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

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      You're looking at the 05 / OCT / 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 05 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. Any pole that supports a sail — mast, boom, gaff, sprit, yard, whisker pole, or spinnaker pole (4) — SPAR
      2. A thin strip of timber, fibreglass, or carbon inserted into a pocket along the leech of a sail to maintain its aerodynamic shape (6) — BATTEN
      3. Multi-Function Display — a large chartplotter screen able to show radar, AIS, sonar, engine data, camera feeds, and char… (3) — MFD
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. The outgoing phase of the tide, when water level is falling and the flow runs seaward (3) — EBB
      6. The vertical spar — originally timber, today commonly aluminium or carbon — from which the mainsail is hoisted (4) — MAST
      7. Length Waterline — the fore-and-aft length of the hull measured at the waterline; a major factor in hull speed (3) — LWL

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      1. On a four-sided fore-and-aft sail, the spar that supports the sail's upper (head) edge (4) — GAFF
      2. Of wind: a clockwise shift in direction (opposite of 'back') (4) — VEER
      3. The condition of a vessel whose keel or hull is in contact with the seabed (7) — AGROUND
      4. A deck-mounted fairlead, often smoothed or rollered, through which docklines and anchor rode are led cleanly (5) — CHOCK
      5. The taller (main) mast on a vessel with more than one mast (8) — MAINMAST
      6. The aft edge of a fore-and-aft sail (5) — LEECH
      7. The line of sight formed when two marks ashore line up, showing the centre of a channel or a transit bearing (5) — RANGE
      8. Any space inside the vessel that is beneath the deck (5) — BELOW

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