, or the stored loops themselves (4) — COIL
      6. The fore-and-aft tilt of the mast relative to vertical (4) — RAKE
      7. The forwardmost structural member of the hull — the bow's leading edge (4) — STEM

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