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

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      You're looking at the 25 / 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 25 / SEP / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. A sudden, unintended round-up into the wind, usually while running or reaching in strong breeze and waves (6) — BROACH
      2. A tapered hardwood or metal spike used to open the strands of a rope when splicing (3) — FID
      3. The whole line-and-chain assembly linking the anchor to the boat (4) — RODE
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. The sideways lean of the hull caused by wind pressure on the sails (4) — HEEL
      6. The principal sail set on the (main) mast of a sloop, cutter, ketch, or yawl (8) — MAINSAIL
      7. The aft edge of a fore-and-aft sail (5) — LEECH

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      1. The underwater steering foil hinged at the stern (or on a skeg) that, swung to port or starboard, alters the boat's heading (6) — RUDDER
      2. In the IALA Region B buoyage system (USA, parts of the Americas, Japan, Korea, Philippines), an odd-numbered green cylin… (3) — CAN
      3. An electronic device that converts the boat's 12/24 V DC supply into 120/230 V AC mains for running domestic appliances… (8) — INVERTER
      4. A piece of standing rigging supporting a mast in the fore-and-aft direction (4) — STAY
      5. The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW
      6. Automatic Identification System — a VHF-based transponder network that continuously broadcasts a vessel's identity, posi… (3) — AIS

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